Liturgical Colour : Purple/Violet
Luke 6 : 36-38
At that time, Jesus said to His disciples, “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. Do not be a judge of others and you will not be judged; do not condemn and you will not be condemned; forgive and you will be forgiven; give and it will be given to you, and you will receive in your sack good measure, pressed down, full and running over. For the measure you give will be the measure you receive back.”
Divine Mercy
(Usus Antiquior) Second Sunday of Lent (I Classis) – Sunday, 29 February 2015 : Introit and Collect
Liturgical Colour : Violet
Introit
Psalm 24 : 6, 3, 22 and 1-2
Reminiscere miserationum Tuarum, Domine, et misericordiae Tuae, quae a saeculo sunt : ne umquam dominentur nobis inimici nostri : libera nos, Deus Israel, ex omnibus angustiis nostris.
Ad Te, Domine, levavi animam meam : Deus meus, in Te confido, non erubescam.
Response : Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto, sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper : et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.
English translation
Remember, o Lord, Your bowels of compassion, and Your mercies that are from the beginning of the world, lest at anytime our enemies rule over us. Deliver us, o God of Israel, from all our tribulations.
To You, o Lord, I have lifted up my soul. In You, o my God, I put my trust. Let me not be ashamed.
Response : Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Collect
Deus, qui conspicis omni nos virtute destitui : interius exteriusque custodi; ut ab omnibus adversitatibus muniamur in corpore, et a pravis cogitationibus mundemur in mente. Per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum Filium Tuum, Qui Tecum vivis et regnas in unitate Spiritus Sancti Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.
English translation
O God, who sees how we are destitute of all strength, keep us inwardly and outwardly, that in body we may be defended from all adversities, and in mind cleansed of evil thoughts. Through our Lord Jesus Christ Your Son, who with You lives and reigns in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen.
Wednesday, 25 February 2015 : 1st Week of Lent (Psalm)
Liturgical Colour : Purple/Violet
Psalm 50 : 3-4, 12-13, 18-19
Have mercy on me, o God, in Your love. In Your great compassion blot out my sin. Wash me thoroughly of my guilt; cleanse me of evil.
Create in me, o God, a pure heart; give me a new and steadfast spirit. Do not cast me out of Your presence nor take Your Holy Spirit from me.
You take no pleasure in sacrifice; were I to give a burnt offering, You would not delight in it. O God, my sacrifice is a broken spirit; a contrite heart You will not despise.
Tuesday, 24 February 2015 : 1st Week of Lent (Psalm)
Liturgical Colour : Purple/Violet
Psalm 33 : 4-5, 6-7, 16-17, 18-19
Oh, let us magnify the Lord, together let us glorify His Name! I sought the Lord, and He answered me; from all my fears He delivered me.
They who look to Him are radiant with joy, their faces never clouded with shame. When the poor cry out, the Lord hears and saves them from distress.
The eyes of the Lord are fixed on the righteous; His eats are inclined to their cries. But His face is set against the wicked to destroy their memory from the earth.
The Lord hears the cry of the righteous and rescues them from all their troubles. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves the distraught.
(Usus Antiquior) First Sunday of Lent (I Classis) – Sunday, 22 February 2015 : Introit and Collect
Liturgical Colour : Violet
Introit
Psalm 90 : 15, 16 and 1
Invocabit me, et ego exaudiam eum : eripiam eum, et glorificabo eum : longitudine dierum adimplebo eum.
Qui habitat in adjutorio Altissimi, in protectione Dei caeli commorabitur.
Response : Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto, sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper : et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.
English translation
He shall call upon Me, and I will hear him, I will deliver him and glorify him, and I will fill him with length of days.
He who dwells in the aid of the Most High shall abide under the protection of the God of heaven.
Response : Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Collect
Deus, qui Ecclesiam Tuam annua quadragesimali observatione purificas : praesta familiae Tuae; ut, quod a Te obtinere abstinendo nititur, hoc bonis operibus exsequatur. Per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum Filium Tuum, Qui Tecum vivis et regnas in unitate Spiritus Sancti Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.
English translation
O God, who has purified Your Church with the annual observance of Lent, grant to Your household that what it strives to obtain from You by abstinence it may secure with good works. Through our Lord Jesus Christ Your Son, who with You lives and reigns in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen.
Saturday, 21 February 2015 : Saturday after Ash Wednesday, Memorial of St. Peter Damian, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (Psalm)
Liturgical Colour : Purple/Violet
Psalm 85 : 1-2, 3-4, 5-6
Listen, o Lord, and answer me, for I am afflicted and needy. Preserve my life for I am Godfearing; save Your servant who trusts in You.
Have mercy on me, o Lord, for I cry to You all day. Bring joy to the soul of Your servant, for You, o Lord, I lift up my soul.
You are good and forgiving, o Lord, caring for those who call on You. Listen, o Lord, to my prayer, hear the voice of my pleading.
Friday, 20 February 2015 : Friday after Ash Wednesday (Psalm)
Liturgical Colour : Purple/Violet
Psalm 50 : 3-4, 5-6a, 18-19
Have mercy on me, o God, in Your love. In Your great compassion blot out my sin. Wash me thoroughly of my guilt; cleanse me of evil.
