2022-12-13 St Lucy, Virgin & Martyr: Office of Readings

St Lucy, Virgin & Martyr
Hymn
Antiphon: Men will hate you because you are mine, but he who perseveres will be saved.
Psalm 2
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
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 tribulation and distress
Resp: But in your copmmands I have found consolation.
First reading: Sir 51:1-12
Responsory: For you have been my protector and my strength.
Second reading: From the book On Virginity by St. Ambrose, bishop
Responsory: And therefore the Lord of heaven and earth has loved her.
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
Background music:
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel., The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came., and Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence, On Jordan’s Banks, Come Thou Long Awaited Jesus.