Friday of the First Week of Advent
Hymn
Antiphon: Rise up, Lord, and come to my aid.
Psalm 35
Antiphon: All-powerful Lord, stand by me and defend me.
Psalm 35
Antiphon: My tongue will speak of your goodness all the day long.
Psalm 35
Verse: Let your compassion come upon me, Lord.
Resp: Your salvation, true to your promise.
First reading: Is 19:16-25
Responsory: With offerings and gifts they will worship him.
Second reading: From the Proslogion by St. Anslem, bishop
Responsory: Show us your face and we shall be saved.
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
Background music:
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel., The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came., and Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence, On Jordan’s Banks, Come Thou Long Awaited Jesus.