TODAY’S OFFICE OF READINGS 1 September 2014 Monday of the Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time Lord, + open my lips. – And my mouth will proclaim your praise. INVITATORY ( The Invitatory is said when this is the first ‘hour’ of the day.) Ant. Come, let us sing joyful songs to the Lord. Psalm 67 People of all nations will worship the Lord You must know that God is offering his salvation to all the world (Acts 28:28). O God, be gracious and bless us * and let your face shed its light upon us. So will your ways be known upon earth * and all nations learn your saving help. Ant. Come, let us sing joyful songs to the Lord. Let the peoples praise you, O God; * let all the peoples praise you. Ant. Come, let us sing joyful songs to the Lord. Let the nations be glad and exult * for you rule the world with justice. With fairness you rule the peoples, * you guide the nations on earth. Ant. Come, let us sing joyful songs to the Lord. Let the peoples praise you, O God; * let all the peoples praise you. Ant. Come, let us sing joyful songs to the Lord. The earth has yielded its fruit * for God, our God, has blessed us. May God still give us his blessing * till the ends of the earth revere him. Ant. Come, let us sing joyful songs to the Lord. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, * and will be forever. Amen. Ant. Come, let us sing joyful songs to the Lord. ( If the Invitatory is not said, then the following is used: ) God, + come to my assistance. – Lord, make haste to help me. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: – as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. Alleluia. HYMN Sing praise to God who reigns above, The God of all creation, The God of power, the God of love, The God of our salvation; With healing balm my soul he fills, And every faithless murmur stills: To God all praise and glory. What God’s almighty power hath made, His gracious mercy keepeth; By morning glow or evening shade His watchful eye never sleepeth; Within the kingdom of his might, Lo! all is just and all is right: To God all praise and glory. Then all my gladsome way along, I sing aloud thy praises, That men may hear the grateful song My voice unwearied raises; Be joyful in the Lord, my heart, Both soul and body, bear your part: To God all praise and glory. O ye who name Christ’s holy name, Give God all praise and glory; All ye who own his power, proclaim Aloud the wondrous story! Cast each false idol from his throne; The Lord is God, and he alone: To God all praise and glory. PSALMODY Ant. 1 Bow down and hear me, Lord; come to my rescue. Psalm 31:1-17, 20-25 A troubled person’s confident appeal to God Father, into your hands, I commend my spirit (Luke 23:46). I In you, O Lord, I take refuge. * Let me never be put to shame. In your justice, set me free, * hear me and speedily rescue me. Be a rock of refuge for me, * a mighty stronghold to save me, for you are my rock, my stronghold. * For your name’s sake, lead me and guide me. Release me from the snares they have hidden * for you are my refuge, Lord. Into your hands I commend my spirit. * It is you who will redeem me, Lord. O God of truth, you detest * those who worship false and empty gods. As for me, I trust in the Lord: * let me be glad and rejoice in your love. You have seen my affliction * and taken heed of my soul’s distress, have not handed me over to the enemy, * but set my feet at large. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, * and will be forever. Amen. Ant. Bow down and hear me, Lord; come to my rescue. Ant. 2 Lord, let the light of your countenance shine on your servant. II Have mercy on me, O Lord, * for I am in distress. Tears have wasted my eyes, * my throat and my heart. For my life is spent with sorrow * and my years with sighs. Affliction has broken down my strength * and my bones waste away. In the face of all my foes * I am a reproach, an object of scorn to my neighbors * and of fear to my friends. Those who see me in the street * run far away from me. I am like a dead man, forgotten, * like a thing thrown away. I have heard the slander of the crowd, * fear is all around me, as they plot together against me, * as they plan to take my life. But as for me, I trust in you, Lord, * I say: “You are my God. My life is in your hands, deliver me * from the hands of those who hate me. Let your face shine on your servant. * Save me in your love.” Glory to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, * and will be forever. Amen. Ant. Lord, let the light of your countenance shine on your servant. Ant. 3 Blessed be the Lord, for he has poured out his mercy upon me. III How great is the goodness, Lord, * that you keep for those who fear you, that you show to those who trust you * in the sight of men. You hide them in the shelter of your presence * from the plotting of men: you keep them safe within your tent * from disputing tongues. Blessed be the Lord who has shown me † the wonders of his love * in a fortified city. “I am far removed from your sight,” * I said in my alarm. Yet you heard the voice of my plea * when I cried for help. Love the Lord, all you saints. * He guards his faithful but the Lord will repay to the full * those who act with pride. Be strong, let your heart take courage, * all who hope in the Lord. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, * and will be for ever. Amen. Psalm Prayer God of kindness and truth, you saved your Chosen One, Jesus Christ, and you gave your martyrs strength. Watch over your people who come to you here and strengthen the hearts of those who hope in you, that they may proclaim your saving acts of kindness in the eternal city. Ant. Blessed be the Lord, for he has poured out his mercy upon me. Guide me in the way of your truth and teach me. – For you are my saving God. FIRST READING From the book of the prophet Jeremiah 19:1-5, 10-20:6 A symbolic action: the broken flask Thus said the Lord: Go, buy a potter’s earthen flask. Take along some of the elders of the people and of the priests, and go out toward the Valley of Ben-hinnom, at the entrance of the Potsherd Gate; there proclaim the words which I will speak to you: Listen to the word of the Lord, kings of Judah and citizens of