Invitatory Antiphon: Come, let us worship the Lord, whom the angels serve.
Hymn
First Antiphon: We groan in pain as we await the redemption of our bodies.
Psalm 39
Second Antiphon: Hear and answer my prayer, O Lord; let me not weep in vain
Psalm 39
Third Antiphon: I have put all my trust in God’s never-failing mercy.
Psalm 52
Verse: I put my trust in the word of the Lord.
Resp: All my hope is in him.
First Reading: Ph 2:12-30
Response: Then you will be generously granted entrance into the kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
Second Reading: From a sermon by St. Bernard, abbot
Response: They shall lift you up with their hands lest you strike your foot against a stone.
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