Monday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time
Hymn
Antiphon: Our God will be made manifest; he will not come in silence.
Psalm 50
Antiphon: Offer to God the sacrifice of praise.
Psalm 50
Antiphon: I want a loving heart more than sacrifice, knowledge of my ways more than holocausts.
Psalm 50
Verse: Listen, my people, and I will speak.
Resp: I am the Lord, your God.
First reading: 1 Mac 1:43-63
Responsory: Reach out your arm to us and save us.
Second reading: From the pastoral constitution on the Church in the modern world of the Second Vatican Council
Responsory: I have heard your prayer and I will defend this city so that there will be peace in your time.
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:
Albinoni – Concerto for 2 Oboes in F Major Op9 no3, 1 Allegro., Albinoni – Concerto for 2 Oboes in F Major Op9 no3, 2 Adagio., and Albinoni – Concerto for 2 Oboes in F Major Op9 no3, 3 Allegro. by Advent Chamber Orchestra. are licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0