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O Antiphon for December 19
"O Root of Jesse"

By Scott P. Richert, About.com

The O Antiphon for December 19, "O Root of Jesse," is drawn from Isaiah 11:1 and 11:10.

For more on the O Antiphons and the Latin text of the O Antiphon for December 19 ("O Radix Jesse"), see The O Antiphons.

O Antiphon for December 19

O Root of Jesse, Who dost stand for an ensign of the people, before Whom kings shall keep silence, and unto Whom the Gentiles shall make their supplication: come to deliver us, and tarry not.

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