O Rex Gentium, et desideratus earum, lapisque
angularis, qui facis utraque unum: veni, et salva hominem, quem de limo
formasti.O King of the Gentiles and their desired One, the Cornerstone that
makes both one: Come, and deliver man, whom You formed out of the dust of the
earth (Is 9:7; 2;4; Ps 2:7-8, Eph 2:14-20).
Considering Pius Parsch's reflections, "The antiphon should provoke enthusiasm for the conversion of pagans. Try to realize how ardently Christ desires that we carry the gospel to non-Catholics [and today even to Catholics poorly catechized]; to all of us, directly or indirectly, His apostolic commission is addressed. Each one of us can at least pray for the conversion of those still ignorant of Christ."
In Jesus, the unity of believers, Jew and Gentile, is known. He's spoken of as the cornerstone: the peacemaker where as Saint Paul said "There is neither Jew nor Greek; neither slave nor free person, there is neither male nor female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus" (Gal 3:29).
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