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Office of Readings for Sunday in Ordinary Time
God, come to my assistance.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
HYMN
1. God Father, praise and glory
Refrain:
2. And you, Lord Coeternal,
Refrain:
3. O Holy Ghost, Creator
Refrain:
PSALMODY
Ant. 1 See how the cross of the Lord stands revealed as the tree of life.
Psalm 1
Happy indeed is the man
Ant. See how the cross of the Lord stands revealed as the tree of life.
He is like a tree that is planted
Ant. See how the cross of the Lord stands revealed as the tree of life.
For they like winnowed chaff
Ant. See how the cross of the Lord stands revealed as the tree of life.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
Psalm-prayer
Lord, you are the fullness of life of holiness and of joy. Fill our days and night with the love of your wisdom, that we may bear fruit in the beauty of holiness, like a tree watered by running streams.
Ant. See how the cross of the Lord stands revealed as the tree of life.
Ant. 2 Here is a King of my own choosing who will rule on Mount Zion.
Psalm 2
Why this tumult among nations,
Ant. Here is a King of my own choosing who will rule on Mount Zion.
He who sits in the heavens laughs;
Ant. Here is a King of my own choosing who will rule on Mount Zion.
I will announce the decree of the Lord:
Ant. Here is a King of my own choosing who will rule on Mount Zion.
Now, O kings, understand,
Ant. Here is a King of my own choosing who will rule on Mount Zion.
Blessed are they who put their trust in God.
Ant. Here is a King of my own choosing who will rule on Mount Zion.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
Psalm-prayer
Lord God, you gave the peoples of the world as the inheritance of your only Son; you crowned him as King of Zion, your holy city, and gave him your Church to be his bride. As he proclaims the law of your eternal kingdom, may we serve him faithfully, and so share his royal power forever.
Ant. Here is a King of my own choosing who will rule on Mount Zion.
Ant. 3 Lord, you are my protector; you have raised me up in glory.
Psalm 3
How many are my foes, O Lord!
Ant. Lord, you are my protector; you have raised me up in glory.
But you, Lord, are a shield about me,
Ant. Lord, you are my protector; you have raised me up in glory.
I lie down to rest and I sleep.
Ant. Lord, you are my protector; you have raised me up in glory.
Arise, Lord; save me, my God,
Ant. Lord, you are my protector; you have raised me up in glory.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
Psalm-prayer
Lord God, you heard the cry of your Son when he was oppressed and saved him from the sleep of death. Arise, Lord, help your Church. Be its shield so that it may hold up its head and radiate the glory of the resurrection.
Ant. Lord, you are my protector; you have raised me up in glory.
Sacred Silence (indicated by a bell) – a moment to reflect and receive in our hearts the full resonance of the voice of the Holy Spirit and to unite our personal prayer more closely with the word of God and public voice of the Church.
May the word of Christ ever fill your hearts.
READINGS
First reading
Make room for us in your hearts! We have injured no one, we have corrupted no one, we have cheated no one. I do not condemn you. I have already said that you are in our hearts, even to the sharing of death and life together. I speak to you with utter frankness and boast much about you. I am filled with consolation, and despite my many afflictions my joy knows no bounds.
When I arrived in Macedonia I was restless and exhausted. I was under all kinds of stress–quarrels with others and fears within myself. But God, who gives heart to those who are low in spirit, gave me strength with the arrival of Titus. This he did, not only by his arrival but by the reinforcement Titus had already received from you; for he reported your longing, your grief, and your ardent concern for me, so that my joy is greater still.
If I saddened you by my letter I have no regrets. Or if I did feel some regret (because I understand that the letter caused you grief for a time), I am happy once again; not because you were saddened, but because your sadness led to repentance. You were filled with a sorrow that came from God; thus you did not suffer any loss from us. Indeed, sorrow for God’s sake produces a repentance without regrets, leading to salvation, whereas worldly sorrow brings death. Just look at the fruit of this sorrow which stems from God. What a measure of holy zeal it has brought you, not to speak of readiness to defend yourselves! What indignation, fear, and longing! What ardent desire to restore the balance of justice! In every way you have displayed your innocence in this matter. Therefore, my writing to you was not intended for the man who had given the offense or for the one offended, but to make plain in the sight of God the devotion you have for us. This done, we are comforted.
Beyond this consolation, we have rejoiced even more at the joy of Titus because his mind has been set at rest by all of you. For though I had boasted to him about you, I was not put to shame. Rather, just as everything I ever said to you was true, so my boasting to Titus has been proved equally true. His heart embraces you with an expanding love as he recalls the obedience you showed to God when you received him in fear and trembling. I rejoice because I trust you utterly.
