Saturday, February 21, 2009

The Liturgy of the Hours

Mid-morning reading (Terce) Deuteronomy 8:5-6

The Lord your God was training you as a man trains his child. Keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and so follow his ways and reverence him.


Noon reading (Sext) 1 Kings 2:2-3

Be strong and show yourself a man. Observe the injunctions of the Lord your God, following his ways and keeping his laws, his commandments, his customs and his decrees, so that you may be successful in all you do and undertake.


Afternoon reading (None) Jeremiah 6:16

Put yourselves on the ways of long ago and enquire about the ancient paths: which was the good way? Take it then, and you shall find rest.