DECEMBER 18

O come, O Wisdom from on high,

Who governs all things tenderly;

To us the path of knowledge show,

And teach us in her ways to go.

DECEMBER 19

O come, O come, great Lord of might,

Who to your tribes on Sinai’s height

In ancient times once gave the law,

In cloud and majesty and awe.

DECEMBER 20

O come, O Flower of Jesse’s Root,

Before whom all the world stands mute,

We trust your mighty pow’r to save

And give us vict’ry o’er the grave.

DECEMBER 21

O come, O Key of David, come,

And open wide our heav’nly home.

Make safe the way that leads on high,

And close the path to misery.

DECEMBER 22

O come, O Dayspring, come with cheer;

O Sun of Justice, now draw near.

Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,

And death’s dark shadow put to flight.

DECEMBER 23

O come, O Keystone, come and bind,

In one the hearts of humankind.

Come bid our sad divisions cease,

And be for us the King of peace.

DECEMBER 24

O come, O come, Emmanuel,

And ransom captive Israel,

That mourns in lonely exile here,

Until the Son of God appear.