Invitatory Antiphon: Come, Let us worship Christ the Lord, who for our sake endured temptation and suffering.
First Antiphon: Lord, let my cry come to you; do not hide your face from me.
Second Antiphon: Be attentive, Lord, to the prayer of the helpless.
Third Antiphon: You, O Lord, established the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
Verse: This is the favorable time
Resp: This is the day of salvation
First Reading: Lv 19:1-18, 31-37
Response: Love one another as I have loved you.
Second Reading: From a sermon by St. Leo the Great, pope
Response: God measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over will be poured into your lap.
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