Invitatory Antiphon: Come, let us worship Christ the Lord, who for our sake endured temptation and suffering.
Hymn
First Antiphon: Lord, in your anger, do not punish me.
Psalm 38
Second Antiphon: Lord, you know all my longings.
Psalm 38
Third Antiphon: I confess my guilt to you, Lord; do not abandon me, for you are my savior.
Psalm 38
Verse: Turn back to the Lord your God.
Resp: He is kind and merciful
First Reading: Ex 19:1-19; 20:18-21
Response: You shall be to me a kingdom of priests, a consecrated nation.
Second Reading: From the treatise Against Heresies by St. Irenaeus, bishop
Response: To prepare himself to receive the law of the Lord.
Presentation of the Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) from The Liturgy of the Hours (Four Volumes) © 1975, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. The texts of Biblical readings are reproduced from the New American Bible © 1975