1/8/2024 Feast of the Baptism of the Lord: Office of Readings

Feast of the Baptism of the Lord: Office of Readings

Hymn

First Antiphon: The voice of the Lord, the God of magesty, echoes over the waters.

Psalm 29

Second Antiphon: Let all the earth adore you, Lord, and let it be joyful; for a new light has dawned upon the ages.

Psalm 66

Third Antiphon: Blessed be God, for he has willed that my soul should live; he has led me to a place of refuge.

Psalm 66

Verse: This is my beloved Son.

Resp: Listen to him.

First Reading: Is 42:1-9;49:1-9

Response: This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.

Second Reading: From a sermon by St Gregory of Nazianzus, bishop

Response: Because Christ was baptized by John in the Jordan.

Te Deum

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