Friday of the Fifth Week of
Lent: Office of Readings
Hymn
First Antiphon: Rise up,
Lord, and come to my aid.
Psalm 35
Second Antiphon: All-powerful
Lord, stand by me and defend me.
Psalm 35
Third 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: Heb 7:11-28
Response: You are a priest
for ever, a priest like Melchizedek of old.
Second Reading: From a
treatise on faith addressed to Peter by St Fulgentius of Ruspe, bishop
Response: God has reconciled
you to himself, in order to welcome you into his presence as saints, without
the slightest impurity or imperfection.
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