Tuesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time: Invitatory

Invitatory Antiphon: Come, let us worship our mighty King and Lord.

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Memorial of St. Benedict, Abbot

Hymn

Antiphon: Our God will be made manifest; he will not come in silence.

Psalm 50

Antiphon: Offer to God the sacrifice of praise.

Psalm 50

Antiphon: I want a loving heart more than sacrifice, knowledge of my ways more than holocausts.

Psalm 50

Verse: Listen, my people, and I will speak.

Resp: I am the Lord, your God.

First reading: 1 Kgs 18:16b-40

Responsory: 1 Kgs 18:21; Mt 6:24

Resp: If the Lord is God, follow him.

Second reading: From the Rule of Benedict, abbot.

Responsory:

Resp: He lived as a hermit in the presence of the all-seeing God.

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Memorial of St. Benedict, Abbot: Invitatory

Invitatory Antiphon: Come, let us worship God, wonderful in his saints.

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Sunday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Hymn

Antiphon: Day by day I shall bless you, Lord, Alleluia.

Psalm 145

Antiphon: Your kingdom, Lord, is an everlasting kingdom, alleluia

Psalm 145

Antiphon: The Lord is faithful in all his words and loving in all his deeds, alleluia.

Psalm 145

Verse: Listen to my words.

Resp: Give ear to my precepts.

First reading: 1 Kgs 16:29-17:16

Responsory: Jm 5:17,18; Sir 48:1,3

Resp: He prayed again, and rain ported down from heaven.

Second reading: From the beginning of the treatise On the Mysteries by St Ambrose, bishop

Responsory: Tit 3:3,5; Eph 2:3

Resp: Because of his mercy, God has saved us through the baptism of rebirth and the renewal of the Holy Spirit.

Te Deum

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Sunday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time: Invitatory

Invitatory Antiphon: Come, let us sing to the Lord, and shout with joy to the Rock who saves us.

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Saturday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Hymn

Antiphon: None but the Lord has done such marvels; his love endures for ever.

Psalm 136

Antiphon: He brought Israel out of Egypt with powerful hand and outstretched arm.

Psalm 136

Antiphon: Give praise to the God of heaven; he has ransomed us from our enemies.

Psalm 136

Verse: Lord, show me your ways.

Resp: Teach me to walk in your footsteps.

First reading: Sir 47:12-25

Responsory: Ez 37:21-24; Jn 10:16

Resp: They shall be my people, and they shall have one shepherd

Second reading: From a discourse on the psalms by St. Augustine, bishop

Responsory:

Resp: Blessed be the Lord, the God of Istrael, for all he has promised to David my father.

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Saturday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time: Invitatory

Invitatory Antiphon: Let us listen to the voice of God; let us enter into his rest.

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Friday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Hymn

Antiphon: Lord, in your anger, do not punish me.

Psalm 38

Antiphon: Lord, you know all my longings.

Psalm 38

Antiphon: I confess my guilt to you, Lord; do not abandon me, for you are my savior

Psalm 38

Verse: My eyes keep watch for your saving help.

Resp: Awaiting the word that will justify me.

First reading: 1 Kings 1:11-35; 2:10-12

Responsory: Song of Songs 3:11; Ps 72:1,2

Resp: On his day of joy, his wedding day.

Second reading: From a letter to the Corinthians by St. Clement, pope

Responsory: 1 Jn 4:21; Mt 22:40

Resp: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.

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Friday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time: Invitatory

Invitatory Antiphon: Come, let us praise the Lord; in him is all our delight.

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Thursday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Hymn

Antiphon: Lord, you are our savior; we will praise you for ever.

Psalm 44

Antiphon: Spare us, O Lord; do not bring your own people into contempt.

Psalm 44

Antiphon: Rise up, O Lord, and save us, for you are merciful.

Psalm 44

Verse: Lord, to whom shall we go?

Resp: You have the words of eternal life.

First reading: 1 Chron 22:5-19

Responsory: 1 Chr 22:19; Ps 132:7; Is 56:7

Resp: Let us enter into his dwelling place; let us worship at his footstool.

Second reading: From an exposition of psalm 118 by St. Ambrose, bishop

Responsory: Rev 3:20; Mt 24:46

Resp: I will come into his house and share his supper, he and I together.

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