O Emmanuel
We come to the last of the O Antiphons, for tomorrow is Christmas Eve, the great Vigil of the Nativity.
I mentioned yesterday that the O Antiphons were arranged backward into the song Veni, Veni Emmanuel. This was by design, for the Antiphons themselves are a backward acrostic.
The first letters of the Messianic titles — Emmanuel, Rex, Oriens, Clavis, Radix, Adonai, Sapiéntia — spell out the Latin words ero cras, meaning, “Tomorrow, I will come”.
Which is pretty neat.
Original Latin:
Englished:
Merry Christmas, one and all!