Eve of the Ephiphany

                                     Antiphon on the Magnificat  

                                           on the Eve of the Epiphany 

From the 

East there came wise men to Bethlehem 

 to worship the Lord; 

  and when they opened their treasures, 

   they presented to him precious gifts: 

                                gold as to a mighty King, 

                        incense as to the true God, 

      and myrrh to foreshow his burial, 

alleluia.