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Ordinary Form Divine Office Week IV

Sunday, July 17: 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gn 18:1-10A; Ps 15; Col 1:24-28; Lk 10:38-42
Monday, July 18: Weekday in Ordinary Time
Mic 6:1-4, 6-8; Ps 50; Mt 12:38-42
Tuesday, July 19: Weekday in Ordinary Time or St John Jones, priest, martyr
Mic 7:14-15, 18-20; Ps 85; Mt 12:46-50
Wednesday, July 20: Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Apollinaris, bishop, martyr
Jer 1:1, 4-10; Ps 71; Mt 13:1-9
Thursday, July 21: Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Lawrence of Brindisi, Doctor of the Church
Jer 2:1-3, 7-8, 12-13; Ps 36; Mt 13:10-17
Friday, July 22: St Mary Magdalene
Sgs 3:1-4B or 2 Cor 5:14-17; Ps 63; Jn 20:1-2, 11-18
Saturday, July 23: St Bridget; Ss Philip Evans and John Lloyd (W)
Jer 7:1-11; Ps 84; Mt 13:24-30

Extraordinary Form

Sunday, July 17: Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
1 Cor 10: 6-13: Lk 19: 41-47
Monday, July 18: St Camillus de Lellis, confessor
1 Jn 3:13-18; Jn 15:12-16
Tuesday, July 19: St Vincent de Paul, confessor
1 Cor 4:9-14; Lk 10:1-9
Wednesday, July 20: St Jerome Emiliani, confessor
Is 58: 7-11; Mt 19: 13-21
Thursday, July 21: St Lawrence of Brindisi, confessor and doctor
2 Tim 4:1-8; Mt 5:13-19
Friday, July 22: St Mary Magdalen, penitent
Canticle of Canticles 3:2-5,8:6-7; Lk 7:36-50
Saturday, July 23: St Apollinaris, bishop and martyr
1 Pet 5:1-11; Lk 22:24-30

Compiled by Gordon Dimon of the LMS

Prayer of the week

Almighty God, for the glory of Your Name and the salvation of souls, You conferred upon St Lawrence the spirits of counsel and fortitude. Grant us, in the same Spirit, to know what we are to do, and through his prayers, to do what we have come to know. We ask this through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.

Ordinary Form Divine Office Week IV

Sunday, July 17: 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gn 18:1-10A; Ps 15; Col 1:24-28; Lk 10:38-42
Monday, July 18: Weekday in Ordinary Time
Mic 6:1-4, 6-8; Ps 50; Mt 12:38-42
Tuesday, July 19: Weekday in Ordinary Time or St John Jones, priest, martyr
Mic 7:14-15, 18-20; Ps 85; Mt 12:46-50
Wednesday, July 20: Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Apollinaris, bishop, martyr
Jer 1:1, 4-10; Ps 71; Mt 13:1-9
Thursday, July 21: Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Lawrence of Brindisi, Doctor of the Church
Jer 2:1-3, 7-8, 12-13; Ps 36; Mt 13:10-17
Friday, July 22: St Mary Magdalene
Sgs 3:1-4B or 2 Cor 5:14-17; Ps 63; Jn 20:1-2, 11-18
Saturday, July 23: St Bridget; Ss Philip Evans and John Lloyd (W)
Jer 7:1-11; Ps 84; Mt 13:24-30

Extraordinary Form

Sunday, July 17: Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
1 Cor 10: 6-13: Lk 19: 41-47
Monday, July 18: St Camillus de Lellis, confessor
1 Jn 3:13-18; Jn 15:12-16
Tuesday, July 19: St Vincent de Paul, confessor
1 Cor 4:9-14; Lk 10:1-9
Wednesday, July 20: St Jerome Emiliani, confessor
Is 58: 7-11; Mt 19: 13-21
Thursday, July 21: St Lawrence of Brindisi, confessor and doctor
2 Tim 4:1-8; Mt 5:13-19
Friday, July 22: St Mary Magdalen, penitent
Canticle of Canticles 3:2-5,8:6-7; Lk 7:36-50
Saturday, July 23: St Apollinaris, bishop and martyr
1 Pet 5:1-11; Lk 22:24-30

Compiled by Gordon Dimon of the LMS

Prayer of the week

Almighty God, for the glory of Your Name and the salvation of souls, You conferred upon St Lawrence the spirits of counsel and fortitude. Grant us, in the same Spirit, to know what we are to do, and through his prayers, to do what we have come to know. We ask this through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.

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