Ribbon Placement:
Liturgy of the Hours Vol. IV:
Ordinary: 615
Proper of Seasons: 500
Psalter: Sunday, Week IV, 1087
Christian Prayer:
Does not contain Office of Readings.
Office of Readings for Sunday in Ordinary Time
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. Alleluia.
PSALMODY
Ant. 1 Who can climb the Lord’s mountain, or stand in his holy place?
Psalm 24
The Lord’s entry into his temple
Christ opened heaven for us in the manhood he assumed (St. Irenaeus).
The Lord’s is the earth and its fullness,
the world and all its peoples.
It is he who set it on the seas;
on the waters he made it firm.
Ant. Who can climb the Lord’s mountain, or stand in his holy place?
Who shall climb the mountain of the Lord?
Who shall stand in his holy place?
The man with clean hands and pure heart,
who desires not worthless things,
who has not sworn so as to deceive his neighbor.
Ant. Who can climb the Lord’s mountain, or stand in his holy place?
He shall receive blessings from the Lord
and reward from the God who saves him.
Such are the men who seek him,
seek the face of the God of Jacob.
Ant. Who can climb the Lord’s mountain, or stand in his holy place?
O gates, lift high your heads;
grow higher, ancient doors.
Let him enter, the king of glory!
Ant. Who can climb the Lord’s mountain, or stand in his holy place?
Who is the king of glory?
The Lord, the mighty, the valiant,
the Lord, the valiant in war.
Ant. Who can climb the Lord’s mountain, or stand in his holy place?
O gates, lift high your heads;
grow higher, ancient doors.
Let him enter, the king of glory!
Ant. Who can climb the Lord’s mountain, or stand in his holy place?
Who is he, the king of glory?
He, the Lord of armies,
he is the king of glory.
Ant. Who can climb the Lord’s mountain, or stand in his holy place?
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.
Psalm-prayer
When your Son was unjustly condemned, Lord God, and surrounded by the impious, he cried to you, and you set him free. Watch over your people as the treasure of your heart and guide their steps along safe paths that they may see your face.
Ant. Who can climb the Lord’s mountain, or stand in his holy place?
Ant. 2 Bless our God, you nations of the world; he has given us life, alleluia.
Psalm 66
Eucharistic hymn
The Lord is risen and all people have been brought by him to the Father (Hesychius).
I
Cry out with joy to God, all the earth,
O sing to the glory of his name.
O render him glorious praise.
Say to God: “How tremendous your deeds!
Ant. Bless our God, you nations of the world; he has given us life, alleluia.
Because of the greatness of your strength
your enemies cringe before you.
Before you all the earth shall bow;
shall sing to you, sing to your name!”
Ant. Bless our God, you nations of the world; he has given us life, alleluia.
Come and see the works of God,
tremendous his deeds among men.
He turned the sea into dry land,
they passed through the river dry-shod.
Ant. Bless our God, you nations of the world; he has given us life, alleluia.
Let our joy then be in him;
he rules for ever by his might.
His eyes keep watch over the nations;
let rebels not rise against him.
Ant. Bless our God, you nations of the world; he has given us life, alleluia.
O peoples, bless our God,
let the voice of his praise resound,