Monday of the Fourth Week of Advent
Hymn
Antiphon: How good is the God of Israel to the pure of heart!
Psalm 73
Antiphon: Their laughter will turn to weeping, their merriment to grief.
Psalm 73
Antiphon: Those who depart from you will perish; my joy is to remain with you.
Psalm 73
Verse: Lord, show us your mercy and love
Resp: And grant us your salvation
First reading: Is 47:1,3b-15
Responsory: For the Lord will have compassion on his poor.
Second reading: From a treatise Against Heresies by St. Irenaeus, bishop
Responsory: Say to the far-off islands: Our Savior is coming.
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.