Liturgical Colour : Green
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.
praising God
Tuesday, 7 October 2014 : 27th Week of Ordinary Time, Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary (Psalm)
Liturgical Colour : White
Luke 1 : 46-47, 48-49, 50-51, 52-53, 54-55
My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit exults in God my Saviour!
He has looked upon His servant in her lowliness, and people forever will call me blessed. The Mighty One has done great things for me, Holy is His Name!
From age to age His mercy extends to those who live in His presence. He has acted with power and done wonders, and scattered the proud with their plans.
He has put down the mighty from their thrones, and lifted up those who are downtrodden. He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
He held out His hand to Israel, His servant, for He remembered His mercy, even as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.
Monday, 6 October 2014 : 27th Week of Ordinary Time, Memorial of St. Bruno, Priest (Psalm)
Liturgical Colour : Green or White (Priests)
Psalm 110 : 1-2, 7-8, 9 and 10c
Alleluia! I thank the Lord with all my heart in the council of the just, in the assembly. The works of the Lord are great and pondered by all who delight in them.
The works of His hands are faithful and just, trustworthy are all His precepts, ordained to last forever, bearers of truth and uprightness.
He has sent His people deliverances and made with them a covenant forever. His Holy Name is to be revered! To Him belongs everlasting praise.
(Usus Antiquior) Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, Memorial of St. Placidus and Companions, Martyrs (II Classis) – Sunday, 5 October 2014 : Gradual and Alleluia
Psalm 32 : 12, 6 and Psalm 101 : 2
Beata gens, cujus est Dominus Deus eorum : populus, quem elegit Dominus in hereditatem sibi.
Response : Verbo Domini caeli firmati sunt : et spiritu oris ejus omnis virtus eorum.
Alleluja, alleluja.
Response : Domine, exaudi orationem meam, et clamor meus ad Te perveniat. Alleluja.
English translation
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom He had chosen for His inheritance.
Response : By the word of the Lord the heavens were established, and all the power of them by the Spirit of His mouth.
Alleluia, alleluia.
Response : O Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry come to You. Alleluia.
(Usus Antiquior) Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, Memorial of St. Placidus and Companions, Martyrs (II Classis) – Sunday, 5 October 2014 : Introit and Collect
Introit
Psalm 118 : 137, 124, 1
Justus es, Domine, et rectum judicium Tuum : fac cum servo Tuo secundum misericordiam Tuam.
Beati immaculati in via : qui ambulant in lege Domini.
Response : Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto, sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper : et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.
English translation
You are just, o Lord, and Your judgment is right. Deal with Your servant according to Your mercy.
Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
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
Da, quaesumus, Domine, populo Tuo diabolica vitare contagia : Et Te solum Deum pura mente sectari. Per Dominum…
English translation
Grant Your people, we beseech You, o Lord, to shun the defilements of the devil, and with pure hearts to follow You, the only God. Through our Lord…
Sunday, 5 October 2014 : 27th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Psalm)
Liturgical Colour : Green
Psalm 79 : 9 and 12, 13-14, 15-16, 19-20
You had a vine You brought from Egypt. You drove nations out, to plant it in their land. Its branches reached out to the sea and its shoots to the River.
Why, then, have You broken down its walls, so that all who pass by pluck its fruits? The beasts of the forest ravage it and all creatures of the field feed on it.
Turn again, o Lord of hosts, look down from heaven and see; care for this vine, and protect the stock Your hand has planted.
Then we will never turn away from You; give us life, and we will call on Your Name. Restore us, o Lord, God of hosts; make Your face shine on us, that we may be saved.
Saturday, 4 October 2014 : 26th Week of Ordinary Time, Memorial of St. Francis of Assisi (Psalm)
Liturgical Colour : White
Psalm 118 : 66, 71, 75, 91, 125, 130
Give me knowledge and good judgment for I trust in Your commands.
It is good for me to have been afflicted, for I have deeply learnt Your statutes.
I know, o Lord, that Your laws are just, and there is justice in my affliction.
Your ordinances last to this day, for all things are made to serve You.
Give me knowledge; I am Your servant who desires to understand Your statutes.
As Your words unfold, light is shed, and the simple-hearted understand.
Friday, 3 October 2014 : 26th Week of Ordinary Time (Psalm)
Liturgical Colour : Green
Psalm 138 : 1-3, 7-8, 9-10, 13-14ab
O Lord, You know me : You have scrutinised me. You know when I sit and when I rise; beforehand You discern my thoughts. You observe my activities and times of rest; You are familiar with all my ways.
Where else could I go from Your Spirit? Where could I flee from Your presence? You are there if I ascend the heavens; You are there if I descend to the depths.
If I ride on the wings of the dawn and settle on the far side of the sea, even there Your hand shall guide me and Your right hand shall hold me safely.
It was You who formed my inmost part and knit me together in my mother’s womb. I thank You for these wonders You have done, and my heart praises You for Your marvellous deeds.
Thursday, 2 October 2014 : 26th Week of Ordinary Time, Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels (Psalm)
Liturgical Colour : White
Psalm 90 : 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 10-11
You who dwell in the shelter of the Most High, who rest in the shadow of the Almighty, say to the Lord, “My Stronghold, my Refuge, my God in whom I trust!”
He will rescue you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with His pinions and give you refuge under His wings.
You shall not fear the terror of the night nor the arrows that fly by day, nor the pestilence that stalks by night, and the plague that destroys at noonday.
No harm will come upon you, no disaster will draw near your home. For He will command His angels to guard you in all your ways.
Wednesday, 1 October 2014 : 26th Week of Ordinary Time, Feast of St. Therese of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church, Patroness of Missions (Psalm)
Liturgical Colour : White
Psalm 131 : 1-3
O Lord, my heart is not proud nor do I have arrogant eyes. I am not engrossed in ambitious matters, nor in things too great for me.
I have quieted and stilled my soul like a weaned child on its mother’s lap; like a contented child is my soul.
Hope in the Lord, o Israel, now and forever.
