Liturgical Colour : Green or Red (Martyrs)
Psalm 112 : 1-2, 3-4, 5-6
Alleluia! Praise, o servants of the Lord, praise the Name of the Lord! Blessed be the Name of the Lord now and forever!
From eastern lands to the western islands, may the Name of the Lord be praised! The Lord is exalted over the nations, His glory above the heavens.
Who is like the Lord our God, who sits enthroned on high, but also bends down to see on earth as in heaven?
Liturgical Colour : White
Psalm 148 : 1-2, 11-12ab, 12c-14a, 14bcd
Alleluia! Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise Him in the heavenly heights. Praise Him, all His angels; praise Him, all His heavenly hosts.
Kings of the earth and nations, princes and all rulers of the world, young men and maidens.
Old and young together, let them praise the Name of the Lord. For His Name alone is exalted; His majesty is above earth and heaven. He has given His people glory.
He has given a praise to His faithful, to Israel, the people close to Him. Alleluia.
Psalm 8 : 2 and Psalm 58 : 2
Domine, Dominus noster, quam admirabile est Nomen Tuum in universa terra!
Response : Quoniam elevata est magnificentia Tua super caelos.
Alleluja, alleluja.
Response : Eripe me de inimicis meus, Deus meus : et ab insurgentibus in me libera me. Alleluja.
English translation
O Lord our Lord, how admirable is Your Name in the whole earth.
Response : For Your magnificence is elevated above the heavens.
Alleluia, alleluia.
Response : Deliver me from my enemies, o my God, and defend me from those that rise up against me. Alleluia.
Psalm 30 : 3, Psalm 70 : 1 and Psalm 47 : 2
Esto mihi in Deum protectorem, et in locum refugii, ut salvum me facias.
Deus in Te speravi : Domine, non confundar in aeternum.
Alleluja, alleluja.
Response : Magnus Dominus, et laudabilis valde, in civitate Dei nostri, in monte sancto ejus. Alleluja.
English translation
May You be unto me a God, a protector and a place of refuge to save me.
In You, o God, I have hoped. O Lord, let me never be confounded.
Alleluia, alleluia.
Response : Great is the Lord, and exceedingly to be praised in the city of our God, in His holy mountain. Alleluia.
Psalm 33 : 12, 6 and Psalm 46 : 2
Venite, filli, audite me : timorem Domini docebo vos.
Response : Accedite ad eum, et illuminamini : et facies vestrae non confundentur.
Alleluja, alleluja.
Response : Omnes gentes, plaudite manibus : jubilate Deo in voce exsultationis. Alleluja.
English translation
Come, children, harken to me. I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
Response : Come all of you to Him and be enlightened, and your faces shall not be confounded.
Alleluia, alleluia.
Response : O clap your hands, all you nations, shout unto God with the voice of joy. Alleluia.
Convertere, Domine, aliquantulum, et deprecare super servos Tuos.
Response : Domine, refugium factus es nobis, a generatione et progenie.
Alleluja, alleluja.
Response : In Te, Domine, speravi, non confundar in aeternum : in justitia Tua libera me et eripe me : inclina ad me aurem Tuam, accelera, ut eripias me. Alleluja.
English translation
Return, o Lord, a little, and be entreated in favour of Your servants.
Response : Lord, You had been our refuge from generation to generation.
Alleluia, alleluia.
Response : In You, o Lord, have I hoped, let me never be confounded, deliver me in Your justice, and release me. Bow Your ear down to me, make haste to deliver me. Alleluia.
Psalm 83 : 10, 9 and Psalm 20 : 1
Protector noster, aspice, Deus, et respice super servos Tuos.
Response : Domine, Deus virtutum, exaudi preces servorum Tuorum.
Alleluja, alleluja.
Response : Domine, in virtute tua laetabitur rex : et super salutare Tuum exsultabit vehementer. Alleluja.
English translation
Behold, o God our Protector, and look on Your servants.
Response : O Lord God of hosts, lend Your ear to the prayers of Your servants.
Alleluia, alleluia.
Response : In Your strength, o Lord, the king shall rejoice; and in Your salvation he shall rejoice exceedingly. Alleluia.
Psalm 78 : 9, 10 and Psalm 9 : 5, 10
Propitius esto, Domine, peccatis nostris : ne quando dicant gentes : Ubi est Deus eorum?
Response : Adjuva nos, Deus, salutaris noster : et propter honorem Nominis Tui, Domine, libera nos.
Alleluja, Alleluja.
Response : Deus, qui sedes super thronum, et judicas aequitatem : esto refugium pauperum in tribulatione. Alleluja.
English translation
Forgive us our sins, o Lord, lest the gentiles should at any time say, ‘Where is their God?’
Response : Help us, o God our Saviour; and for the honour of Your Name, o Lord, deliver us.
Alleluia, Alleluia.
Response : O God, who sits upon the throne, and judge of justice, may You be the refuge of the poor in tribulation. Alleluia.
Liturgical Colour : Red
Psalm 116 : 1, 2
Alleluia! Praise the Lord, all you nations; all you peoples, praise Him.
How great is His love for us! His faithfulness lasts forever.
Liturgical Colour : White
Psalm 147 : 12-13, 14-15, 19-20
Exalt the Lord, o Jerusalem; praise your God, o Zion! For He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses your children within you.
He grants peace on your borders and feeds you with the finest grain. He sends His command to the earth and swiftly runs His word.
It is He who tells Jacob His words, His laws and decrees to Israel. This He has not done for other nations, so His laws remain unknown to them. Alleluia!
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