Feria Quinta infra Hebdomadam II post Octavam PaschæThursday within the Second Week after the Octave of Easter

℣ O God, ✠ come to my assistance.

℟ Lord, make haste to help me.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Alleluia.

O God of truth, O Lord of might,

Who orderest time and change aright,

Who send’st the early morning ray,

And light’st the glow of perfect day:

Extinguish thou each sinful fire,

And banish every ill desire;

And while thou keep’st the body whole,

Shed forth thy peace upon the soul.

Almighty Father, hear our cry,

Through Jesus Christ, our Lord most High,

Who, with the Holy Ghost and thee,

Doth live and reign eternally.

Amen.

Ant. Alleluia, * alleluia, alleluia.

Psalm 73(1-9) [1]

73:1 O God, why have you rejected us to the end. * Why has your fury become enraged over the sheep of your pasture?

73:2 Be mindful of your congregation, * which you have possessed from the beginning.

73:2 You redeemed the scepter of your inheritance, * mount Zion, in which you have dwelt.

73:3 Lift up your hands against their arrogance in the end. * How great the malice of the enemy has been in the sanctuary!

73:4 And those who hate you have been glorified, * in the midst of your solemnity.

73:5 They have set up their own signs as a proof, * as if it had been issued from on high; yet they did not understand.

73:6 As in a forest of chopped wood, they have cut down the entrances themselves. * With axe and hatchet, they have brought it down.

73:7 They have set fire to your Sanctuary. * They have polluted the tabernacle of your name on earth.

73:8 They have said in their heart, the whole group of them together: * “Let us cause all the feast days of God to cease from the land.

73:9 We have not seen our proof; there is now no prophet. * And he will no longer know us.”

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Psalm 73(10-17) [2]

73:10 How long, O God, will the enemy place blame? * Is the adversary to provoke your name until the end?

73:11 Why do you turn your hand away, even your right hand, * from the midst of your sinews, until the end?

73:12 But God is our king before all ages. * He has wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.

73:13 In your virtue, you confirmed the sea. * You crushed the heads of the serpents in the waters.

73:14 You have broken the heads of the serpent. * You have given him as food for the people of the Ethiopians.

73:15 You have disrupted the fountains and the torrents. * You have dried up the rivers of Ethan.

73:16 Yours is the day, and yours is the night. * You have made the morning light and the sun.

73:17 You have made all the limits of the earth. * The summer and the spring were formed by you.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Psalm 73(18-23) [3]

73:18 Be mindful of this: the enemy placed blame against the Lord, * and a foolish people has incited against your name.

73:19 Do not hand over to beasts the souls that confess to you; * and do not forget the souls of your poor until the end.

73:20 Consider your covenant. * For those who have been darkened upon the earth have been filled by the iniquity of the houses.

73:21 Do not allow the humble to be turned away in confusion. * The poor and the needy will praise your name.

73:22 Rise up, O God, judge your own case. * Call to mind the accusations against you, which are made by the foolish all day long.

73:23 Do not forget the voices of your adversaries. * The arrogance of those who hate you rises up continually.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Ant. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

1 Cor 15:20-22

But now Christ has risen again from the dead, as the first-fruits of those who sleep. For certainly, death came through a man. And so, the resurrection of the dead came through a man. And just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be brought to life.

℟ Thanks be to God.

℟ The Lord is truly risen, * Alleluia, alleluia.

℟ The Lord is truly risen, * Alleluia, alleluia.

℣ And appeared to Simon.

℟ Alleluia, alleluia.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ The Lord is truly risen, * Alleluia, alleluia.

℣ The disciples rejoiced, alleluia.

℟ Having seen the Lord, alleluia.

℣ O Lord, hear my prayer.

℟ And let my cry come before you.

Let us pray.

O God, who through the humility of your Son have raised up a world that lay fallen: grant to your faithful enduring joy, so that those whom you have rescued from the snares of eternal death, you may cause to enjoy everlasting gladness.

Through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

℟ Amen.

℣ O Lord, hear my prayer.

℟ And let my cry come before you.

℣ Let us bless the Lord.

℟ Thanks be to God.

℣ May the souls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

℟ Amen.