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 : Purple/Violet
Psalm 102 : 1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11-12
Bless the Lord, my soul; all my being, bless His holy Name! Bless the Lord, my soul, and do not forget all His kindness.
He forgives all your sins and heals all your sickness; He redeems your life from destruction and crowns you with love and compassion.
He will not always scold nor will He be angry forever. He does not treat us according to our sins, nor does He punish us as we deserve.
As the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His love for those fearing Him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does He remove from us our sins.
Liturgical Colour : Purple/Violet
Psalm 115 : 10 and 15, 16-17, 18-19
I have kept faith even when I said, “I am greatly afflicted.” It is painful to the Lord to see the death of His faithful.
O Lord, I am Your servant, truly Your servant, Your handmaid’s son. You have freed me from my bonds. I will offer you a thanksgiving sacrifice; I will call on the Name of the Lord.
I will carry out my vows to the Lord in the presence of His people, in the courts of the house of the Lord, in your midst, o Jerusalem.
Liturgical Colour : Purple/Violet
Psalm 129 : 1-2, 3-4, 5-7a, 7bc-8
Out of the depths I cry to You, o Lord. O Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears pay attention to the voice of my supplication.
If You should mark our evil, o Lord, who could stand? But with You is forgiveness, and for that You are revered.
I waited for the Lord, my soul waits, and I put my hope in His word. O Israel, hope in the Lord.
For with Him is unfailing love and with Him full deliverance. He will deliver Israel from all its sins.
Liturgical Colour : Violet
Gradual
Psalm 90 : 11-12
Angelis suis Deus mandavit de Te, ut custodiant Te in omnibus viis Tuis.
Response : In manibus portabunt Te, ne umquam offendas ad lapidem pedem Tuum.
English translation
God had given His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.
Response : In their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone.
Tract
Psalm 90 : 1-7, 11-16
Qui habitat in adjutorio Altissimi, in protectione Dei caelincommorabitur.
Dicet Domino : Susceptor meus es Tu, et refugium meum : Deus meus, sperabo in eum.
Quoniam ipse liberavit me de laqueo venantium et a verbo aspero.
Scapulis suis obumbrabit Tibi, et sub pennis ejus sperabis.
Scuto circumdabit Te veritas ejus : non timebis a timore nocturno.
A sagitta volante per diem, a negotio perambulante in tenebris, a ruina et daemonio meridiano.
Cadent a latere tuo mille, et decem milia a dextris tuis : tibi autem non appropinquabit.
Quoniam Angelis suis mandavit de Te, ut custodiant te in omnibus viis tuis.
In manibus portabunt te, ne umquam offendas ad lapidem pedem tuum.
Super aspidem et basiliscum ambulabis, et conculcabis leonem et draconem.
Quoniam in me speravit, liberabo eum : protegam eum, quoniam cognovit nomen meum.
Invocabit me, et ego exaudiam eum : cum ipso sum in tribulatione.
Eripiam eum et glorificabo eum : longitudine dierum adimplebo eum, et ostendam illi salutare meum.
English translation
He who dwells in the aid of the Most High, shall abide under the protection of the God of heaven.
He shall say to the Lord, You are my Protector and my Refuge. My God, in Him I will trust.
For He had delivered me from the snare of the hunters, and from the sharp word.
He will overshadow you with His shoulders, and under His wings you shall trust.
His truth shall encompass you with a shield. You shall not be afraid of the terror of the night.
Of the arrow that flies in the day, of the business that walks about in the dark, of ruin and the noonday devil.
A thousand shall fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not come nigh to you.
For He had given His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.
In their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone.
You shall walk upon the asp and the basilisk, and you shall trample under your foot the lion and the dragon.
Because he had hoped in Me, I will deliver him, I will protect him, because he had known My Name.
He shall call upon Me, and I will hear him, I am with him in tribulation.
I will deliver him, and I will glorify him, I will fill him with the length of days, and I will show him My salvation.
Liturgical Colour : Purple/Violet
Psalm 1 : 1-2, 3, 4 and 6
Blessed is the one who does not go where the wicked gather, or stand in the way of sinners, or sit where the scoffers sit! Instead, he finds delight in the Law of the Lord, and meditates day and night on His commandments.
He is like a tree beside a brook producing its fruits in due season, its leaves never withering. Everything he does is a success.
But it is different with the wicked. They are like chaff driven away by the wind. For the Lord knows the way of the righteous but cuts off the way of the wicked.
Liturgical Colour : Green or White (Saints)
Psalm 28 : 1a and 2, 3ac-4, 3b and 9b-10
Give the Lord, o sons of God, give the Lord the glory due His Name; worship the Lord in great liturgy.
The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the Lord thunders over vast waters. How powerful is the voice of the Lord, how splendorous is the voice of the Lord.
The God of glory thunders, the Lord strips the forests bare, and in His Temple all cry, “Glory!” Over the flood the Lord was sitting; the Lord is King and He reigns forever.
Liturgical Colour : Green
Psalm 127 : 1-2, 3, 4-5
Blessed are you who fear the Lord and walk in His ways. You will eat the fruit of your toil; you will be blessed and favoured.
Your wife, like a vine, will bear fruits in your home; your children, like olive shoots will stand around your table.
Such are the blessings bestowed upon the man who fears the Lord. May the Lord bless you from Zion. May you see Jerusalem prosperous all the days of your life.
Liturgical Colour : Green or White (our Lady of Lourdes)
Psalm 103 : 1-2a, 27-28, 29bc-30
Bless the Lord, my soul! Clothed in majesty and splendour; o Lord, my God, how great You are! You are wrapped in light as with a garment.
They all look to You for their food in due time. You give it to them, and they gather it up; You open Your hand, they are filled with good things.
You take away their breath, they expire and return to dust. When You send forth Your Spirit, they are created, and the face of the earth is renewed.
Alternative reading (Mass of our Lady of Lourdes)
Judith 13 : 18bcde, 19
My daughter, may the Most High God bless you more than all women on earth. And blessed be the Lord God, the Creator of heaven and earth, who has led you to behead the leader of our enemies.
Never will people forget the confidence you have shown; they will always remember the power of God.
Liturgical Colour : Green
Psalm 23 : 1-2, 3-4ab, 5-6
The earth and its fullness belong to the Lord, the world and all that dwell in it. He has founded it upon the ocean and set it firmly upon the waters.
Who will ascend the mountain of the Lord? Who will stand in His holy place? Those with clean hands and pure heart, who desire not what is vain.
They will receive blessings from the Lord, a reward from God, their Saviour. Such are the people who seek Him, who seek the face of Jacob’s God.
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