Invitatory Antiphon: Come, let is worship Christ, the King of martyrs.
Hymn
First Antiphon: Men will hate you because you are mine, but he who perseveres will be saved.
Psalm 2
Second Antiphon: The sufferings of this life cannot be compared to the glory that will be revealed in us in the life to come.
Psalm 11
Third Antiphon: The Lord tested his chosen ones as gold tested by fire; he has received them for ever as a sacrificial offering.
Psalm 17
Verse: I have known tribulations and distress.
Resp: But in your commands I have found consolation.
First Reading: 2Cor 4:7-5:8
Response: For yor reward will be great in heaven.
Second Reading: From a homily by St. Bede the Venerable, priest
Response: On account of his brother Philip's wife, Herodias, whom he had married.
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