Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Hymn
Antiphon: Their own strength could not save them; it was your strength and the light of your face.
Psalm 44
Antiphon: Turn back to the Lord; he will not hide his face.
Psalm 44
Antiphon: Arise, Lord, do not abandon us forever.
Psalm 44
First reading: Num 12:16-13:3, 17-33
Responsory: Deut 1:31,32,26,27
Second reading: From a sermon by St. Leo the Great, pope
Responsory: 1 Cor 1:18,23
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