O Radix Jesse (3rd Antiphon):
O Root of Jesse, standing as a sign among the peoples, before you kings will shut their mouths, to you the nations will make their prayer: Come and deliver us, and delay no longer.
From The 'O' Antiphons Advent Study | Seasonal Study Program
Holy Hermit St Juan Diego:
“I am a nobody, I am a small rope, a tiny ladder, the tail end, a leaf.”
Collect prayer:
Almighty God, you brought forth a royal branch from the ancient stock of Jesse’s line: Grant that we who have been grafted into this heritage may bear fruit worthy of Jesus Christ; who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, now and forever. Amen.
