Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of the Unborn
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: Dt 24:1-25:4
Responsory: To love our neighbor as ourselves is more than any holocaust or sacrifice.
Second reading: From the pastoral constitution on the Church in the modern world of the Second Vatican Council
Responsory: Christ loved the Church, and gave himself up for her.
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