The final O Antiphon prays to Christ as Emmanuel, God with us. The day before we finally celebrate the Incarnate God, the God who was not ashamed to enter into our humanity and inaugurate the upside down kingdom of God. On the day before Christmas Eve, we cry out for God's kingdom to come near once again, to make the last first, to bring good news to the poor and the oppressed, liberty to the captives, and God's Jubilee for all people.
O Emmanuel
O Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster,
exspectatio Gentium, et Salvator earum:
veni ad salvandum nos, Domine, Deus noster.
O Emmanuel, our king and our lawgiver,
the hope of the nations and their Savior:
Come and save us, O Lord our God.
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