Friday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time: Office of Readings
Hymn
First Antiphon: Rise up, Lord, and come to my aid.
Psalm 35
Second Antiphon: All-powerful Lord, stand by me and defend me.
Psalm 35
Third Antiphon: My tongue will speak of your goodness all the day long.
Psalm 35
Verse: My son, take my words to heart.
Resp: Do as I say, and you will live.
First Reading: Bar 1:14-2:5;3:1-8
Response: Even though we were dead in sin, he brought us to life in Christ.
Second Reading: From a letter to Proba by St. Augustine, bishop
Response: The Spirit will plead on our behalf with sighs too deep to express.
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