November 22, 2004. Memorial of St. Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr.

A reading from the book of Revelation.

I. John heard a voice from heaven speak to me.

Then the voice spoke to me and said,

Go. Take the scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel, who is standing on the sea and on the

land. So I went up to the angel and told him to give me the small scroll. He said to me,

Take and swallow it. It will turn your stomach sour, but in your mouth it will taste as sweet as honey.

I took the small scroll from the angel's hand and swallowed it.

In my mouth it was like sweet honey, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned sour.

Then someone said to me,

You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, tongues, and kings.

The Word of the Lord.

The responsorial song.

The response is,

How sweet to my taste is your promise. In the way of your decrees, I rejoice,

as much as in all riches. How sweet to my taste is your promise. Yes, your decrees are my delight,

they are my counselors. How sweet to my taste is your promise.

The law of your mouth is to me more precious than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

How sweet to my taste is your promise.

How sweet to my palate are your promises, sweeter than honey to my mouth?

How sweet to my taste is your promise?

Your decrees are my inheritance forever, the joy of my heart they are.

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