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1 Liturgy of the Hours Liturgy of the Hours Office of Readings Canticles and Gospel Reading December 18, 2010 { Fourth Sunday of Advent }

2 Stand and make sign of cross 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 for ever. Amen. Alleluia. Hymn Maranatha! Come, O Christ the Lord! I am the Root of Jesse and David s Son, The radiant Star of morning and God s own Light. Maranatha! Come, O Christ the Lord! The Spirit and the Bride say: Come! Let him who hears their voices say: Come! Maranatha! Come, O Christ the Lord! He who has thirst, let him come, and he who has desire, let him drink the waters of everlasting life. Maranatha! Come, O Christ the Lord! Yes, I come very soon! Amen! Come, O Lord Jesus! Maranatha! Come, O Christ the Lord! Melody: Maranatha; Music: Lucien Deiss, C.S.Sp., 1965; Text: Lucien Deiss, C.S.Sp., 1965 Marana, Tha! by Lucien Deiss, C.S.Sp; Text and music 1965, World Library Publications, 3708 River Road, Suite 400, Franklin Park, Illinois All rights reserved. Used by permission. December 18,

3 Sit or stand Antiphon 1 Psalmody This is our heavenly King, he comes with power and might to save the nations, alleluia. Psalm 24 The Lord s entry into his temple Christ opened heaven for us in the manhood he assumed (St. Irenaeus). The Lord s is the earth and its fullness, the world and all its peoples. It is he who set it on the seas; on the waters he made it firm. Who shall climb the mountain of the Lord? Who shall stand in his holy place? The man with clean hands and pure heart, who desires not worthless things, who has not sworn so as to deceive his neighbor. He shall receive blessings from the Lord and reward from the God who saves him. Such are the men who seek him, seek the face of the God of Jacob. O gates, lift high your heads; grow higher, ancient doors. Let him enter, the king of glory! Who is the king of glory? The Lord, the mighty, the valiant, the Lord, the valiant in war. O gates, lift high your heads; grow higher, ancient doors. Let him enter, the king of glory! Who is he, the king of glory? He, the Lord of armies, he is the king of glory. 3

4 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. Antiphon This is our heavenly King, he comes with power and might to save the nations, alleluia. Antiphon 2 Daughter of Jerusalem, rejoice and be glad; your King will come to you. Zion, do not fear; your Savior hastens on his way. Psalm 66 Eucharistic hymn The Lord is risen and all people have been brought by him to the Father (Hesychius). Cry out with joy to God, all the earth, O sing to the glory of his name. O render him glorious praise. Say to God: How tremendous your deeds! Because of the greatness of your strength your enemies cringe before you. Before you all the earth shall bow; shall sing to you, sing to your name! Come and see the works of God, tremendous his deeds among men. He turned the sea into dry land, they passed through the river dry-shod. Let our joy then be in him; he rules for ever by his might. His eyes keep watch over the nations; let rebels not rise against him. O peoples, bless our God, let the voice of his praise resound, of the God who gave life to our souls I December 18,

5 and kept our feet from stumbling. For you, O God, have tested us, you have tried us as silver is tried: you led us, God, into the snare; you laid a heavy burden on our backs. You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water but then you brought us relief. 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. Antiphon Daughter of Jerusalem, rejoice and be glad; your King will come to you. Zion, do not fear; your Savior hastens on his way. Antiphon 3 Let us cleanse our hearts for the coming of our great King, that we may be ready to welcome him; he is coming and will not delay. Burnt offering I bring to your house; to you I will pay my vows, the vows which my lips have uttered, which my mouth spoke in my distress. I will offer burnt offerings of fatlings with the smoke of burning rams. I will offer bullocks and goats. Come and hear, all who fear God. I will tell what he did for my soul: to him I cried aloud, with high praise ready on my tongue. If there had been evil in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. But truly God has listened; II 5

6 he has heeded the voice of my prayer. Blessed be God who did not reject my prayer nor withhold his love from 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 for ever. Amen. Antiphon Let us cleanse our hearts for the coming of our great King, that we may be ready to welcome him; he is coming and will not delay. Verse Lord, show us your mercy and love. Sit And grant us your salvation. First reading Readings From the book of the prophet Isaiah 47:1, 3b-15 Lament for Babylon Come down, sit in the dust, O virgin daughter Babylon; Sit on the ground, dethroned, O daughter of the Chaldeans. No longer shall you be called dainty and delicate. I will take vengeance, I will yield to no entreaty, says our redeemer, Whose name is the Lord of hosts, the Holy One of Israel. Go into darkness and sit in silence, O daughter of the Chaldeans, December 18,

7 No longer shall you be called sovereign mistress of kingdoms. Angry at my people, I profaned my inheritance, And I gave them into your hand; but you showed them no mercy, And upon old men you laid a very heavy yoke. You said, I shall remain always, a sovereign mistress forever! But you did not lay these things to heart, you disregarded their outcome. Now hear this, voluptuous one, enthroned securely, Saying to yourself, I, and no one else! I shall never be a widow, or suffer the loss of my children Both these things shall come to you suddenly, in a single day: Complete bereavement and widowhood shall come upon you For your many sorceries and the great number of your spells; Because you felt secure in your wickedness, and said, No one sees me. Your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray, And you said to yourself, I, and no one else! But upon you shall come evil you will not know how to predict; Disaster shall befall you which you cannot allay. Suddenly there shall come upon you ruin which you will not expect. 7

