Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter
Hymn
Antiphon: How good is the God of Israel to the pure of heart, alleluia!
Psalm 73
Antiphon: Their laughter will turn to weeping, their merriment to grief, alleluia.
Psalm 73
Antiphon: Those who depart from you will perish; my joy is to remain with you, my God, alleluia.
Psalm 73
Verse: My heart and my flesh, alleluia.
Resp: Rejoice in the living God, alleluia.
First reading: Rev 13:1-18
Responsory: Rev 3:5; Mt 10:22
Resp: I shall praise his name in the presence of my Father and the angels, alleluia.
Second reading: From the book On the Holy Spirit by St. Basil the Great, bishop
Responsory:
Resp: And the Holy Spirit comes down to us like a dove, bringing the peace of God from heaven, where the Church is prefigured by the ark of Noah, 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