Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Advent

Readings of the Day

ElGreco, Annunciati​on c1600, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary


But Mary said to the angel,



"How can this be,


since I have no relations with a man?"


And the angel said to her in reply,


"The Holy Spirit will come upon you,


and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.


Therefore the child to be born


will be called holy, the Son of God.

O Antiphon

O Clavis David
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LATIN: O clavis David, et sceptrum domus Israel: qui aperis, et nemo claudit; claudis, et nemo aperit: veni, et educ vinctum de domo carceris, sedentem in tenebris.



ENGLISH: O Key of David, and scepter of the house of Israel, who opens and no man shuts, who shuts and no man opens: come, and lead forth the captive who sits in the shadows from his prison.

Scripture Reference:

Isaiah 22:22

Revelation 3:7

Relevant verse of Veni, Veni Emmanuel:

O come, thou Key of David, come,

And open wide our heavenly home;

Make safe the way that leads on high,

And close the path to misery.