Wednesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time: Office of Readings
Hymn
Antiphon: We groan in pain as we await the redemption of our bodies.
Psalm 39
Antiphon: Hear and answer my prayer, O Lord; let me not weep in vain.
Psalm 39
Antiphon: I have put all my trust in God’s never-failing mercy.
Psalm 52
Verse: I put my trust in the word of the Lord.
Resp: All my hope is in him.
First reading: Am 9:1-15
Responsory: Acts 15:16-17, 14
Resp: I shall return and rebuild the fallen house of David, says the Lord.
Second reading: From a letter attributed to Barnabas
Responsory: Ps 119:101-102
Resp: That I may keep your Word, O Lord.
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