Jerusalem: Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I am going to bring such evil upon this place that all who hear of it will feel their ears tingle. This is because they have forsaken me and alienated this place by burning in it incense to strange gods which neither they nor their fathers knew; and the kings of Judah have filled this place with the blood of the innocent. They have built high places for Baal to immolate their sons in fire as holocausts to Baal: such a thing as I neither commanded nor spoke of, nor did it ever enter my mind. And you shall break the flask in the sight of the men who went with you, and say to them: Thus says the Lord of hosts: Thus will I smash this people and this city, as one smashes a clay pot so that it cannot be repaired. And Topheth shall be a burial place, for lack of place to bury elsewhere. Thus I will do to this place and to its inhabitants, says the Lord; I will make this city like Topheth. And the houses of Jerusalem and the palaces of the kings of Judah shall be defiled like the place of Topheth, all the houses upon whose roofs they burnt incense to the whole host of heaven and poured out libations to strange gods. When Jeremiah returned from Topheth, where the Lord had sent him to prophesy, he stood in the court of the house of God and said to all the people: Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I will surely bring upon this city all the evil with which I threatened it, because they have stiffened their necks and have not obeyed my words. Jeremiah was heard prophesying these things by the priest Pashhur, son of Immer, chief officer in the house of the Lord. So he had the prophet scourged and placed in the stocks at the upper Gate of Benjamin in the house of the Lord. The next morning, after Pashhur had released Jeremiah from the stocks, the prophet said to him: Instead of Pashhur, the Lord will name you “Terror on every side.” For thus says the Lord: Indeed, I will deliver you to terror, you and all your friends. Your own eyes shall see them fall by the sword of their enemies. All Judah I will deliver to the king of Babylon, who shall take them captive to Babylon or slay them with the sword. All the wealth of this city, all it has toiled for and holds dear, all the treasures of the kings of Judah, I will give as plunder into the hands of their foes, who shall seize it and carry it away to Babylon. You Pashhur, and all the members of your household shall go into exile. To Babylon you shall go, you and all your friends; there you shall die and be buried, because you have prophesied lies to them. RESPONSORY Matthew 23:37; see Jeremiah 19:15 Jerusalem, you kill the prophets, and stone those who are sent to you. – How often have I longed to gather your children together as a hen draws her brood beneath her wings, but you refused me. You have stubbornly turned your heads so that you would not hear my words. – How often have I longed to gather your children together as a hen draws her brood beneath her wings, but you refused me. SECOND READING From The Imitation of Christ Lib. (3, 3) I taught my prophets My son, says the Lord, listen to my words, the most delightful of all words, surpassing all the knowledge of the philosophers and wise men of this world. My words are spirit and life and cannot be comprehended by human senses alone. They are not to be interpreted according the vain pleasure of the listener, but they must be listened to in silence and received with all humility and great affection. And I said: Blessed is the man whom you teach, Lord, and whom you instruct in your law; for him you soften the blow of the evil day, and you do not desert him on the earth. The Lord says, I have instructed my prophets from the beginning and even to the present time I have not stopped speaking to all men, but many are deaf and obstinate in response. Many hear the world more easily than they hear God; they follow the desires of the flesh more readily than the pleasure of God. The world promises rewards that are temporal and insignificant, and these are pursued with great longing; I promise rewards that are eternal and unsurpassable, yet the hearts of mortals respond sluggishly. Who serves and obeys me in all matters with as much care as the world and its princes are served? Blush, then, you lazy, complaining servant, for men are better prepared for the works of death than you are for the works of life. They take more joy in vanity than you in truth. Yet they are often deceived in their hope, while my promise deceives no one, and leaves empty-handed no one who confides in me. What I have promised I shall give; what I have said I will fulfill for any man who remains faithful in my love unto the very end. I am the rewarder of all good men, the one who rigorously tests the devoted. Write my words in your heart and study them diligently, for they will be absolutely necessary in the time of temptation. Whatever you fail to understand in reading my words will become clear to you on the day of your visitation. I am accustomed to visit my elect in a double fashion, that is, with temptation and with consolation. And I read to them two lessons each day: one to rebuke them for their faults; the other to exhort them to increase their virtue. He who possesses my words yet spurns them earns his own judgment on the last day. RESPONSORY Proverbs 23:26; 1:9; 5:1; 4:20 My son, surrender your heart to me and keep your eyes on my footsteps. – Then I will place a crown of grace on your head. My son, open your heart to my wisdom; listen to what I say. – Then I will place a crown of grace on your head. CONCLUDING PRAYER Let us pray. Almighty God, every good thing comes from you. Fill our hearts with love for you, increase our faith, and by your constant care protect the good you have given us. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. – Amen. Or: God of might, giver of every good gift, put into our hearts the love of your name, so that, by deepening our sense of reverence, you may nurture in us what is good and, by your watchful care, keep safe what you have nurtured. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. – Amen. ACCLAMATION Let us praise the Lord. – And give him thanks.
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