Wednesday before Epiphany: Office of Readings
Hymn
First Antiphon: I love you, Lord; you are my strength.
Psalm 18
Second Antiphon: The Lord has saved me; he wanted me for his own.
Psalm 18
Third Antiphon: Lord, kindle a light for my guidance and scatter my darkness.
Psalm 18
Verse: In Christ was life.
Resp: And that life was the light of mankind.
First Reading: Col 3:17-4:1
Response: Do all in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Second Reading: From the Five Hundred Chapters by St. Maximus the Confessor, abbot
Response: We have seen his glory, the glory of the Father's only Son, full of grace and truth.
Presentation of the Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) from The Liturgy of the Hours (Four Volumes) © 1975, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. The texts of Biblical readings are reproduced from the New American Bible © 1975