Liturgical Colour : White
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.
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Old Testament
Tuesday, 2 December 2014 : First Week of Advent (Psalm)
Liturgical Colour : Purple or Violet
Psalm 71 : 1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17
O God, endow the King with Your justice, the Royal Son with Your righteousness. May He rule Your people justly and defend the rights of the lowly.
Justice will flower in His days, and peace abound till the moon be no more. For He reigns from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth.
He delivers the needy who call on Him, the afflicted with no one to help them. His mercy is upon the weak and the poor, He saves the life of the poor.
May His Name endure forever; May His Name be as lasting as the sun. All the races will boast about Him, and He will be blessed by all nations.
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Tuesday, 2 December 2014 : First Week of Advent (First Reading)
Liturgical Colour : Purple or Violet
Isaiah 11 : 1-10
From the stump of Jesse a Shoot will come forth; from his roots a Branch will grow and bear fruit. The Spirit of the Lord will rest upon Him – a Spirit of wisdom and understanding, a Spirit of counsel and power, a Spirit of knowledge and fear of the Lord.
Not by appearances will He judge, nor by what is said must He decide, but with justice He will judge the poor and with righteousness decide for the meek. Like a rod, His word will strike the oppressor, and the breath of His lips slay the wicked. Justice will be the girdle of His waist, truth the girdle of His loins.
The wolf will dwell with the lamb, the leopard will rest beside the kid, the calf and the lion cub will feed together and a little child will lead them. Befriending each other, the cow and the bear will see their young ones lie down together.
Like cattle, the lion will eat hay. By the cobra’s den the infant will play. The child will put his hand into the viper’s lair. No one will harm or destroy over My holy mountain, for as water fills the sea, the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord. On that day, the ‘Root of Jesse’ will be raised as a signal for the nations. The people will come in search of Him, thus making His dwelling place glorious.
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Monday, 1 December 2014 : First Week of Advent (Psalm)
Liturgical Colour : Purple or Violet
Psalm 121 : 1-2, 3-4a, 4b-5, 6-7, 8-9
I rejoiced with those who said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord!” And now we have set foot within your gates, o Jerusalem!
Jerusalem, just like a city, where everything falls into place. There the tribes go up.
The tribes of the Lord, the assembly of Israel, to give thanks to the Lord’s Name. There stand the courts of justice, the offices of the house of David.
Pray for peace of Jerusalem : “May those who love you prosper! May peace be within your walls and security within your citadels!”
For the sake of my relatives and friends I will say, “Peace be with you!” For the sake of the house of our Lord, I will pray for your good.
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Monday, 1 December 2014 : First Week of Advent (First Reading)
Liturgical Colour : Purple or Violet
Isaiah 2 : 1-5
The vision of Isaiah, son of Amoz, concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
In the last days, the mountain of YHVH’s house shall be set over the highest mountains and shall tower over the hills. All the nations shall stream to it, saying, “Come, let us go to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that He may teach us His ways and we may walk in His paths. For the Teaching comes from Zion, and from Jerusalem the word of YHVH.”
“He will rule over the nations and settle disputes for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not raise sword against nation; they will train for war no more.”
“O nation of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord!”
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Sunday, 30 November 2014 : First Sunday of Advent, Feast of St. Andrew, Apostle (Psalm)
Liturgical Colour : Purple or Violet
Psalm 79 : 2ac and 3bc, 15-16, 18-19
Listen, o Shepherd of Israel, You who sit enthroned between the cherubim. Stir up Your might and come to save us.
Turn again, o Lord of hosts, look down from heaven and see; care for this vine, and protect the stock Your hand has planted.
But lay Your hand on Your instrument, on the Son of Man whom You make strong for Yourself. Then we will never turn away from You; give us life, and we will call on Your Name.
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Sunday, 30 November 2014 : First Sunday of Advent, Feast of St. Andrew, Apostle (First Reading)
Liturgical Colour : Purple or Violet
Isaiah 63 : 16b-17, 19b and Isaiah 64 : 2b-7
But You, o YHVH, are our Father, from the beginning, You are our Redeemer : this is Your Name. Why have You made us stray from Your ways? Why have You let our heart become hard so that we do not fear You? Return for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your inheritance. Oh, that You would rend the heavens and come down! The mountains would quake at Your presence.
Let them witness Your stunning deeds. No one has ever heard or perceived, no eye has ever seen a God besides You who works for those who trust in Him. You have confounded those who acted righteously and who joyfully kept Your ways in mind. You are angry with our sins, yet conceal them and we shall be saved.
All of us have become like the unclean; all our good deeds are like polluted garments; we have all withered like leaves, blown away by our iniquities. There is no one who calls upon Your Name, no one who rouses himself to lay hold of You. For You have hidden Your face, You have given us up to the power of our evil acts.
And yet, YHVH, You are our Father; we are the clay and You are our Potter; we are the work of Your hand.
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(Usus Antiquior) First Sunday of Advent (I Classis) – Sunday, 30 November 2014 : Gradual and Alleluia
Liturgical Colour : Purple or Violet
Psalm 24 : 3-4 and Psalm 84 : 8
Universi, qui Te exspectant, non confundentur, Domine.
Response : Vias Tuas, Domine, notas fac mihi : et semitas Tuas edoce me.
Alleluja, Alleluja.
Response : Ostende nobis, Domine, misericordiam Tuam : et salutare Tuum da nobis. Alleluja.
English translation
None of those who wait on You shall be confounded.
Response : Show, o Lord, Your ways to me, and teach me Your paths.
Alleluia, Alleluia.
Response : Show us, o Lord, Your mercy, and grant us Your salvation. Alleluia.
(Usus Antiquior) First Sunday of Advent (I Classis) – Sunday, 30 November 2014 : Introit and Collect
Liturgical Colour : Purple or Violet
Introit
Psalm 24 : 1-3, 4
Ad Te levavi animam meam : Deus meus, in Te confido, non erubescam : neque irrideant me inimici mei : etenim universi, qui Te exspectant, non confundentur.
Vias Tuas, Domine, demonstra mihi : et semitas Tuas edoce me.
Response : Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto, sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper : et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.
English translation
To You, o Lord, I have lifted up my soul. In You, o my God, I put my trust, let me not be ashamed. Neither let my enemies laugh at me, for none of them who wait on You shall be confounded.
Show, o Lord, Your ways to me, and teach me Your paths.
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
Excita, quaesumus, Domine, potentiam Tuam, et veni : ut ab imminentibus peccatorum nostrorum periculis, Te mereamur protegente eripi, Te liberante salvari. Qui vivis…
English translation
Be stirred, o Lord, Your might, we pray to You, and come, that defended by You, we may deserve rescue from approaching dangers brought on by our sins, and being set free by You, we may obtain our salvation. Who lives…
Saturday, 29 November 2014 : 34th Week of Ordinary Time (Psalm)
Liturgical Colour : Green or White (Saturday Mass of our Lady)
Psalm 94 : 1-2, 3-5, 6-7
Come, let us sing to the Lord, let us make a joyful sound to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before Him giving thanks, with music and songs of praise.
For the Lord is the great God, the great King above all gods. In His hand are the depths of the earth and the mountain heights. The sea is His, for He made it, and His hand shaped the dry land.
Come and worship; let us bow down, kneel before the Lord, our Maker. He is our God, and we His people; the flock He leads and pastures. Would that today you heard His voice!
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