Jesus Christ Our Savior foretold by the prophets


 

One of the most fascinating things about Sacred Scripture is how the Old Testament and New Testament are interconnected.  Everything in the Old Testament points to Jesus Christ.  This is especially true of the prophetic writings, that foretold His coming centuries before He was conceived in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary and born as a man at Bethlehem.

This truth is beautifully told in the beautiful traditional German Advent carol, Lo! How a rose e'er blooming in this stanza:

Isaiah ‘twas foretold it,
The Rose I have in mind,
With Mary we behold it,
The virgin mother kind;
To show God’s love aright,
She bore to men a Savior,
When half spent was the night.

The seminarians have a beautiful rendition of this carol at their recent Advent prayer service from December 7th, sung by their Latin schola (choir).  You can fast forward to it about 55:15 where it begins.

The prophecies of the Messiah are worked into the prayers of the Mass from December 17th through 24th, and are strung together in the popular Advent hymn, O Come O come Emmanuel (Veni, Veni, Emmanuel), which probably dates from the 12th Century.  Here's a rendition by the Benedictine Sisters of Kansas and King's Choir, Cambridge, England.


 

 

 

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