LITURGY OF THE HOURS, THE SOLEMNITY OF 
CHRIST THE UNIVERSAL KING

First Evening Prayer

The Hymn is 

The Psalms and antiphons are proper to this feast.

	1.  Psalm 113, with
We will call him the peacemaker,
and his throne shall stand firm for ever.
       2.  Psalm 117, with
His kingdom will endure for ever,
and all the kings of the earth will serve and obey him.
	3.  Revelations Canticle (4:11;5:9,10,12), with
The authority and honor of a king has been given to Christ;
all peoples, tribes, and nations will serve him forever.
	     
The Reading is Ephesians 1:20-23, where Paul teaches that “God used the strength of his 
power to raise Christ from the dead and to make him sit at his right hand, in heaven.”

The Responsory is:  “Yours is the splendor and the power; yours is the kingdom, O 
Lord,” with the verse, “You will rule over all.”

The antiphon on the Magnificat is: 
       The Lord God will give him the throne of David his ancestor;
       he will rule in the house of Jacob forever,
       and his kingdom will have no end, alleluia.

The Intercessions and the Prayer are proper to Christ the King.

Morning Prayer

The Invitatory is:
       Come, let us worship Jesus Christ the King of kings.

The Hymn is 

The Psalms are from Sunday, Week I, with the following antiphons:

1.  A man will come whose Name is ‘the Dayspring;’ 
     from his throne he will rule over all;
     he will speak of peace to the nations.
2.  They will sing his praises to the ends of the earth,
     and he will be their peace.
3.  The Lord will give him power and honor and kingship;
     all peoples, tribes, and nations will serve him.

The Reading is Ephesians 4:15-16, where Paul explains that “if we live by the truth and 
in love, we shall grow in all ways into Christ, who is the head by whom the whole body is 
fitted and joined together.”

The Responsory is “Your saints, O Lord, will tell of the glory of your kingdom,” with the 
verse “They will proclaim your power.”

The Benedictus is sung with the following antiphon:
       He fashioned us into a kingdom for the glory of his God and Father;
       he is the firstborn of the dead and the leader of all the kings of the earth, alleluia.

The Intercessions and Prayer are proper to Christ the King.

Evening Prayer II

The Hymn is 

The Psalms and antiphons are proper to the feast:

       1.  Psalm 110: 1-5,7, with
       He shall sit upon the throne of David
       and rule over his kingdom for ever, alleluia.
2.  Psalm 145:1-13, with
Your kingdom shall be an everlasting kingdom,
and you shall rule from generation to generation.
       3.  Revelations Canticle (19:1-7), with
       On his cloak and on his thigh a Name was written:
       King of kings, and Lord of lords.
       To him be glory and power for ever.

The Reading is I Corinthians 15:25-28, where Paul says “Christ must be king until he has 
put all his enemies under his feet—and the last of the enemies to be destroyed is death.”

The Responsory is:  “Your throne, O God, shall stand for ever,” with the verse, “The 
scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of justice.”

The Magnificat is sung with this antiphon:
       All authority in heaven and on earth