Daily reading, what do I say before and after

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At mass, we have phrases we say before and after a reading.

What are all of these, and should I be saying them each morning for daily readings.
 
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I’m unfamiliar with antiphons before and after each Mass reading, either in the OF or the EF. 🤔

Could you provide a concrete example, please?
 
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Edy said:
At mass, we have phrases we say before and after a reading.

What are all of these, and should I be saying them each morning for daily readings.
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For after I’m assuming you mean

The Word of the Lord
Thanks be to God

Before

A reading from book

Or similar. Am I right?
 
If @Elf01 is on the right track, then no, you’re not obligated to say these at home (in fact, a priest could omit any parts of dialogue like this if/whenever saying Mass alone for the simple reason that there’s no one to respond). Instead, there are optional prayers you can pray when reading/reciting liturgical prayers & texts alone.

Examples:
Before Spiritual Reading:
“Come, O Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit, and they shall be created. And you shall renew the face of the earth. O God, who has taught the hearts of the faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit, grant that by the gift of the same Spirit we may be always truly wise and ever rejoice in his consolation. Through Christ our Lord.”

After:
“We (I) give you thanks, almighty God, for all your benefits, who live and reign for ever and ever. May the Lord grant us (me) his peace and life everlasting.”
 
For a Mass, before the Gospel reading the Deacon, Priest or Bishop sings or says:

“The Lord be with you.”

The people reply: “And with your spirit.”

The Deacon, Priest or Bishop: “A reading from the holy Gospel according to N.”

(Here for “N.” they sing or say, Matthew, Mark, Luke or John.)

At the end of the Gospel reading the Deacon, Priest or Bishop sing or say: “The Gospel of the Lord.”

All reply: “Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.”

The Church has other ceremonies where there may not be a Deacon, Priest or Bishop. Examples of these ceremonies are a Communion Service or a “Celebration of the Word of God”. If the Gospel is being read in these ceremonies by a lay person (a person who is not a Deacon, Priest or Bishop) then it would be incorrect for them to say “The Lord be with you.”

At Mass when there are readings from the Bible that are not Gospel readings, then for example:

“A reading from the letter of St James”

At end of the reading:
“The word of the Lord.”
All reply: “Thanks be to God.”

In other ceremonies there are readings that are not from the Bible. For example, The Office of Readings, Advent, Week 2, Tuesday has as the second reading:

“A reading from the Constitution on the Church of the Second Vatican Council”.

The first reading is “A reading from the prophet Isaiah”.

Neither reading ends with “The word of the Lord.”

In the Book of Blessings there are ceremonies with readings which begin differently to the way they do in a Mass. For example, “Order for the Blessing of an Engaged Couple”:

“Brothers and sisters, listen to the words of the holy gospel according to John:”

This reading does not end with “The Gospel of the Lord” as it would at a Mass.
 
Thanks guys,

I like the idea of saying a prayer before and after. Half way through readings I often find my mind drifting off, so I’ll stop and say, spirit of disruption I rebuke you in the name of Lord Jesus Christ. Is there a good prayer I can use before reading to help me with this issue?
 
Using part of Psalm 119 is recommended by Father Michael Casey in his book “The Art of Sacred Reading”, page 79, ISBN 1863713948, published 1995. He says this psalm is a celebration of the gift of God’s word.
 
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