Friday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Hymn
Antiphon: I am worn out with crying, with longing for my God.
Psalm 69
Antiphon: I needed food and they gave me gall; I was parched with thirst and they gave me vinegar.
Psalm 69
Antiphon: Seek the Lord, and you will live.
Psalm 69
First reading: Eccl 8:5-9:10
Responsory: 1 Cor 2:9-10; Eccl 8:17
Second reading: From a commentary on Ecclesiastes by St. Gregory of Agrigentum, bishop
Responsory: Ps 16:8-9, 5
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