Friday of the Third Week of Easter
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
Verse: Christ Jesus you have risen from the dead, alleluia.
Resp: Let the heavens and the earth rejoice, alleluia.
First reading: Rev 10:1-11
Responsory: Rev 10:7; Mt 24:30
Resp: which he announced to his servants the prophets, alleluia
Second reading: From a sermon by St Ephrem, deacon
Responsory: 1 Cor 15:55-56,57; 2 Cor 4:13,14
Resp: but thanks be to God, who has given us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ, alleluia.
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