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Once again, the sisters give us a nudge:
O Flower of Jesse’s stem, you have been raised up as a sign for all peoples; kings stand silent in your presences; the nations bow down in worship before you. Come, let nothing keep you from coming to our aid.
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Wonderful post!
Not to be too curmudgeonly, but the ICEL translation “Flower of Jesse” is just awful linguistically and dead wrong theologically. The sisters’ translation is correct: Jesus is the Root of Jesse…his creator and his descendant. It’s important to the Incarnation and to the Advent theme of redemption.