O Clavis Davidica

O come, Thou Key of David, come,

and open wide our heavenly home,

make safe the way that leads on high,

that we no more have cause to sigh.

Veni, Clavis Davidica,

regna reclude caelica,

fac iter tutum superum,

et claude vias inferum.

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More Information on O Antiphons

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Background/Explanation: https://www.catholiccompany.com/getfed/the-o-antiphons-an-ancient-advent-tradition/

Monks Chanting O Antiphons in Latin: http://www.liturgies.net/Advent/prayers/oantiphons.htm