Liturgical Colour : Purple/Violet
Psalm 50 : 3-4, 5-6a, 18-19
Have mercy on me, o God, in Your love. In Your great compassion blot out my sin. Wash me thoroughly of my guilt; cleanse me of evil.
For I acknowledge my wrongdoings and have my sins ever in mind. Against You alone have I sinned.
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.
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 : Purple or Violet
Psalm 50 : 3-4, 5-6a, 12-13, 14 and 17
Have mercy on me, o God, in Your love. In Your great compassion blot out my sin. Wash me thoroughly of my guilt; cleanse me of evil.
For I acknowledge my wrongdoings and have my sins ever in mind. Against You alone have I sinned.
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. O Lord, open my lips, and I will declare Your praise.
Liturgical Colour : Violet
Gradual
Psalm 56 : 2, 4
Miserere mei, Deus, miserere mei : quoniam in Te confidit anima mea.
Response : Misit de caelo, et liberavit me, dedit in opprobrium conculcantes me.
English translation
Have mercy on me, o Lord, have mercy on me, for my soul trusts in You.
Response : He had sent from heaven and delivered me. He had made those who trod on me a reproach.
Tract
Psalm 102 : 10 and Psalm 78 : 8-9
Domine, non secundum peccata nostra, quae fecimus nos : neque secundum iniquitates nostras retribuas nobis.
Response : Domine, ne memineris iniquitatum nostrarum antiquarum : cito anticipent nos misericordiae Tuae, quia pauperes facti sumus nimis.
(Genuflect)
Response : Adjuva nos, Deus, salutaris noster : et propter gloriam Nominis Tui, Domine, libera nos : et propitius esto peccatis nostris, propter Nomen Tuum.
English translation
O Lord, repay us not according to the sins we have committed, nor according to our iniquities.
Response : O Lord, remember not our former iniquities, let Your mercies speedily prevent us, for we are becoming exceedingly poor.
(Genuflect)
Response : Help us, o God, our Saviour. And for the glory of Your Name, o Lord, deliver us, and forgive us our sins for Your Name’s sake.
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 49 : 1 and 8, 16bc-17, 20-21
The God of gods, the Lord has spoken, He summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. Not for your sacrifices do I reprove you, for your burnt offerings are ever before Me.
What right have you to mouth My laws, or to talk about My covenant? You hate My commands and cast My words behind you.
You speak ill of your brother, and slander your own mother’s son. Because I was silent while you did these things, you thought I was like you. But now I rebuke you and make this charge against you.
Liturgical Colour : Green
Psalm 31 : 1-2, 5, 11
Blessed is the one whose sin is forgiven, whose iniquity is wiped away. Blessed are those in whom the Lord sees no guilt and in whose spirit is found no deceit.
Then I made known to You my sin and uncovered before You my fault, saying to myself, “To the Lord I will now confess my wrong.” And You, You forgave my sin, You removed my guilt.
Rejoice in the Lord, and be glad, you who are upright; sing and shout for joy, you who are clean of heart.
Liturgical Colour : Violet
Offertory
Psalm 118 : 12-13
Benedictus es, Domine, doce me justificationes Tuas : in labiis meis pronuntiavi omnia judicia oris Tui.
English translation
Blessed are You, o Lord, teach me Your justifications. With my lips I have pronounced all the judgments of Your mouth.
Secret Prayer of the Priest
Haec hostia, Domine, quaesumus, emundet nostra delicta : et, ad sacrificium celebrandum, subditorum Tibi corpora mentesque sanctificet. Per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum Filium Tuum, Qui Tecum vivis et regnas in unitate Spiritus Sancti Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.
English translation
May this offering, we beseech You, o Lord, cleanse away our sins, sanctify us in soul and body, and fit us, Your servants, for the celebration of the sacrifice. Through our Lord Jesus Christ Your Son, who with You lives and reigns in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen.
Communion
Psalm 77 : 29-30
Manducaverunt, et saturari sunt nimis, et desiderium eorum attulit eis Dominus : non sunt fraudati a desiderio suo.
English translation
They did eat, and were filled exceedingly, and the Lord gave them their desire. They were not defrauded of that which they craved.
Post-Communion Prayer
Quaesumus, omnipotens Deus : ut, qui caelestia alimenta percepimus, per haec contra omnia adversa muniamur. Per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum Filium Tuum, Qui Tecum vivis et regnas in unitate Spiritus Sancti Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.
English translation
We beseech You, o Almighty God, that we, who have partaken of heavenly nourishment, may be fortified by it against all adversaries. Through our Lord Jesus Christ Your Son, who with You lives and reigns in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen.
Liturgical Colour : Violet
Gradual
Psalm 76 : 15, 16
Tu es Deus qui facis mirabilia solus : notem fecisti in gentibus virtutem Tuam.
Response : Liberasti in bracchio Tuo populum Tuum, filios Israel et Joseph.
English translation
You are the God who alone has done wonders. You have made Your power known among the nations.
Response : With Your arm You have redeemed Your people, the children of Israel and of Joseph.
Tract
Psalm 99 : 1-2
Jubilate Deo, omnis terra : servite Domino in laetitia.
Response : Intrate in conspectu Ejus in exsultatione : scitote, quod Dominus ipse est Deus.
Response : Ipse fecit nos, et non ipsi nos : nos autem populus Ejus, et oves pascuae Ejus.
English translation
Sing joyfully to God all the earth. All of you serve the Lord with gladness.
Response : Come in before His presence with exceeding great joy. Know, all of you, that He is the Lord, our God.
Response : He made us, and not we ourselves. But we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
Liturgical Colour : Violet
Introit
Psalm 30 : 3-4, 2
Esto mihi in Deum protectorem, et in locum refugii, ut salvum me facias : quoniam firmamentum meum et refugium meum es Tu : et propter Nomen Tuum dux mihi eris, et enutries me.
In Te, Domine, speravi, non confundar in aeternum : in justitia Tua libera me et eripe me.
Response : Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto, sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper : et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.
English translation
May You be unto me a God, a Protector, and a place of refuge, to save me. For You are my strength, and my refuge, and for Your Name’s sake You will be my leader and will nourish me.
In You, o Lord, I have hoped, let me never be confounded. Deliver me in Your justice, and set me free.
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
Preces nostras, quaesumus, Domine, clementer exaudi : atque, a peccatorum vinculis absolutos, ab omni nos adversitate custodi. Per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum Filium Tuum, Qui Tecum vivis et regnas in unitate Spiritus Sancti Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum. Amen.
English translation
Of Your clemency harken unto our prayers, o Lord, loosen us from the bonds of sin, and keep us from all adversity. Through our Lord Jesus Christ Your Son, who with You lives and reigns in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen.
