12/13/2023 Memorial of St. Lucy, Virgin and Martyr: Office of Readings

Memorial of St. Lucy, Virgin and Martyr: Office of Readings

Hymn

First Antiphon: Men will hate you because you are mine, but he who perseveres will be saved.

Psalm 2

Second Antiphon: The sufferings of this life cannot be compared to the glory that will be revealed in us in the life to come.

Psalm 11

Third Antiphon: The Lord tested his chosen ones as gold tested by fire; he has received them for ever as a sacrificial offering.

Psalm 17

Verse: I have known tribulation and distress

Resp: But in your copmmands I have found consolation.

First Reading: Sir 51:1-12

Response: For you have been my protector and my strength.

Second Reading: From the book On Virginity by St. Ambrose, bishop

Response: And therefore the Lord of heaven and earth has loved her.

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