Friday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time: Office of Readings
Hymn
First Antiphon: My God, do not reject my cry for help, assailed as I am by the wicked.
Psalm 55
Second Antiphon: The Lord himself will free us from hostile and treacherous hands.
Psalm 55
Third Antiphon: Entrust your cares to the Lord; he will sustain you.
Psalm 55
Verse: Children, listen to my words of wisdom.
Resp: Pay attention to my counsels.
First Reading: 2 Cor 5:1-21
Response: And he gave us the ministry of reconciliation
Second Reading: From the Confessions of St. Augustine, bishop
Response: So that those now living might live no longer for themselves, but for him who died and was raised up fo rtheir sake.
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