Monday of the Third Week of Advent: Office of Readings
Hymn
First Antiphon: Our God will be made manifest; he will not come in silence.
Psalm 50
Second Antiphon: Offer to God the sacrifice of praise
Psalm 50
Third Antiphon: I want a loving heart more than sacrifice, knowledge of my ways more than holocausts.
Psalm 50
Verse: Lord, show us your mercy and love
Resp: And grant us your salvation
First Reading: Is 30:18-26
Response: Happy are all who await him.
Second Reading: From a discourse On the Contemplation of God by William of St. Thierry, abbot
Response: I shall make all your sons learned in the Lord, and they shall enjoy a lasting peace.
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