O Emmanuel

O Emmanuel, our King and Lawgiver, the hope of all nations their Savior, come and save us, O Lord our God!

The chorus of one of the songs on the classic St. Louis Jesuit recording, Gentle Night, repeats the name, Emmanuel in solemn, reverent question:  Emmanuel, Emmanuel, what are we that you have loved us so well? Yes, THE question, who are we to deserve the Son of God to be born as one of us, for God to dwell with us, for angels to announce his birth with songs on high? O Emmanuel, this short antiphon sums up the answer: we are not worthy, but because of his great love for us, God comes to be our King, our leader, our lawgiver, our Savior and to satisfy all hope and longing of the nations of the earth. "For who has known  the mind of God?  To him be glory forever." Humble as the babe in the manger, we bow, kneel, accept that great Bro. Rene