This means: O Key of David. It is a title for the Messiah from the Old Testament. It is the O Antiphon for today. Here is the Full Antiphon. Use it in your prayer today:
O Key of David and sceptre of the House of Israel;
you open and no one can shut;
you shut and no one can open:
Come and lead the prisoners from the prison house,
those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.
peace
An American Diocese Institutes Lenten Stational Churches
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My thanks to Kathy Pluth, whose excellent work on hymns I have often cited,
for bringing this item to my attention. The Diocese of Bridgeport,
Connecticut,...
8 hours ago
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