Monday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time: Office of Readings
Hymn
First Antiphon: How good is the God of Israel to the pure of heart!
Psalm 73
Second Antiphon: Their laughter will turn to weeping; their merriment to grief.
Psalm 73
Third Antiphon: Those who depart from you will perish; my joy is to remain with you, my God.
Psalm 73
Verse: To savor your words is my delight, O Lord.
Resp: Honey itself is not sweeter.
First Reading: 1 Sam 17:1-10,32,38-51
Response: He will deliver me from the hands of my enemies.
Second Reading: From a treatise on Christian Perfection by St. Gregory of Nyssa, bishop
Response: And those who love your name will exult in you.
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