Liturgical Colour : Green
Psalm 116 : 1, 2
Alleluia! Praise YHVH, all you nations; all you peoples, praise Him.
How great is His love for us! His faithfulness lasts forever.
divine majesty
Saturday, 24 August 2019 : Feast of St. Bartholomew, Apostle (Psalm)
Liturgical Colour : Red
Psalm 144 : 10-11, 12-13ab, 17-18
All Your works will give You thanks; all Your saints, o Lord, will praise You. They will tell of the glory of Your kingdom and speak of Your power.
That all may know of Your mighty deeds, Your reign and its glorious splendour. Your reign is from age to age; Your dominion endures from generation to generation.
Righteous is YHVH in all His ways, His mercy shows in all His deeds. He is near those who call on Him, who call trustfully upon His Name.
Friday, 23 August 2019 : 20th Week of Ordinary Time, Memorial of St. Rose of Lima, Virgin (Psalm)
Liturgical Colour : Green or White (Virgins)
Psalm 145 : 5-6ab, 6c-7, 8-9a, 9bc-10
Blessed are they whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in YHVH their God, Maker of heaven and earth, the sea and all they contain.
The Lord is forever faithful; He gives justice to the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets the prisoners free.
The Lord gives sight to the blind, the Lord straightens the bent. The Lord loves the virtuous, but He brings to ruin the way of the wicked. The Lord protects the stranger.
He sustains the widow and the orphan. The Lord will reign forever, your God, o Zion, from generation to generation. Alleluia!
Thursday, 22 August 2019 : 20th Week of Ordinary Time, Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Psalm)
Liturgical Colour : White
Psalm 112 : 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8
Alleluia! Praise, o servants of YHVH, praise the Name of YHVH! Blessed be the Name of YHVH now and forever!
From eastern lands to the western islands, may the Name of YHVH be praised! YHVH is exalted over the nations; His glory above the heavens.
Who is like YHVH our God, Who sits enthroned on high, but also bends down to see on earth as in heaven?
He lifts up the poor from the dust and the needy from the ash heap. He makes them sit with princes, with rulers of His people.
Wednesday, 21 August 2019 : 20th Week of Ordinary Time, Memorial of Pope St. Pius X, Pope (Psalm)
Liturgical Colour : White
Psalm 20 : 2-3, 4-5, 6-7
The king rejoices in Your strength, o YHVH, and exults in Your saving help. You have granted him his desire; You have not rejected his request.
You have come to him with rich blessings; You have placed a golden crown upon his head. When he asked, You gave him life – length of days forever and ever.
He glories in the victory You gave him; You shall bestow on him splendour and majesty. You have given him eternal blessings, and gladdened him with the joy of Your presence.
Tuesday, 20 August 2019 : 20th Week of Ordinary Time, Memorial of St. Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church (Psalm)
Liturgical Colour : White
Psalm 84 : 9, 11-12, 13-14
Would, that I hear God’s proclamation, that He promise peace to His people, His saints – lest they come back to their folly.
Love and faithfulness have met; righteousness and peace have embraced. Faithfulness will reach up from the earth while justice bends down from heaven.
YHVH will give what is good, and our land will yield its fruit. Justice will go before Him, and peace will follow along His path.
Monday, 19 August 2019 : 20th Week of Ordinary Time, Memorial of St. John Eudes, Priest (Psalm)
Liturgical Colour : Green or White (Priests)
Psalm 105 : 34-35, 36-37, 39-40, 43ab and 44
They dared not destroy the pagans, as YHVH commanded; they mingled with these nations and learnt to do as they did.
In serving the idols of the pagans, they were trapped into sacrificing children to demons.
They defiled themselves by what they did, playing the harlot in their worship. The anger of YHVH grew intense and He abhorred His inheritance.
He delivered them many a time, but they went on defying Him and sinking deeper into their sin. But He heard their cry of affliction and looked on them with compassion.
Sunday, 18 August 2019 : Twentieth Sunday of Ordinary Time (Psalm)
Liturgical Colour : Green
Psalm 39 : 2, 3, 4, 18
With resolve I waited for YHVH; He listened and heard me beg.
Out of the horrid pit He drew me; out of deadly quicksand, He settled my feet upon a rock and made my steps steady.
He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and be awed and put their trust in YHVH.
Though I am afflicted and poor, yet the Lord thinks of me. You are my Help and my Saviour – o God, do not delay!
Saturday, 17 August 2019 : 19th Week of Ordinary Time (Psalm)
Liturgical Colour : Green or White (Saturday Mass of Our Lady)
Psalm 15 : 1-2a and 5, 7-8, 11
Keep me safe, o God, for in You I take refuge. I say to YHVH, “O YHVH, my inheritance and my cup, my chosen portion – hold secure my lot.”
I praise YHVH Who counsels me; even at night, my inmost self instructs me. I keep YHVH always before me; for with Him at my right hand, I will never be shaken.
You will show me the path of life, in Your presence, the fullness of joy, at Your right hand, happiness forever.
Friday, 16 August 2019 : 19th Week of Ordinary Time, Memorial of St. Stephen of Hungary (Psalm)
Liturgical Colour : Green or White (Saints)
Psalm 135 : 1, 2, 3, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 24
Alleluia! Give thanks to YHVH, for He is good, His kindness endures forever.
Give thanks to the God of gods, His kindness endures forever.
Give thanks to YHVH of Lords, His kindness endures forever.
He led His people through the desert, His kindness endures forever.
He struck down great kings, His kindness endures forever.
And He killed mighty kings, His kindness endures forever.
He gave their land as an inheritance, His kindness endures forever.
A heritage to Israel His servant, His kindness endures forever.
And He freed us from our oppressors, His kindness endures forever.
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