Thursday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time: Office of Readings
Hymn
First Antiphon: Lord, you are our savior; we will praise you for ever.
Psalm 44
Second Antiphon: Spare us, O Lord; do not bring your own people into contempt.
Psalm 44
Third Antiphon: Rise up, O Lord, and save us, for you are merciful.
Psalm 44
Verse: Lord, to whom shall we go?
Resp: You have the words of eternal life.
First Reading: 1 Chron 22:5-19
Response: Let us enter into his dwelling place; let us worship at his footstool.
Second Reading: From an exposition of psalm 118 by St. Ambrose, bishop
Response: I will come into his house and share his supper, he and I together.
Presentation of the Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) from The Liturgy of the Hours (Four Volumes) © 1975, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. The texts of Biblical readings are reproduced from the New American Bible © 1975