Monday of the Sixteenth 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: 2 Cor 1:15-2:11
Response: And as his pledge to us he sent his Spirit to dwell in our hearts.
Second Reading: From a letter to the Magnesians by St. Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr
Response: This you have been called to do so that you may obtain a blessing as your inheritance.
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