Memorial of St. Callistus I, Pope and Martyr: Office of Readings
Hymn
First Antiphon: Men will hate you because you are mine, but he who perseveres will be saved.
Psalm 2
Second Antiphon: The sufferings of this life cannot be compared to the glory that will be revealed in us in the life to come.
Psalm 11
Third Antiphon: The Lord tested his chosen ones as gold tested by fire; he has received them for ever as a sacrificial offering.
Psalm 17
Verse: I have known tribulations and distress.
Resp: But in your commands I have found consolation.
First Reading: 2 Cor 4:7-5:8
Response: For your reward will be great in Heaven
Second Reading: From a treatise to Fortunatus by St. Cyprian, bishop and martyr
Response: You must rule over the Church of God, which he made his own through the blood of his Son.
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