OFFICE OF READINGS

WEEK II
SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT

The Sign of the Cross on the lips is made as we say:

†Lord, open my lips
—and my mouth will proclaim  your praise.

Ant. Come, let us worship the Lord, the King who is to come.

Invitatory

(For psalm 95 on may substitute psalm 100 or 67 or 24 (If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory psalm)

Psalm 95

Encourage each other daily while it is still today (Hebrews 3:13)
Come, let us sing to the Lord
And shout with joy to the Rock  who saves us.
Let us approach him with praise and thanksgiving
And sing joyful songs to the Lord

The Lord is God, the mighty God,
The great king over all the gods.
He holds in his hands the depths of the earth
And the highest mountains as well.
He made the sea; it belongs to him,
The dry land, too, for it was formed by his hands

Come, then, let us bow down and worship,
Bending the knee before the Lord, our maker.
For he is our God and we are his people,
The flock he shepherds.

Today, listen to the voice of the Lord:
Do not grow stubborn, as your fathers did
In the wilderness,
When at Meriba and Massah
They challenged me and provoked me,
Although they had seen all of my works.

Forty year I endured that generation.
I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray
And they do not know my ways.”
So I swore in my anger,
“They shall not enter into my rest”

Glory to the  Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
—as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Ant. Come, let us worship the Lord, the King who is to come.

 

Office of Readings

 (This verse and response are omitted when the hour begins with the invitatory.)

†God, come to my assistance,
—Lord, make haste to help me.

Glory to the  Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
—as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.  Alleluia [Alleluia is omitted in Lent.]

HYMN

MORNING PRAYER

WEEK I

 

(The Sign of the Cross is made as we say)
†God, come to my assistance,
—Lord, make haste to help me.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
—As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen

(This verse and response are omitted when the hour begins with the invitatory).

 

EVENING PRAYER II

WEEK I
OF ADVENT

†God, come to my assistance,
—Lord, make haste to help me.

Glory to the  Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
—as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.  Alleluia [omitted in Lent.]

HYMN