Saturday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time: Office of Readings
Hymn
First Antiphon: None but the Lord has ever done such marvels; his love endures for ever.
Psalm 136
Second Antiphon: He brought Israel out of Egypt with powerful hand and arm outstretched.
Psalm 136
Third Antiphon: Give praise to the God of heaven; he has ransomed us from our enemies.
Psalm 136
Verse: Lord, show me your ways.
Resp: Teach me to walk in your footsteps.
First Reading: Hos 6:1-7:2
Response: I want a loving heart more than sacrifice, knowedge of my ways more than holocausts.
Second Reading: From the treatise Against Heresies by St. Irenaeus, bishop
Response: Whenever you receive them, do this in memory of me.
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