Memorial of St. Benedict, Abbot: Office of Readings
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: Listen, my people, and I will speak.
Resp: I am the Lord, your God.
First Reading: 1 Kgs 18:16b-40
Response: If the Lord is God, follow him.
Second Reading: From the Rule of Benedict, abbot.
Response: He lived as a hermit in the presence of the all-seeing God.
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