Here is a responsorial psalm from the Jerusalem Bible version of Psalm 50 (which is Psalm 51 using the Masoretic numbering sequence), verses 3 to 4, 12 to 13, and 18 to 19: A humbled, contrite heart, O God, you will not spurn. Have mercy on me, God, in your kindness.   In your compassion blot…

Here is a responsorial psalm from the Jerusalem Bible version of Psalm 33 (which is Psalm 34 using the Masoretic numbering sequence), verses 4 to 7 and 16 to 19: The Lord rescues the just in all their distress. Glorify the Lord with me.   Together let us praise his name. I sought the Lord and…

Here is a responsorial psalm from the Jerusalem Bible version of Psalm 18 (which is Psalm 19 using the Masoretic numbering sequence), verses 8 to 10 and 15: Your words are spirit, Lord, and they are life. The law of the Lord is perfect,   it revives the soul. The rule of the Lord is to…

1   As a deer longs for flowing streams,           so my soul longs for you, O God. 2   My soul thirsts for God,           for the living God.      When shall I come and behold           the face of God? 3   My tears have been my food           day and night,      while people say to me continually,           “Where is your God?” 4   These things I remember,           as I pour out my soul:      how I went…

20“I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, 21that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22The…

1Therefore, my brothers and sisters, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved. 2I urge Euodia and I urge Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord. 3Yes, and I ask you also, my loyal companion, help these women, for they have…

1A prayer of the prophet Habakkuk according to Shigionoth. 2O LORD, I have heard of your renown, and I stand in awe, O LORD, of your work. In our own time revive it; in our own time make it known; in wrath may you remember mercy. 3God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount…

1   Praise the Lord!           How good it is to sing praises to our God;           for he is gracious, and a song of praise is fitting. 2   The Lord builds up Jerusalem;           he gathers the outcasts of Israel. 3   He heals the brokenhearted,           and binds up their wounds. 4   He determines the number of the stars;           he gives to all of them their names. 5   Great is our Lord, and…

28Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to Pilate’s headquarters. It was early in the morning. They themselves did not enter the headquarters, so as to avoid ritual defilement and to be able to eat the Passover. 29So Pilate went out to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?” 30They answered, “If this man…

1If then there is any encouragement in Christ, any consolation from love, any sharing in the Spirit, any compassion and sympathy, 2make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 3Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than…