Wednesday of the second week of Easter
Hymn
Antiphon: We groan in pain as we await the redemption of our bodies, alleluia.
Psalm 39
Antiphon: Hear and answer my prayer, O Lord; let me not weep in vain, alleluia.
Psalm 39
Antiphon: I have put all my trust in God’s never-failing mercy, alleluia.
Psalm 52
Verse: God raised up Christ from the dead, alleluia.
Resp: So that all our faith and hope might be in God, alleluia.
First reading: Rev 2:12-29
Responsory: Rev 2:18,23; 22:12
Resp: And I will repay each one as his deeds deserve, alleluia.
Second reading: From a sermon by St. Leo the Great, pope
Responsory: Jn 10:14; Ez 34:11,13
Resp: I know my sheep and my sheep know me, alleluia.
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