Wednesday of Holy Week
Hymn
Antiphon: We groan in pain as we await the redemption of our bodies
Psalm 39
Antiphon: Hear and answer my prayer, O Lord; let me not weep in vain.
Psalm 39
Antiphon: I have put all my trust in God’s never-failing mercy.
Psalm 52
Verse: When I am lifted up from the earth.
Resp: I will draw all people to myself.
First reading: Heb 12:14-29
Responsory: Dt 5:23-24; Heb 12:22
Resp: See how the Lord our God has shown us his greatness and his glory!
Second reading: From a treatise on John by St. Augustine, bishop
Responsory: 1 Jn 4:9,11,10
Resp: Since God has loved us so much, we too should love one another
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