Invitatory Antiphon: The Lord is risen, alleluia.
Hymn
First Antiphon: Our God will be made manifest; he will not come in silence, alleluia.
Psalm 50
Second Antiphon: Offer to God the sacrifice of praise, alleluia.
Psalm 50
Third Antiphon: I want a loving heart more than sacrifice, knowledge of my ways more than holocausts, alleluia.
Psalm 50
Verse: My heart and my flesh, alleluia.
Resp: Rejoice in the living God, alleluia.
First Reading: Rev 7:1-17
Response: These are the people who have undergone the great persecution. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb, alleluia.
Second Reading: From the commentary on the first letter of Peter by St. Bede the Venerable, priest.
Response: Proclaim the marvelous works of him who has called us out of darkness into his own wonderful light, alleluia.
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