RESPONSORY 2 Corinthians 7:10, see 9
The sorrow God sends us produces a repentance
Our sorrow was used by God,
Second reading
Again Paul turns to speak of love, softening the harshness of his rebuke. For after convicting and reproaching them for not loving him as he had loved them, breaking away from his love and attaching themselves to troublemakers, he again takes the edge off the reproach by saying: Open your hearts to us, that is, love us. He asks for a favor which will be no burden to them but will be more profitable to the giver than to the receiver. And he did not use the word “love” but said, more appealingly: Open your hearts to us.
Who, he said, has cast us out of your minds, thrust us from your hearts? How is it that you feel constraint with us? For, since he has said earlier: You are restricted in your own affection, he now declares himself more openly and says: Open your heart to us, thus once more drawing them to him. For nothing so much wins love as the knowledge that one’s lover desires most of all to be himself loved.
For I said before, he tells them, that you are in our hearts to die together or live together. This is love at its height, that even though in disfavor, he wishes both to die and to live with them. For you are in our hearts, not just somehow or other, but in the way I have said. It is possible to love and yet to draw back when danger threatens; but my love is not like that.
I am filled with consolation. What consolation? That which comes from you because you, being changed for the better, have consoled me by what you have done. It is natural for a lover both to complain that he is not loved in return and to fear that he may cause distress by complaining too much. Therefore, he says: I am filled with consolation, I rejoice exceedingly.
It is as if he said, I was much grieved on your account, but you have made it up for me in full measure and given me comfort; for you have not only removed the cause for any grief but filled me with a richer joy.
Then he shows the greatness of that joy by saying not only I rejoice exceedingly but also the words which follow: in all my tribulations. So great, he says, was the delight that you gave me that it was not even dimmed by so much tribulation, but overcame by its strength and keenness all those sorrows which had invaded my heart, and took away from me all awareness of them.
RESPONSORY 2 Corinthians 12:12, 15
I performed among you works that prove my apostleship,
I will gladly spend myself and be spent for you.
TE DEUM
You are God: we praise you;
To you all angels, all the powers of heaven,
The glorious company of apostles praise you.
Throughout the world the holy Church acclaims you:
You, Christ, are the King of glory,
When you became man to set us free
You overcame the sting of death,
You are seated at God’s right hand in glory.
Come then, Lord, and help your people,
Save your people, Lord, and bless your inheritance.
Day by day we bless you.
Keep us today, Lord, from all sin.
Lord, show us your love and mercy,
In you, Lord, is our hope:
CONCLUDING PRAYER
O God,
ACCLAMATION (at least in the communal celebration)
Let us praise the Lord.
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Ribbon Placement:
Office of Readings for Sunday in Ordinary Time
God, come to my assistance.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
HYMN
1. God Father, praise and glory
Refrain:
2. And you, Lord Coeternal,
Refrain:
3. O Holy Ghost, Creator
Refrain:
PSALMODY
Ant. 1 See how the cross of the Lord stands revealed as the tree of life.
Psalm 1
Happy indeed is the man
Ant. See how the cross of the Lord stands revealed as the tree of life.
He is like a tree that is planted
Ant. See how the cross of the Lord stands revealed as the tree of life.
For they like winnowed chaff
Ant. See how the cross of the Lord stands revealed as the tree of life.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
Psalm-prayer
Lord, you are the fullness of life of holiness and of joy. Fill our days and night with the love of your wisdom, that we may bear fruit in the beauty of holiness, like a tree watered by running streams.
Ant. See how the cross of the Lord stands revealed as the tree of life.
Ant. 2 Here is a King of my own choosing who will rule on Mount Zion.
Psalm 2
Why this tumult among nations,
Ant. Here is a King of my own choosing who will rule on Mount Zion.
He who sits in the heavens laughs;
Ant. Here is a King of my own choosing who will rule on Mount Zion.
I will announce the decree of the Lord:
Ant. Here is a King of my own choosing who will rule on Mount Zion.
Now, O kings, understand,
Ant. Here is a King of my own choosing who will rule on Mount Zion.
Blessed are they who put their trust in God.
Ant. Here is a King of my own choosing who will rule on Mount Zion.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
Psalm-prayer
Lord God, you gave the peoples of the world as the inheritance of your only Son; you crowned him as King of Zion, your holy city, and gave him your Church to be his bride. As he proclaims the law of your eternal kingdom, may we serve him faithfully, and so share his royal power forever.
Ant. Here is a King of my own choosing who will rule on Mount Zion.
Ant. 3 Lord, you are my protector; you have raised me up in glory.
Psalm 3
How many are my foes, O Lord!
Ant. Lord, you are my protector; you have raised me up in glory.
But you, Lord, are a shield about me,
Ant. Lord, you are my protector; you have raised me up in glory.
I lie down to rest and I sleep.
Ant. Lord, you are my protector; you have raised me up in glory.
Arise, Lord; save me, my God,
Ant. Lord, you are my protector; you have raised me up in glory.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
Psalm-prayer
Lord God, you heard the cry of your Son when he was oppressed and saved him from the sleep of death. Arise, Lord, help your Church. Be its shield so that it may hold up its head and radiate the glory of the resurrection.
