Thursday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time: Office of Readings
Hymn
First Antiphon: Their own strength could not save them; it was your strength and the light of your face.
Psalm 44
Second Antiphon: Turn back to the Lord; he will not hide his face.
Psalm 44
Third Antiphon: Arise, Lord, do not abandon us for ever.
Psalm 44
Verse: Let the light of your face shine on me, O Lord.
Resp: Teach me your way of holiness.
First Reading: 2 Cor 4:5-18
Response: He has shone in our hearts that we might make known the glory of God shining on the face of Christ Jesus.
Second Reading: From the Explanations of the Psalms by St. Ambrose, bishop
Response: He has shone in our hearts that we might make known the glory of God shining on the face of Christ Jesus.
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