Wednesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time: 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: All wondered at the words of grace.
Resp: Which came from the mouth of the Lord.
First Reading: Est 14:1-19
Response: Put the right words into my mouth, that I might speak wisely.
Second Reading: From a letter to Proba by St. Augustine, bishop
Response: O God, you will not scorn the prayers of the poor.
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