8/10/2024 Feast of St. Lawrence: Invitatory + Office of Readings

Invitatory Antiphon: Come, let is worship Christ, the King of martyrs.

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 tribulations and distress.

Resp: But in your commands I have found consolation.

First Reading: Acts 6:1-6;8:1b,4-8

Response: I will declare myself for him before my Father in heaven.

Second Reading: From a sermon by St. Augustine, bishop

Response: So I do not fear your torture.

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

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