For I acknowledge my wrongdoings and have my sins ever in mind. Against You alone have I sinned.
You take no pleasure in sacrifice; were I to give a burnt offering, You would not delight in it. O God, my sacrifice is a broken spirit; a contrite heart You will not despise.
Wednesday, 18 February 2015 : Ash Wednesday (First Reading)
Liturgical Colour : Purple or Violet
Joel 2 : 12-18
YHVH says, “Yet even now, return to Me with your whole heart, with fasting, weeping and mourning. Rend your heart, not your garment. Return to YHVH, your God – gracious and compassionate. YHVH is slow to anger, full of kindness, and He repents of having punished.”
“Who knows? Probably He will relent once more and spare some part of the harvest from which we may bring sacred offerings to YHVH, your God. Blow the trumpet in Zion, proclaim a sacred fast, call a solemn assembly.”
“Gather the people, sanctify the community, being together the elders, even the children and infants at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his bed and the bride her room.”
“Between the vestibule and the altar, let the priests, YHVH’s ministers, weep and say : ‘Spare Your people, YHVH. Do not humble them or make them an object of scorn among the nations. Why should it be said among the peoples : Where is their God?’ YHVH has become jealous for His land; He has had pity on His people.”
(Usus Antiquior) Ash Wednesday (I Classis) – Wednesday, 18 February 2015 : Gradual and Tract
Liturgical Colour : Violet
Gradual
Psalm 56 : 2, 4
Miserere mei, Deus, miserere mei : quoniam in Te confidit anima mea.
Response : Misit de caelo, et liberavit me, dedit in opprobrium conculcantes me.
English translation
Have mercy on me, o Lord, have mercy on me, for my soul trusts in You.
Response : He had sent from heaven and delivered me. He had made those who trod on me a reproach.
Tract
Psalm 102 : 10 and Psalm 78 : 8-9
Domine, non secundum peccata nostra, quae fecimus nos : neque secundum iniquitates nostras retribuas nobis.
Response : Domine, ne memineris iniquitatum nostrarum antiquarum : cito anticipent nos misericordiae Tuae, quia pauperes facti sumus nimis.
(Genuflect)
Response : Adjuva nos, Deus, salutaris noster : et propter gloriam Nominis Tui, Domine, libera nos : et propitius esto peccatis nostris, propter Nomen Tuum.
English translation
O Lord, repay us not according to the sins we have committed, nor according to our iniquities.
Response : O Lord, remember not our former iniquities, let Your mercies speedily prevent us, for we are becoming exceedingly poor.
(Genuflect)
Response : Help us, o God, our Saviour. And for the glory of Your Name, o Lord, deliver us, and forgive us our sins for Your Name’s sake.
(Usus Antiquior) Ash Wednesday (I Classis) – Wednesday, 18 February 2015 : Epistle
Liturgical Colour : Violet
Lectio Joelis Prophetae – Lesson from Joel the Prophet
Joel 2 : 12-19
Haec dicit Dominus : Convertimini ad me in toto corde vestro, in jejunio, et in fletu, et in planctu. Et scindite corda vestra, et non vestimenta vestra, et convertimini ad Dominum, Deum vestrum : quia benignus et misericors est, patiens, et multae misericordiae, et praestabilis super malitia.
Quis scit, si convertatur, et ignoscat, et relinquat post se benedictionem, sacrificium et libamen Domino, Deo vestro? Canite tuba in Sion, sanctificate jejunium, vocate caetum, congregate populum, sanctificate ecclesiam, coadunate senes, congregate parvulos et sugentes ubera : egrediatur sponsus de cubili suo, et sponsa de thalamo suo.
Inter vestibulum et altare plorabunt sacerdotes ministri Domini, et dicent : Parce, Domine, parce populo Tuo : et ne des hereditatem Tuam in opprobrium, ut dominentur eis nationes. Quare dicunt in populis : Ubi est Deus eorum? Zelatus est Dominus terram suam, et pepercit populo suo.
Et respondit Dominus, et dixit populo suo : Ecce, ego mittam vobis frumentum et vinum et oleum, et replebimini eis : et non dabo vos ultra opprobrium in gentibus : dicit Dominus omnipotens.
English translation
Thus says the Lord, “Be converted to Me with all your heart, in fasting, and in weeping, and in mourning. And rend your hearts and not your garments, and turn to the Lord your God, for He is gracious and merciful, patient and rich in mercy, and ready to repent of the evil.”
Who knows but He will return and forgive and leave a blessing behind Him, sacrifice and libation to the Lord your God? Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather together the people, sanctify the Church, assemble the ancients, gather together the little ones and those who suck at the breasts, let the bridegroom go forth from his bed and the bride out of her bride chamber.
Between the porch and the altar the priests, the Lord’s ministers, shall weep and shall say : Spare, o Lord, spare Your people, and do not give Your inheritance to reproach, that the heathens should rule over them. Why should they say among the nations, ‘Where is their God? The Lord had been zealous for His land, and had spared His people.’
And the Lord answered and said to His people, “Behold I will send you corn and wine and oil, and you shall be filled with them, and I will no longer make you a reproach among the nations,” says the Lord Almighty.
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