Sunday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time: Office of Readings
Hymn
First Antiphon: Who can climb the Lord's mountain, or stand in his holy place?
Psalm 24
Second Antiphon: Bless our God, you nations of the world; he has given us life, alleluia.
Psalm 66
Third Antiphon: Listen to me, all you who revere God, let me tell you what great things he has done for me, alleluia.
Psalm 66
Verse: God's word is alive; it strikes to the heart.
Resp: It pierces more surely than a two-edged sword
First Reading: 2 Cor 1:1-14
Response: In the midst of all my troubles, your consolation gladdens my soul.
Second Reading: From the beginning of a letter to the Magnesians by St Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr
Response: In this way you will save both yourself and those who hear 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