2023-03-03 Friday of the First Week of Lent: Office of Readings

Friday of the First Week of Lent

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: Turn back to the Lord your God.

Resp: He is kind and merciful

First reading: Ex 12:21-36

Responsory: This blood will be a sign to you.

Second reading: From the Mirror of Love by Saint Aelred, abbot

Responsory: God himself will set me free, from the hunter’s snare.

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

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