Friday of week 18 in Ordinary Time (Saint Clare, Virgin ) Liturgical Colour: White. Readings at Mass ________ Entrance Antiphon Cf. Ps 148:12-14 Let the virgins praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is exalted; his splendour is above heaven and earth. Or Cf. Ps 44: 16 The virgins to the King are escorted amid gladness and joy; they are led within the temple to the Lord and King. ________ Collect O God, who in your mercy led Saint Clare to a love of poverty, grant, through her intercession, that, following Christ in poverty of spirit, we may merit to contemplate you one day in the heavenly Kingdom. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. ________ First reading Deuteronomy 4:32-40 Moses said to the people: ‘Put this question to the ages that are past, that went before you, from the time God created man on earth: Was there ever a word so m