Invitatory Antiphon: Come, let us worship the Lord, our mighty God.
Hymn
First Antiphon: Lord, let my cry come to you; do not hide your face from me.
Psalm 102
Second Antiphon: Be attentive, Lord, to the prayer of the helpless.
Psalm 102
Third Antiphon: You, O Lord, established the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
Psalm 102
Verse: Listen, my people, to my teaching.
Resp: Give ear to the words I speak.
First Reading: 1 Thes 4:1-18
Response: He will gather his elect from the four winds, and from the depths of the earth to the heights of heaven.
Second Reading: From the treatise Against Heresies by St. Irenaeus, bishop
Response: Just as in Adam all men die, so in Christ all men will be brought to life.
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