Fifth Day in the Octave of Christmas: Office of Readings
Hymn
First Antiphon: The Lord of power and might is with us; the God of Jacob is our stronghold.
Psalm 46
Second Antiphon: Fullness of peace will dawn on the day of the Lord, and he will be our King.
Psalm 72
Third Antiphon: The Lord himself will come to save the poor.
Psalm 72
Verse: When the shepherds saw the child.
Resp: They understood what the angel had said of him.
First Reading: Col 1:1-14
Response: Because he has rescued us from the power of darkness and broght us into the kingdom of his beloved Son.
Second Reading: From a sermon by St. Bernard, abbot
Response: For it was his loving purpose to show in us the glory of his grace.
Te Deum
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