Wednesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time: Office of Readings
Hymn
First Antiphon: We groan in pain as we await the redemption of our bodies.
Psalm 39
Second Antiphon: Hear and answer my prayer, O Lord; let me not weep in vain.
Psalm 39
Third Antiphon: I have put all my trust in God's never-failing mercy.
Psalm 52
Verse: I put my trust in the word of the Lord.
Resp: All my hope is in him.
First Reading: Am 9:1-15
Response: I shall return and rebuild the fallen house of David, says the Lord.
Second Reading: From a letter attributed to Barnabas
Response: That I may keep your Word, O Lord.
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