12/5/2023 Tuesday of the First Week of Advent: Office of Readings

Tuesday of the First Week of Advent: Office of Readings

Hymn

First Antiphon: The Lord is just; he will defend the poor.

Psalm 10

Second Antiphon: Lord, you know the burden of my sorrow.

Psalm 10

Third Antiphon: The words of the Lord are true, like silver from the furnace

Psalm 12

Verse: A voice is heard, crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord.

Resp: Make straight the path of our God.

First Reading: IS 2:6-22; 4:2-6

Response: The Lord alone shall be exalted on that day.

Second Reading: From a sermon by St. Gregory Nazianzen, bishop

Response: To redeem those who were subject to the law.

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