Friday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Hymn
Antiphon: My God, do not reject my cry for help, assailed as I am by the wicked.
Psalm 55
Antiphon: The Lord himself will free us from hostile and treacherous hands.
Psalm 55
Antiphon: Entrust your cares to the Lord; he will sustain you.
Psalm 55
First reading: 2 Thess. 2:1-17
Responsory: Mt. 24:30; 2 Thess. 2:8
Second reading: From a homily by a spiritual writer of the fourth century
Responsory: 1 Jn. 2:20, 27; Joel 2:23
Presentation of the Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) from The Liturgy of the Hours (Four Volumes) (c) 1975, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. The texts of Biblical Readings are reproduced from the New American Bible © 1975