8 Keep up, now, your spells and your many sorceries. Perhaps you can make them avail, perhaps you can strike terror! You wearied yourself with many consultations, at which you toiled from your youth; Let the astrologers stand forth to save you, the stargazers who forecast at each new moon what would happen to you. Lo, they are like stubble, fire consumes them; They cannot save themselves from the spreading flames. This is no warming ember, no fire to sit before. Thus do your wizards serve you with whom you have toiled from your youth; Each wanders his own way, with none to save you. Responsory Isaiah 49:13; 47:4 Rejoice, you heavens, and celebrate, O earth; cry out with praise, you mountains; for the Lord will have compassion on his poor. Our Redeemer, the Lord God of power and might is his name, the Holy One of Israel. For the Lord will have compassion on his poor. Second reading From a treatise Against Heresies by Saint Irenaeus, bishop (Lib. 3, 20, 2-3: SC 34, ) The plan of redemption through the Incarnation God is man s glory. Man is the vessel which receives God s action and all his wisdom and power. December 18,

9 Just as a doctor is judged in his care for the sick, so God is revealed in his conduct with men. That is Paul s reason for saying: God has made the whole world prisoner of unbelief that he may have mercy on all. He was speaking of man, who was disobedient to God, and cast off from immortality, and then found mercy, receiving through the Son of God the adoption he brings. If man, without being puffed up or boastful, has a right belief regarding created things and their divine Creator, who, having given them being, holds them all in his power, and if man perseveres in God s love, and in obedience and gratitude to him, he will receive greater glory from him. It will be a glory which will grow ever brighter until he takes on the likeness of the one who died for him. He it was who took on the likeness of sinful flesh, to condemn sin and rid the flesh of sin, as now condemned. He wanted to invite man to take on his likeness, appointing man an imitator of God, establishing man in a way of life in obedience to the Father that would lead to the vision of God, and endowing man with power to receive the Father. He is the Word of God who dwelt with man and became the Son of Man to open the way for man to receive God, for God to dwell with man, according to the will of the Father. For this reason the Lord himself gave as the sign of our salvation, the one who was born of the Virgin, Emmanuel. It was the Lord himself who saved them, for of themselves they had no power to be saved. For this reason Paul speaks of the weakness of man, and says: I know that no good dwells in my flesh, meaning that the blessing of our salvation comes not from us but from God. Again, he says: I am a wretched man; who will free me from this body doomed to die? Then he speaks of a liberator, thanks to Jesus Christ our Lord. Isaiah says the same: Hands that are feeble, grow strong! Knees that are weak, take courage! Hearts that are faint, grow strong! Fear not see, our God is judgment and he will repay. He himself will come and save us. He means that we could not be saved of ourselves but only with God s help. 9

10 Responsory See Jeremiah 31:10; 4:5 Listen to the word of the Lord, you peoples, and proclaim it to the ends of the earth; say to the far-off islands: Our Savior is coming. Proclaim the good news, let it be heard; tell it to everyone, shout it aloud. Antiphon Say to the far-off islands: Our Savior is coming. Canticles and Gospel Reading Canticles Rejoice and sing for joy, daughter of Zion, for I come to live in your midst, says the Lord. Isaiah 40:10-17 The Good Shepherd: God most high and most wise See, I come quickly; I have my reward in hand (Revelation 22:12). Here comes with power the Lord God, who rules by his strong arm; here is his reward with him, his recompense before him. Like a shepherd he feeds his flock; in his arms he gathers the lambs, Carrying them in his bosom, and leading the ewes with care. Who has cupped in his hand the waters of the sea, and marked off the heavens with a span? Who has held in a measure the dust of the earth, weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance? Who has directed the spirit of the Lord, December 18,

11 or has instructed him as his counselor? Whom did he consult to gain knowledge? Who taught him the path of judgment, or showed him the way of understanding? Behold, the nations count as a drop of the bucket, as dust on the scales; the coastlands weigh no more than powder. Lebanon would not suffice for fuel, nor its animals be enough for holocausts. Before him all the nations are as nought, as nothing and void he accounts them. 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. Isaiah 42:10-16 God victor and savior They were singing a new hymn before the throne of God (Revelation 14:3). Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise from the end of the earth: Let the sea and what fills it resound, the coastlands, and those who dwell in them. Let the steppe and its cities cry out, the villages where Kedar dwells; Let the inhabitants of Sela exult, and shout from the top of the mountains. Let them give glory to the Lord, and utter his praise in the coastlands. The Lord goes forth like a hero, like a warrior he stirs up his ardor; he shouts out his battle cry, against his enemies he shows his might: I have looked away, and kept silence, 11

