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2022-12-16 Friday of the Third Week of Advent: Office of Readings

Daily Prayer with the Divine Office

Friday of the Third Week of Advent Hymn Antiphon: I am worn out with crying, with longing for my God. Psalm 69 Antiphon: I needed food and they gave me gall; I was parched with thirst and they gave me vinegar. Psalm 69 Antiphon: Seek the Lord, and you will live. Psalm 69 Verse: Let your compassion come upon me, Lord. Resp: Your salvation, true to your promise. First reading: Is 33:7-24 Responsory: He himself will come to save us. Second reading: From a discourse on the psalms by St. Augustine, bishop Responsory: For if one hopes, even though his tongue is still, he is singing always in his heart. 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.