Memorial of St. Benedict, Abbot
Hymn
Antiphon: Our God will be made manifest; he will not come in silence.
Psalm 50
Antiphon: Offer to God the sacrifice of praise.
Psalm 50
Antiphon: I want a loving heart more than sacrifice, knowledge of my ways more than holocausts.
Psalm 50
Verse: Listen, my people, and I will speak.
Resp: I am the Lord, your God.
First reading: 1 Kgs 18:16b-40
Responsory: 1 Kgs 18:21; Mt 6:24
Resp: If the Lord is God, follow him.
Second reading: From the Rule of Benedict, abbot.
Responsory:
Resp: He lived as a hermit in the presence of the all-seeing God.
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