Invitatory Antiphon: Come, let us worship Christ the Lord, who for our sake endured temptation and suffering.
Hymn
First Antiphon: Our God will be made manifest; he will not come in silence.
Psalm 50
Second Antiphon: Offer to God the sacrifice of praise.
Psalm 50
Third Antiphon: I want a loving heart more than sacrifice, knowledge of my ways more than holocausts.
Psalm 50
Verse: Turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel.
Resp: The kingdom of God is at hand.
First Reading: Ex 24:1-18
Response: Speaking to Moses face to face, God gave him his commandments, the law that brings live and knowledge, so that he might teach Jacob his precepts and Israel his decrees
Second Reading: From a homily by St. Basil the Great, bishop
Response: To acknowledge your power is the source of immortality.
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