24th Sunday of Ordinary Time: Communion Antiphon 1
Psalm 36:8
How precious is your mercy, O God!
The children of men seek shelter in the shadow of your wings.
(Psalm 36:8)
Verse 1:
Your mercy, Lord, reaches to heaven,
your truth to the clouds.
(Psalm 36:6)
Verse 2:
Your uprightness is like the mountains of God;
like the great deep, your justice.
Both man and beast you save, O Lord.
(Psalm 36:7)
Verse 3:
They feast on the riches of your house;
you give them drink from the stream of your delight.
(Psalm 36:9)
Verse 4:
Maintain your mercy for those who know you,
your saving justice to upright hearts.
(Psalm 36:11)
Verse 5:
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.
(Gloria Patri)