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8/17/2023 Thursday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time: Office of Readings

Daily Prayer with the Divine Office

Thursday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time: Office of Readings Hymn First Antiphon: Look on us, Lord, and see how we are despised. Psalm 89 Second Antiphon: I am the root and stock of David; I am the morning star. Psalm 89 Third Antiphon: Our years wither away like grass, but you, Lord God, are eternal Psalm 90 Verse: In you is the source of life. Resp: In your light we see light itself. First Reading: Mic 4:14-5:7 Response: And he will be our peace. Second Reading: From a treatise on Christian Perfection by St. Gregory of Nyssa, bishop Response: To guide our feet into the way of peace. 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