12 I have said nothing, holding myself in; but now, I cry out as a woman in labor, gasping and panting. I will lay waste mountains and hills, all their herbage I will dry up; I will turn the rivers into marshes, and the marshes I will dry up. I will lead the blind on their journey; by paths unknown I will guide them. I will turn darkness into light before them, and make crooked ways straight. 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. Isaiah 49:7-13 God redeems the people through his Servant God has sent his only-begotten Son into the world that we might have life through him (1 John 4:9). Thus says the Lord, the redeemer and the Holy One of Israel, to the one despised, whom the nations abhor, the slave of rulers: When kings see you, they shall stand up, and princes shall prostrate themselves because of the Lord who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you. Thus says the Lord: In a time of favor I answer you, on the day of salvation I help you, to restore the land and allot the desolate heritages, saying to the prisoners: Come out! to those in darkness: Show yourselves! December 18,

13 Along the ways they shall find pasture, on every bare height shall their pastures be. They shall not hunger or thirst, nor shall the scorching wind or the sun strike them; for he who pities them leads them and guides them beside springs of water. I will cut a road through all my mountains, and make my highways level. See, some shall come from afar, others from the north and the west, and some from the land of Syene. Sing out, O heavens, and rejoice, O earth, break forth into song, you mountains. For the Lord comforts his people and shows mercy to his afflicted. 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. Antiphon Rejoice and sing for joy, daughter of Zion, for I come to live in your midst, says the Lord. Stand Gospel A reading from the holy gospel according to John 20:1-18 It is right that he should rise from the dead Early in the morning on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb. She saw that the stone had been moved away, so she ran off to Simon Peter and the other disciple (the one Jesus loved) and told them, The Lord has been taken from the tomb! We don t know where they have put him! At that, Peter and the other disciple started out on their way toward 13

14 the tomb. They were running side by side, but then the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He did not enter but bent down to peer in, and saw the wrappings lying on the ground. Presently, Simon Peter came along behind him and entered the tomb. He observed the wrappings on the ground and saw the piece of cloth which had covered the head not lying with the wrappings, but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the disciple who had arrived first at the tomb went in. He saw and believed. (Remember, as yet they did not understand the Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.) With this, the disciples went back home. Meanwhile, Mary stood weeping beside the tomb. Even as she wept, she stooped to peer inside, and there she saw two angels in dazzling robes. One was seated at the head and the other at the foot of the place where Jesus body had lain. Woman, they asked her, why are you weeping? She answered them, Because the Lord has been taken away, and I do not know where they have put him. She had no sooner said this than she turned around and caught sight of Jesus standing there. But she did not know him. Woman, he asked her, why are you weeping? Who is it you are looking for? She supposed he was the gardener, so she said, Sir, if you are the one who carried him off, tell me where you have laid him and I will take him away. Jesus said to her, Mary! She turned to him and said [in Hebrew], Rabbouni! (meaning Teacher ). Jesus then said: Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Rather, go to my brothers and tell them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God! Mary Magdalene went to the disciples. I have seen the Lord! she announced. Then she reported what he had said to her. Te Deum You are God: we praise you; You are the Lord: we acclaim you; You are the eternal Father: All creation worships you. December 18,

15 To you all angels, all the powers of heaven, Cherubim and Seraphim, sing in endless praise: Holy, holy, holy, Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. The glorious company of apostles praise you. The noble fellowship of prophets praise you. The white-robed army of martyrs praise you. Throughout the world the holy Church acclaims you: Father, of majesty unbounded, your true and only Son, worthy of all worship, and the Holy Spirit, advocate and guide. You, Christ, are the King of glory, the eternal Son of the Father. When you became man to set us free you did not spurn the Virgin s womb. You overcame the sting of death, and opened the kingdom of heaven to all believers. You are seated at God s right hand in glory. We believe that you will come, and be our judge. Come then, Lord, and help your people, bought with the price of your own blood, and bring us with your saints to glory everlasting. Let us pray. Concluding Prayer Lord, fill our hearts with your love, and as you revealed to us by an angel the coming of your Son as man, so lead us through his suffering and death to the glory of his resurrection, for he lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. 15

16 Amen. Acclamation Let us praise the Lord. And give him thanks. December 18,

17 Acknowledgements The English Translation of the Introductory Verses and Responses, the Invitatories, the Antiphons, Captions and Patristic Commentaries for the Psalms, Psalm-prayers, Responsories, Intercessions, Greeting, Blessings, and Dismissal, Non-Biblical Readings, and Hagiographical Introductions from The Liturgy of the Hours 1974, 1975, 1976, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. (ICEL); the Alternative Opening Prayers and the English translation of the Opening Prayers (Prayers of the Day) from The Roman Missal 1973, ICEL. All rights reserved. English translation of Gloria Patri, Te Deum Laudamus, Benedictus, Magnificat, and Nunc Dimittis by the International Consultation on English Texts. Readings and New Testament Canticles (except the Magnificat) from the New American Bible Copyright 1970 by the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C. Used with permission. All Rights Reserved. No part of the New American Bible may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the copyright owner. Psalm texts except Psalm 95 Copyright 1963, The Grail (England). Used with permission of A.P. Watt Ltd. All rights reserved. Arrangement Copyright 2006 by ebreviary, New York. 17

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