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The O Antiphons - 6. O Rex Gentium
Season 1 · Episode 22

The O Antiphons - 6. O Rex Gentium

Chant School · Floriani

December 22, 20218m 39s

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PDF of the the antiphons: https://tinyurl.com/thegreatantiphons

The SIXTH in a seven-day series in which we learn the "O Antiphons." These beautiful chants date back to the 8th century, and are traditionally sung on the last 7 days leading up to Christmas, during Vespers just before the Magnificat.

Latin:

O Rex Gentium, et desideratus earum,

lapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum:

veni, et salva hominem,

quem de limo formasti.

English:

O King of the nations, and their desire,

the cornerstone making both one:

Come and save the human race,

which you fashioned from clay.