Day 7 Antiphon

O Emmanuel, our King and Giver of Law:
come to save us, Lord our God!

Traditional

O Emmanuel, our King and Lawgiver, the hope of all nations and their Savior: come and save us, O Lord our God!

Latin: O Emmanuel

O Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster, exspectatio gentium, et Salvator earum: veni ad salvandum nos Domine Deus noster.

Good News

Take the first letter of each of the Latin titles of the Messiah for each antiphon in reverse chronological order:

Emmanuel
Rex
Oriens

Clavis
Radix
Adonai
Sapientia

It spells ERO CRAS which in Latin means “Tomorrow I will come.”

Hymn (Instrumental)

O come, O come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to you, O Israel.

Full Hymn (in Latin)

Isaiah 7:14

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign;
the young woman, pregnant and about to bear a son,
shall name him Emmanuel.

Matthew 1:22-23

All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:
“Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son,
and they shall name him Emmanuel,”
which means “God is with us.”

Luke 1:31-33

Behold, you will conceive in your womb
and bear a son,
and you shall name him Jesus.
He will be great and will be called
Son of the Most High, and
the Lord God will give him the
throne of David his father,
and he will rule over the House of Jacob forever,
and of his kingdom there will be no end.

Isaiah 33:22

For the LORD is our judge,
the LORD is our lawgiver,
the LORD is our king;
He it is who will save us.