O Antiphon: O Key of David

December 20 – O Key of David (O Clavis David)

O Key of David and sceptre of the House of Israel;

you open and no one can shut;

you shut and no one can open:

Come and lead the prisoners from the prison house,

those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.

(Original translation from Latin)

O Messiah, King of the Jews, you have given us the mysteries

of God and taught us the way of your kingdom. When someone

knocks you give to them freely and without reservation.

Come now and free those who are held captive by darkness.

(Contemporary translation from Thom Turner on Everyday Liturgy blog, http://everydayliturgy.com/o-antiphons-a-theological-translation/)

Isaiah 22:22; Revelation 3:7

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