O God, come to my assistance
O 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.
Reading
At this I weep,
my eyes run with tears:
My sons were reduced to silence
when the enemy prevailed.
- Lamentations 1:16
Responsory
God clothed them in gladness, - And crowned them in glory.
COLLECT
O God, whom the Holy Innocents confessed
and proclaimed on this day,
not by speaking but by dying,
grant, we pray,
that the faith in you which we confess with our lips
may also speak through our manner of life.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Reading
Worn out from weeping are my eyes,
within me all is in ferment;
As child and infant faint away
in the open spaces of the town. - Lamentations 2:11
Responsory
The just shall live for ever, -To live in God is their reward.
COLLECT
O God, whom the Holy Innocents confessed
and proclaimed on this day,
not by speaking but by dying,
grant, we pray,
that the faith in you which we confess with our lips
may also speak through our manner of life.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Reading
Cease your cries of mourning,
wipe the tears from your eyes.
The sorrow you have shown
shall have its reward,
There is hope for your future,
says the Lord. - Jeremiah 31:16,17a
Responsory
The saints will exult in glory. - They will sing for joy as they bow down before the Lord.
COLLECT
O God, whom the Holy Innocents confessed
and proclaimed on this day,
not by speaking but by dying,
grant, we pray,
that the faith in you which we confess with our lips
may also speak through our manner of life.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
