Monday of the Twenty-Fifth Week in Ordinary Time: Office of Readings
Hymn
First Antiphon: Show me your mercy, Lord, and keep me safe.
Psalm 6
Second Antiphon: The poor are not alone in their distress; God is here to help them.
Psalm 0
Third Antiphon: I will be the herald of your praises, Lord, where the people of Zion gather.
Psalm 0
Verse: Give me insight, Lord, to know your will.
Resp: Then I will cherish it with all my heart.
First Reading: Ez 34:1-6,11-16,23-31
Response: And in rich pasture lands I shall feed them.
Second Reading: From a sermon On Pastors by St Augustine, bishop
Response: For speech makes wisdom know, and all a man has learned appears in his words.
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