Ant. Lord, you are my protector; you have raised me up in glory.
Sacred Silence (indicated by a bell) – a moment to reflect and receive in our hearts the full resonance of the voice of the Holy Spirit and to unite our personal prayer more closely with the word of God and public voice of the Church.
May the word of Christ ever fill your hearts.
READINGS
First reading
Make room for us in your hearts! We have injured no one, we have corrupted no one, we have cheated no one. I do not condemn you. I have already said that you are in our hearts, even to the sharing of death and life together. I speak to you with utter frankness and boast much about you. I am filled with consolation, and despite my many afflictions my joy knows no bounds.
When I arrived in Macedonia I was restless and exhausted. I was under all kinds of stress–quarrels with others and fears within myself. But God, who gives heart to those who are low in spirit, gave me strength with the arrival of Titus. This he did, not only by his arrival but by the reinforcement Titus had already received from you; for he reported your longing, your grief, and your ardent concern for me, so that my joy is greater still.
If I saddened you by my letter I have no regrets. Or if I did feel some regret (because I understand that the letter caused you grief for a time), I am happy once again; not because you were saddened, but because your sadness led to repentance. You were filled with a sorrow that came from God; thus you did not suffer any loss from us. Indeed, sorrow for God’s sake produces a repentance without regrets, leading to salvation, whereas worldly sorrow brings death. Just look at the fruit of this sorrow which stems from God. What a measure of holy zeal it has brought you, not to speak of readiness to defend yourselves! What indignation, fear, and longing! What ardent desire to restore the balance of justice! In every way you have displayed your innocence in this matter. Therefore, my writing to you was not intended for the man who had given the offense or for the one offended, but to make plain in the sight of God the devotion you have for us. This done, we are comforted.
Beyond this consolation, we have rejoiced even more at the joy of Titus because his mind has been set at rest by all of you. For though I had boasted to him about you, I was not put to shame. Rather, just as everything I ever said to you was true, so my boasting to Titus has been proved equally true. His heart embraces you with an expanding love as he recalls the obedience you showed to God when you received him in fear and trembling. I rejoice because I trust you utterly.
RESPONSORY 2 Corinthians 7:10, see 9
The sorrow God sends us produces a repentance
Our sorrow was used by God,
Second reading
Again Paul turns to speak of love, softening the harshness of his rebuke. For after convicting and reproaching them for not loving him as he had loved them, breaking away from his love and attaching themselves to troublemakers, he again takes the edge off the reproach by saying: Open your hearts to us, that is, love us. He asks for a favor which will be no burden to them but will be more profitable to the giver than to the receiver. And he did not use the word “love” but said, more appealingly: Open your hearts to us.
Who, he said, has cast us out of your minds, thrust us from your hearts? How is it that you feel constraint with us? For, since he has said earlier: You are restricted in your own affection, he now declares himself more openly and says: Open your heart to us, thus once more drawing them to him. For nothing so much wins love as the knowledge that one’s lover desires most of all to be himself loved.
For I said before, he tells them, that you are in our hearts to die together or live together. This is love at its height, that even though in disfavor, he wishes both to die and to live with them. For you are in our hearts, not just somehow or other, but in the way I have said. It is possible to love and yet to draw back when danger threatens; but my love is not like that.
I am filled with consolation. What consolation? That which comes from you because you, being changed for the better, have consoled me by what you have done. It is natural for a lover both to complain that he is not loved in return and to fear that he may cause distress by complaining too much. Therefore, he says: I am filled with consolation, I rejoice exceedingly.
It is as if he said, I was much grieved on your account, but you have made it up for me in full measure and given me comfort; for you have not only removed the cause for any grief but filled me with a richer joy.
Then he shows the greatness of that joy by saying not only I rejoice exceedingly but also the words which follow: in all my tribulations. So great, he says, was the delight that you gave me that it was not even dimmed by so much tribulation, but overcame by its strength and keenness all those sorrows which had invaded my heart, and took away from me all awareness of them.
RESPONSORY 2 Corinthians 12:12, 15
I performed among you works that prove my apostleship,
I will gladly spend myself and be spent for you.
TE DEUM
You are God: we praise you;
To you all angels, all the powers of heaven,
The glorious company of apostles praise you.
Throughout the world the holy Church acclaims you:
You, Christ, are the King of glory,
When you became man to set us free
You overcame the sting of death,
You are seated at God’s right hand in glory.
Come then, Lord, and help your people,
Save your people, Lord, and bless your inheritance.
Day by day we bless you.
Keep us today, Lord, from all sin.
Lord, show us your love and mercy,
In you, Lord, is our hope:
CONCLUDING PRAYER
O God,
ACCLAMATION (at least in the communal celebration)
Let us praise the Lord.
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