Invitatory Antiphon: Come, let us worship Christ the Lord, who for our sake endured temptation and suffering.
Hymn
First Antiphon: Their own strength could not save them; it was your strength and the light of your face.
Psalm 44
Second Antiphon: Turn back to the Lord; he will not hide his face.
Psalm 44
Third Antiphon: Arise, Lord, do not abandon us forever.
Psalm 44
Verse: Whoever meditates on the law of the Lord.
Resp: Will bring forth much fruit at harvest time.
First Reading: Ex 1:1-22
Response: Then I will punish the nation that enslaved them.
Second Reading: From a sermon by St Leo the Great, pope
Response: That when Easter comes we may share the joy of the risen Lord.
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