Invitatory Antiphon: Come, Let us worship Christ the Lord, who for our sake endured temptation and suffering.
Hymn
First Antiphon: Their own strength could not save them; it was your strength and the light of your face.
Psalm 44
Second Antiphon: Turn back to the Lord; he will not hide his face.
Psalm 44
Third Antiphon: Arise, Lord, do not abandon us for ever.
Psalm 44
Verse: Whoever meditates on the law of the Lord.
Resp: Will bring forth much fruit at harvest time.
First Reading: Num 12:16-13:3, 17-33
Response: But still you would not trust him.
Second Reading: From a sermon by St. Leo the Great, pope
Response: But we who are on the way to salvation see it as the proof of God's power.
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