Tuesday of the Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time: Office of Readings
Hymn
First Antiphon: Let God arise, let his enemies flee before him.
Psalm 68
Second Antiphon: Our God is a saving God; he, the Lord, holds the keys of death.
Psalm 68
Third Antiphon: Kingdoms of earth, sing praise to God, make music in honor of the Lord.
Psalm 68
Verse: I will listen to what the Lord God is saying.
Resp: He tells of peace for his people.
First Reading: 1 Mac 2:1,15-28,42-50,65-70
Response: And you shall win great honor and everlasting fame.
Second Reading: From the pastoral constitution on the Church in the modern world of the Second Vatican Council
Response: I, the Lord your God, will visit you in peace.
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