Wednesday of the First Week of Ordinary Time
Hymn
Antiphon: I love you Lord; you are my strength.
Psalm 18
Antiphon: The Lord has saved me; he wanted me for his own.
Psalm 18
Antiphon: Lord, kindle a light for my guidance and scatter my darkness
Psalm 18
Verse: All wondered at the words of grace.
Resp: Which came from the mouth of the Lord.
First reading: Sir 24:1-22
Responsory: No one can come to the Father except through me.
Second reading: From the treatise Against Heresies by St. Irenaeus, bishop
Responsory: The only Son, nearest the Father’s heart, has made him known.
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