Wednesday of the First Week of Advent: Office of Readings
Hymn
First Antiphon: I love you Lord; you are my strength.
Psalm 18
Second Antiphon: The Lord has saved me; he wanted me for his own.
Psalm 18
Third Antiphon: Lord, kindle a light for my guidance and scatter my darkness.
Psalm 18
Verse: Turn back to us, O Lord, our God
Resp: Show us your face and we shall be saved.
First Reading: Is 5:1-7
Response: Let not the work of your hands be destroyed.
Second Reading: From a sermon by St. Bernard, abbot
Response: He will bring his people peace and give them everlasting life.
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