Thursday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time: Office of Readings
Hymn
First Antiphon: I am worn out with crying, with longing for my God.
Psalm 69
Second Antiphon: I needed food and they gave me gall; I was parched with thirst and they gave me vinegar.
Psalm 69
Third Antiphon: Seek the Lord, and you will live.
Psalm 69
Verse: The Lord will teach us his ways.
Resp: And we will follow in his footsteps.
First Reading: 1 Kgs 22:1-,15-23,29,34-38
Response: I alone know the purpose I have for you.
Second Reading: From the treatise On the Mysteries by St. Ambrose, bishop
Response: the promise of freedom for those whom God has won for himself, to the praise of his glory, 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