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2022-12-23 Friday of the Fourth Week of Advent: Office of Readings

Daily Prayer with the Divine Office

Friday of the Fourth Week of Advent Hymn Antiphon: Our fathers have told us of the Lord's power; they have recounted for us his marvelous deeds. Psalm 78 Antiphon: The children of Israel ate the manna and drank from the spiritual rock which follwed after them. Psalm 78 Antiphon: They remembered that God was their helper and redeemer Psalm 78 Verse: Let your compassion come upon me, Lord. Resp: Your salvation, true to your promise. First reading: Is 51:1-11 Responsory: Clolse at hand is my Just One, my Savior draws near. Second reading: From a treatise against the heresy of Noetus by St. Hippolytus, priest Responsory: He himself will sit upon the throne of David his father to rule; the authority of David rests on his shoulders. Presentation of the Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) from The Liturgy of the Hours (Four Volumes) (c) 1975, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. The texts of Biblical Readings are reproduced from the New American Bible © 1975 Background music: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel., The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came., and Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence, On Jordan's Banks, Come Thou Long Awaited Jesus.