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Sunday in the 21st week of Ordinary Time
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Lord, open my lips.
— And my mouth will proclaim your praise.
Ant. Come, let us sing to the Lord and shout with joy to the Rock who saves us, alleluia.
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. Come, let us sing to the Lord and shout with joy to the Rock who saves us, alleluia.
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. Come, let us sing to the Lord and shout with joy to the Rock who saves us, alleluia.
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. Come, let us sing to the Lord and shout with joy to the Rock who saves us, alleluia.
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. Come, let us sing to the Lord and shout with joy to the Rock who saves us, alleluia.
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. Come, let us sing to the Lord and shout with joy to the Rock who saves us, alleluia.
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. Come, let us sing to the Lord and shout with joy to the Rock who saves us, alleluia.
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