Invitatory Antiphon: The Lord is risen, alleluia.
Hymn
First Antiphon: Lord, in your anger, do not punish me, alleluia.
Psalm 38
Second Antiphon: Lord, you know all my longings, alleluia.
Psalm 38
Third Antiphon: I confess my guilt to you, Lord; do not abandon me, for you are my savior, alleluia.
Psalm 38
Verse: God has given us a new birth into a living hope, alleluia.
Resp: By raising Jesus Christ from the dead, alleluia.
First Reading: 1 Jn 3:11-17
Response: And we should lay down our lives for our brothers, alleluia.
Second Reading: From a treatise on John by St. Augustine, bishop
Response: He will restore, support and strengthen us after we have suffered for a little while, alleluia.
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