O Key of David, sceptre of the House of Israel,
what you close none shall open,
what you open none shall close:
Come and free us from every prison chain.
Author: wonderfulexchange
Kimberly Bohan is a priest in the Diocese of Lincoln, less surprised by angels than by being so far south.
O Root of Jesse
O root of Jesse, you stand as an ensign for the peoples:
kings shall fall silent before you and the nations shall seek you.
Come and deliver us; Delay no more.
O Adonai
O Adonai, Ruler of the house of Israel.
you appeared to Moses in a flame of fire,
and gave him the law on Sinai:
come and deliver us with an outstretched arm.
O Sapientia
O Wisdom, proceeding from the mouth of the Most High,
filling all the world and ordering all things
with your strength and gentleness:
Come and teach us the way of truth.
(in memory of St Lucy of Bute, on the anniversary of her funeral)
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