24th Sunday of Ordinary Time: Entrance Antiphon

Sirach 36:18

Give peace, O Lord, to those who wait for you,
that your prophets be found true.
Hear the prayers of your servant,
and of your people Israel.
(Sirach 36:18)

Verse 1:

I rejoiced when they said to me,
“Let us go to the house of the Lord.”
(Psalm 122:1)

Verse 2:

Now our feet are standing
within your gates, O Jerusalem.
Jerusalem is built as a city
bonded as one together.
(Psalm 122:2-3)

Verse 3:

For the peace of Jerusalem pray,
“May they prosper, those who love you.”
May peace abide in your walls,
and security be in your towers.
(Psalm 122:6-7)

Verse 4:

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)