Friday of the First Week of Lent
Hymn
Antiphon: Rise up, Lord, and come to my aid.
Psalm 35
Antiphon: All-powerful Lord, stand by me and defend me.
Psalm 35
Antiphon: My tongue will speak of your goodness all the day long.
Psalm 35
First reading: Ex 12:21-36
Responsory: Ex 12:7,13; 1 Pt 18,19
Second reading: From the Mirror of Love by Saint Aelred, abbot
Responsory: Is 53:12; Lk 23:34
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