This is the Liturgy of the Hours for December 24. Your local date is .
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Lord, open my lips.
— And my mouth will proclaim your praise.
Ant. Today you will know the Lord is coming, and in the morning you will see his glory.
Psalm 95
Come, let us sing to the Lord
and shout with joy to the Rock who saves us.
Let us approach him with praise and thanksgiving
and sing joyful songs to the Lord.
Ant. Today you will know the Lord is coming, and in the morning you will see his glory.
The Lord is God, the mighty God,
the great king over all the gods.
He holds in his hands the depths of the earth
and the highest mountains as well
He made the sea; it belongs to him,
the dry land, too, for it was formed by his hands.
Ant. Today you will know the Lord is coming, and in the morning you will see his glory.
Come, then, let us bow down and worship,
bending the knee before the Lord, our maker,
For he is our God and we are his people,
the flock he shepherds.
Ant. Today you will know the Lord is coming, and in the morning you will see his glory.
Today, listen to the voice of the Lord:
Do not grow stubborn, as your fathers did in the wilderness,
when at Meriba and Massah they challenged me and provoked me,
Although they had seen all of my works.
Ant. Today you will know the Lord is coming, and in the morning you will see his glory.
Forty years I endured that generation.
I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray
and they do not know my ways.”
So I swore in my anger,
“They shall not enter into my rest.”
Ant. Today you will know the Lord is coming, and in the morning you will see his glory.
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.
Ant. Today you will know the Lord is coming, and in the morning you will see his glory.