O Root of Jesse

The Great Antiphon for December 19

O Root of Jesse, who stands for an ensign of the people, before whom kings shall keep silence and unto whom the Gentiles shall make supplication: Come to deliver us, and tarry not.

O Radix Jesse, qui stas in signum populorum, super quem continebunt reges os suum, quem Gentes deprecabuntur: veni ad liberandum nos, jam noli tardare.

Isaiah 11:1-3; 10; 52:15; Habakkuk 2:3.

Symbol: vine or plant in flower, especially a rose.