Friday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time (8/16/24)

Friday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time (8/16/24) Hymn, Antiphons, and Psalms: 1046 Readings, Responsories, and Concluding Prayer: 108 St. Thomas More House of Prayer http://liturgyofthehours.org Purchase Liturgy of the Hours books and resources at http://liturgyofthehours.org/store   / stmhouseofprayer     / stmhouseofprayer   Prayer before the Divine Office Open, O Lord, my mouth to bless your holy name; cleanse my heart from all vain, evil, and wandering thoughts; enlighten my understanding and kindle my affections; that I may worthily, attentively, and devoutly say this Office, and so deserve to be heard before the presence of your divine Majesty. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. Lord, in union with that divine intention, with which you praised God while you were on earth, I offer to you this Hour. Prayer after the Divine Office To the Most Holy and undivided Trinity, to the humanity of our Lord Jesus Christ crucified, to the fruitful virginity of the most blessed and glorious Mary, ever virgin, and to the whole company of the Saints, be everlasting praise, honor, and glory, by all creatures; and to us remission of all our sins, world without end. Amen. Blessed be the womb of the virgin Mary, which bore the Son of the Eternal Father. And blessed be the breast which nourished Christ the Lord.