Friday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time: Office of Readings
Hymn
First Antiphon: I am worn out with crying, with longing for my God.
Psalm 69
Second Antiphon: I needed food and they gave me gall, parched with thirst and they gave me vinegar.
Psalm 69
Third Antiphon: Seek the Lord, and you will live.
Psalm 69
Verse: The Lord will teach us his ways.
Resp: And we will follow in his footsteps.
First Reading: Mic 6:1-15
Response: And this is what he expects of you: to do what is right, to love goodness, and to walk humbly with your God.
Second Reading: From a sermon on Baptism by St. Pacian, bishop
Response: As sin reigned through death, so grace will reign to bring us eternal life through Jesus Christ.
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