Liturgical Colour : White
Psalm 32 : 1-2, 4-5, 18-19
Rejoice in the Lord, you who are just, praise is fitting for the upright. Give thanks to Him on the harp and lyre, making melody and chanting praises.
For upright is the Lord’s word and worthy of trust is His work. The Lord loves justice and righteousness; the earth is full of His kindness.
But the Lord’s eyes are upon those who fear Him, upon those who trust in His loving kindness to deliver them from death and preserve them from famine.
Liturgical Colour : White
John 3 : 31-36
At that time, John the Baptist said to his disciples, “He who comes from above is above all; he who comes from the earth belongs to the earth, and his words belong to the earth. He who comes from heaven speaks of the things He has seen and heard; He bears witness to these things, but no one accepts His testimony. Whoever does receive His testimony acknowledges the truthfulness of God.”
“The One sent by God speaks God’s words, and gives the Spirit unstintingly. The Father loves the Son and has entrusted everything into His hands. Whoever believes in the Son lives with eternal life; but he who will not believe in the Son will never know life, and always faces the justice of God.”
Liturgical Colour : White
Psalm 15 : 1-2a and 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11
Keep Me safe, o God, for in You I take refuge. I say to the Lord, “O Lord, My inheritance and My cup, My chosen portion – hold secure My lot.”
I bless the Lord who counsels Me; even at night My inmost self instructs Me. I keep the Lord always before Me; for with Him at My right hand, I will never be shaken.
My heart, therefore, exults, My soul rejoices; My body too will rest assured. For You will not abandon My soul to the grave, nor will You suffer Your Holy One to see decay in the land of the dead.
You will show Me the path of life, in Your presence the fullness of joy, at Your right hand happiness forever.
Liturgical Colour : Purple/Violet
Psalm 68 : 8-10, 21-22, 31 and 33-34
Since I am held in contempt for Your sake, and shame has covered My face. I have become a stranger to My kindred, an alien to My mother’s sons. Zeal for Your house consumes Me as fire and those who insult You insult Me as well.
Dishonour has driven Me to despair; I looked for sympathy and there was none, for comforters and there was none. They gave Me poison for food and vinegar to drink.
I will praise the Name of God in song; I will glorify Him with thanksgiving. Let the lowly witness this and be glad. You who seek God, may your hearts be revived. For the Lord hears the needy and does not despise those in captivity.
Liturgical Colour : Red
Isaiah 50 : 4-7
The Lord YHVH has taught Me so I speak as His disciple and I know how to sustain the weary. Morning after morning He wakes Me up to hear, to listen like a disciple. The Lord YHVH has opened My ear. I have not rebelled, nor have I withdrawn.
I offered My back to those who strike Me, My cheeks to those who pulled My beard; neither did I shield My face from blows, spittle and disgrace. I have not despaired, for the Lord YHVH comes to My help. So, like a flint I set My face, knowing that I will not be disgraced.
Liturgical Colour : Violet
Gradual
Psalm 142 : 9, 10 and Psalm 17 : 48-49
Eripe me, Domine, de inimicis meis : doce me facere voluntatem Tuam.
Response : Liberator meus, Domine, de gentibus iracundis : ab insurgentibus in me exaltabis me : a viro iniquo eripies me.
English translation
Deliver me from my enemies, o Lord, teach me to do Your will.
Response : My deliverer, o Lord, from the angry nations. You will lift me up above those who rise up against me, from the unjust man You will deliver me.
Tract
Psalm 128 : 1-4
Saepe expugnaverunt me a juventute mea.
Response : Dicat nunc Israel : saepe expugnaverunt me a juventute mea.
Response : Etenim non potuerunt mihi : supra dorsum meum fabricaverunt peccatores.
Response : Prolongaverunt iniquitates suas : Dominus justus concidit cervices peccatorum.
English translation
Often have they fought against me from my youth.
Response : Let Israel now say, “Often have they fought against me from my youth.”
Response : But they could not prevail over me, the wicked have wrought upon my back.
Response : They have lengthened their iniquities, the Lord who is just will cut the neck of sinners.
Liturgical Colour : Purple/Violet
Psalm 29 : 2 and 4, 5-6, 11-12a and 13b
I extol You, o Lord, for You have rescued me; my enemies will not gloat over me. O Lord, You have brought me up from the grave, You gave me life when I was going to the pit.
Sing to the Lord, o you His saints, give thanks and praise to His holy Name. For His anger lasts but a little while, and His kindness all through life. Weeping may tarry for the night, but rejoicing comes with the dawn.
Hear, o Lord, and have mercy on me; o Lord, be my Protector. But now, You have turned my mourning into rejoicing. O Lord my God, forever I will give You thanks.
Liturgical Colour : Purple/Violet
Psalm 78 : 8, 9, 11, 13
Do not remember against us the sins of our fathers. Let Your compassion hurry to us, for we have been brought very low.
Help us, God, our Saviour, for the glory of Your Name; forgive us for the sake of Your Name.
Listen to the groans of the prisoners; by the strength of Your arm, deliver those doomed to die.
Then we, Your people, the flock of Your pasture, will thank You forever. We will recount Your praise from generation to generation.
Liturgical Colour : Violet
Gradual
Psalm 24 : 17-18
Tribulationes cordis mei dilatatae sunt : de necessitatibus meis eripe me, Domine.
Response : Vide humilitatem meam et laborem meum : et dimitte omnia peccata mea.
English translation
The troubles of my heart are multiplied. Deliver me from my necessities, o Lord.
Response : See my abjection and my labour, and forgive all my sins.
Tract
Psalm 105 : 1-4
Confitemini Domino, quoniam bonus : quoniam in saeculum misericordia ejus.
Response : Quis loquetur potentias Domini : auditas faciet omnes laudes ejus?
Response : Beati, qui custodiunt judicium et faciunt justitiam in omni tempore.
Response : Memento nostri, Domine, in beneplacito populi Tui : visita nos in salutari Tuo.
English translation
Give glory to the Lord, for He is good. For His mercy endures forever.
Response : Who shall declare the powers of the Lord? Who shall set forth all His praises?
Response : Blessed are those who keep judgment, and do justice at all times.
Response : Remember us, o Lord, in the favour of Your people. Visit us with Your salvation.
Liturgical Colour : Green
Leviticus 13 : 1-2, 44-46
YHVH said to Moses and Aaron, “If someone has a boil, an inflammation or a sore on his skin which could develop into leprosy, he must be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one of the priests, his descendants.”
“This means that the man is leprous : he is unclean. The priest shall declare him unclean; he is suffering from leprosy of the head. A person infected with leprosy must wear torn clothing and leave his hair uncombed; he must cover his upper lip and cry, ‘Unclean, unclean.'”
“As long as the disease lasts he must be unclean; and therefore he must live away from others : he must live outside the camp.”
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