O Root of Jesse, you stand as a sign for the nations; kings will be silent before you, the nations will call upon you: come and free us, do not delay.
O Radix Jesse, qui stas in signum populorum, super quem continebunt reges os suum, quem gentes deprecabuntur: veni ad liberandum nos, jam noli tardare.
(Song before the Gospel; antiphon for the Canticle of the Blessed Virgin Mary – December 19)
