Liturgical Colour : Green
Psalm 118 : 29, 72, 89, 101, 104, 163
Keep me away from deceitful paths; be gracious and teach me Your law.
Your law is more precious to me than heaps of silver and gold.
O Lord, Your word stands forever, firmly fixed in the heavens.
I turn my feet from evil paths, that I may keep step with Your word.
Your precepts have given me knowledge, and I hate all that is false.
I hate and abhor falsehood, but I love Your law.
Liturgical Colour : White
Psalm 118 : 1, 27, 30, 34, 35, 44
Blessed are they whose ways are upright, who follow the law of the Lord.
Explain to me all Your ordinances, and I will meditate on Your wondrous deeds.
I have chosen the way of truth; I have set my heart upon Your laws.
Give me understanding, that I may observe Your law with all my heart.
Guide me in obeying Your instructions, for my pleasure lies in them.
May I always keep Your word forever and ever.
Liturgical Colour : White
Proverbs 21 : 1-6, 10-13
In the hands of YHVH, the heart of the king is like running water; he directs it wherever he wishes. To the eyes of man all his ways are honest but it is YHVH who weighs the heart. To do what is upright and just pleases YHVH more than sacrifice.
Haughty looks, proud heart, the light of the wicked is sin. The plans of a hardworking man result in earnings; poverty is for those who act too hastily. To make a fortune by means of deceit is like running after the wind; the end is death.
The soul of the wicked desires nothing but evil; not even his friend is treated with compassion. When the mocker is punished the ignorant man grows wise; when the wise man is instructed he grows in knowledge.
The Just One watches the house of the evildoer and hurls the wicked into misfortune. He who is deaf to the poor man’s cry will not be heard when he himself calls out.
Liturgical Colour : Green
Psalm 14 : 2-3ab, 3cd-4ab, 5
Those who walk blamelessly and do what is right, who speak truth from their heart and control their words, who do no harm to their neighbours.
And cast no discredit on their companions, who look down on evildoers but highly esteem God’s servants.
Who do not lend money at interest and refuse a bribe against the innocent. Do this, and you will soon be shaken.
Liturgical Colour : Green
Proverbs 3 : 27-34
Do not hold back from those who ask for your help, when it is in your power to do it. Do not say to your neighbour, “Go away! Come another time; tomorrow I will give it to you!” when you can help him now.
Do not plot evil against your neighbour who lives trustingly beside you, nor fight a man without cause when he has done you no wrong. Do not envy the man of violence or follow his example.
For YHVH hates the wicked but guides the honest. He curses the house of the evildoer but blesses the home of the upright. If there are mockers, He mocks them in turn but He shows His favour to the humble.
Psalm 91 : 2-3 and Psalm 94 : 3
Bonum est confiteri Domino : et psallere Nomini Tuo, Altissime.
Response : Ad annuntiandum mane misericordiam Tuam, et veritatem Tuam per noctem.
Alleluja, alleluja.
Response : Quoniam Deus magnus Dominus, et Rex magnus super omnem terram. Alleluja.
English translation
It is good to give praise to the Lord, and to sing to Your Name, o Most High.
Response : To show forth Your mercy in the morning, and Your truth in the night.
Alleluia, alleluia.
Response : For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all the earth. Alleluia.
Introit
Psalm 85 : 1, 2, 3, 4
Inclina, Domine, aurem Tuam ad me, et exaudi me : salvum fac servum Tuum, Deus meus, sperantem in Te : miserere mihi, Domine, quoniam ad Te clamavi tota die.
Laetifica animam servi Tui : quia ad Te, Domine, animam meam levavi.
Response : Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto, sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper : et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.
English translation
Bow down Your ear, o Lord, to me, and hear me. Save Your servant, o my God, who trusted in You. Have mercy on me, o Lord, for I have cried to You all day.
Give joy to the soul of Your servant, for to You, o Lord, I have lifted up my soul.
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
Ecclesiam Tuam, Domine, miseratio continuata mundet et muniat : et quia sine Te non potest salva consistere; Tuo semper munere gubernetur. Per Dominum…
English translation
Let Your continual pity, o Lord, cleanse and fortify Your Church, and because without You it cannot be safely established, let it ever be governed by Your grace. Through our Lord…
Liturgical Colour : Green
Psalm 144 : 2-3, 8-9, 17-18
I will praise You day after day and exalt Your Name forever. Great is the Lord, most worthy of praise; and His deeds are beyond measure.
Compassionate and gracious is the Lord, slow to anger and abounding in love. The Lord is good to everyone; His mercy embraces all His creation.
Righteous is the Lord 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.
Liturgical Colour : Green
Isaiah 55 : 6-9
Seek YHVH while He may be found; call to Him while He is near. Let the wicked abandon his way, let him forsake his thoughts, let him turn to YHVH for He will have mercy, for our God is generous in forgiving.
‘For My thoughts are not your thoughts, My ways are not your ways,’ says YHVH. ‘For as the heavens are above the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts above your thoughts.’
Liturgical Colour : Red
Psalm 55 : 10, 11-12, 13-14
My enemies turn back when I call on You for help; now I know that God is for me.
In God whose word I praise, in God I trust without fear. What can mortals do against me?
I am bound to You by vows, o God; I shall offer my thanksgiving. For You have rescued my soul from death and my feet from stumbling, that I might walk in God’s presence in the light of the living.
