Monday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
Hymn
Antiphon: How good is the God of Israel to the pure of heart!
Psalm 73
Antiphon: Their laughter will turn to weeping; their merriment to grief.
Psalm 73
Antiphon: Those who depart from you will perish; my joy is to remain with you, my God.
Psalm 73
Verse: To savor your words is my delight, O Lord.
Resp: Honey itself is not sweeter.
First reading: 1 Sam 17:1-10,32,38-51
Responsory: 1 Sam 17:37; Ps 57:4,5
Resp: He will deliver me from the hands of my enemies.
Second reading: From a treatise on Christian Perfection by St. Gregory of Nyssa, bishop
Responsory: Ps 5:12; Ps 89:16,17
Resp: And those who love your name will exult in you.
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