The Lessons

From the Book of Divine Worship - The Daily Office - Daily Morning Prayer - Rite One

One or two Lessons, as appointed, are read, the Reader first saying:

A Reading (Lesson) from .

A citation giving chapter and verse may be added.

After each Lesson the Reader may say

The Word of the Lord.

Answer

Thanks be to God.

Or the Reader may say:

Here endeth the Lesson (Reading).

Silence may be kept after each Reading. One of the following Canticles, or one of Canticles 8-21, is sung or said after each Reading. If three Lessons are used, the Lesson from the Gospel is read after the second Canticle.

*	An asterisk divides a verse of a Psalm in two portions for responsive reading