Liturgical Colour : Green
Psalm 95 : 10, 11-12a, 12b-13
Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns!” He will judge the peoples with justice.
Let the heavens be glad, the earth rejoice; let the sea and all that fills it resound; let the fields exult and everything in them.
Let the forest, all the trees sing for joy. Let them sing before the Lord who comes to judge the earth. He will rule the world with justice and the peoples with fairness.
Liturgical Colour : Green or White (Priests)
Psalm 95 : 1-2a, 2b-3, 4-5
Sing to the Lord a new song, sing to the Lord, all the earth! Sing to the Lord, bless His Name.
Proclaim His salvation day after day. Recall His glory among the nations, tell all the peoples His wonderful deeds.
How great is the Lord and worthy of praise! Above all gods He is to be feared. For all other gods are worthless idols, but YHVH is the One who made the heavens.
Psalm 27 : 7, 1 and Psalm 80 : 2-3
In Deo speravit cor meum, et adjutus sum : et refloruit caro mea, et ex voluntate mea confitebor illi.
Response : Ad Te, Domine, clamavi : Deus meus, ne sileas, ne discedas a me.
Alleluja, alleluja.
Response : Exsultate Deo, adjutori nostro, jubilate Deo Jacob : sumite psalmum jucundum cum cithara. Alleluja.
English translation
In God I had confided my heart, and I have been helped, and my flesh had flourished again. And with my will I will give praise to Him.
Response : Unto You I will cry, o Lord. O my God, may You not be silent, and depart not from me.
Alleluia, alleluia.
Response : Rejoice in our God, our Helper. Sing aloud to the God of Jacob. Take a pleasant psalm with the harp. Alleluia.
Liturgical Colour : Green
Romans 11 : 33-36
How deep are the riches, the wisdom and knowledge of God! His decisions cannot be explained, nor His ways understood!
Who has ever known God’s thoughts? Who has ever been His adviser? Who has given Him something first, so that God had to repay him?
For everything comes from Him, has been made by Him and has to return to Him. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.
Liturgical Colour : White
Psalm 112 : 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8
Alleluia! Praise, o servants of the Lord, praise the Name of the Lord! Blessed be the Name of the Lord now and forever!
From eastern lands to the western islands, may the Name of the Lord be praised! The Lord is exalted over the nations, His glory above the heavens.
Who is like the Lord our God, who sits enthroned on high, but also bends down to see on earth as in heaven?
He lifts up the poor from the dust and the needy from the ash heap. He makes them sit with princes, with rulers of His people.
Liturgical Colour : Green
Deuteronomy 32 : 18-19, 20, 21
They have disowned the Rock who fathered them; they have forgotten the God who gave them birth. The Lord saw this, and in His anger rejected His sons and daughters.
He said, “I will hide My face from them and see what will become of them. They are so perverse, so unfaithful!
“They made Me jealous with their false gods and angered Me with their idols. I will, therefore, make them envious of a foolish people, I will provoke them to anger with an empty-headed nation.”
Psalm 16 : 8, 2 and Psalm 64 : 2
Custodi me, Domine, ut pupillam oculi : sub umbra alarum Tuarum protege me.
Response : De vultu Tuo judicium meum prodeat : oculi Tui videant aequitatem.
Alleluja, alleluja.
Response : Te decet hymnus, Deus, in Sion : et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem. Alleluja.
English translation
Keep me, o Lord, as the apple of Your eyes. Protect me under the shadow of Your wings.
Response : Let Your judgment come forth from Your countenance, and let Your eyes behold the things that are equitable.
Alleluia, alleluia.
Response : A hymn, o God, heralded You in Sion, and a vow shall be paid to You in Jerusalem. Alleluia.
Liturgical Colour : Green
Psalm 66 : 2-3, 5, 6 and 8
May God be gracious and bless us; may He let His face shine upon us, that Your way be known on earth and Your salvation among the nations.
May the countries be glad and sing for joy, for You rule the peoples with justice and guide the nations of the world.
May the peoples praise You, o God, may all the peoples praise You! May God bless us and be revered to the very ends of the earth.
Liturgical Colour : Green or White
Psalm 50 : 12-13, 14-15, 18-19
Create in me, o God, a pure heart; give me a new and steadfast spirit. Do not cast me out of Your presence nor take Your Holy Spirit from me.
Give me again the joy of Your salvation and sustain me with a willing spirit. Then I will show wrongdoers Your ways and sinners will return to You.
You take no pleasure in sacrifice; were I to give a burnt offering, You would not delight in it. O God, my sacrifice is a broken spirit; a contrite heart You will not despise.
Sequentia sancti Evangelii secundum Lucam – Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke
Luke 1 : 41-50
In illo tempore : Repleta est Spiritu Sancto Elisabeth et exclamavit voce magna, et dixit : Benedicta tu inter mulieres, et benedictus Fructus ventris tui. Et unde hoc mihi ut veniat mater Domini mei ad me? Ecce enim ut facta est vox salutationis tuae in auribus meis, exsultavit in gaudio infans in utero meo.
Et beata, quae credidisti, quoniam perficientur ea, quae dicta sunt tibi a Domino.
Et ait Maria : Magnificat anima mea Dominum; et exsultavit spiritus meus in Deo salutari meo; quia respexit humilitatem ancillae suae, ecce enim ex hoc beatam me dicent omnes generationes.
Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est, et sanctum Nomen Ejus, et misericordiae Ejus a progenie in progenies timentibus Eum.
English translation
At that time, Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, and she cried out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the Fruit of your womb. And how is it that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold, as soon as the voice of your salutation sounded in my ears, the infant in my womb leapt for joy.”
“And blessed are you who had believed, because those things shall be accomplished that were spoken to you by the Lord.”
And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoiced in God my Saviour. Because He had regarded the humility of His handmaid, for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.”
“Because He who is mighty had done great things unto me, and Holy is His Name, and His mercy is from generation unto generations, to those who fear Him.”
