Friday of the Twenty-First Week in Ordinary Time
Hymn
Antiphon: Rise up, Lord, and come to my aid.
Psalm 35
Antiphon: All-powerful Lord, stand by me and defend me.
Psalm 35
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: Jer 4:5-8,13-28
Responsory: Jer 4:24-26; 8:18; Ps 85:5
Resp: Do not destroy us.
Second reading: From a commentary on Joel by St. Jerome, priest
Responsory: Ps 24:4; 2 Cor 6:6; Col 2:14; Jl 2:13
Resp: That the record of your sins may be blotted out.
Presentation of the Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) from The Liturgy of the Hours (Four Volumes) (c) 1975, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. The texts of Biblical Readings are reproduced from the New American Bible © 1975