first sunday of advent RESPONSORAL PSALM (Year A) Cf. Ps 122 (121): 1 V Let go re joic ing to the hoe of the Lord. Tone 7 a Psalm 122 (121): 1-2, 3-4b, 4c-5, 6-7, 8-9 1. rejoiced when they said to me, * Let go to the hoe of the lord. And now our feet are standing * within your gates, O Jeram. 2. Jeram is built as a city * bonded as one together. t is there that the tribes go up, * the tribes of the lord. 3. For srael s witness it is * to praise the name of the lord. There were set the thrones for judgment, * the thrones of the hoe of David. 4. For the peace of Jeram pray, * May they prosper, those who love you. May peace abide in your walls, * and security be in your towers. 5. For the sake of my family and friends, * t me say, Peace upon you. For the sake of the hoe of the lord, our God, * will seek good things for you.
RESPONSORAL PSALM (Year B) Ps 80 (79): 4 Lord, make turn to you; t see your face and we shall be saved. Tone 3 b Psalm 80 (79): 2ac and 3b, 15-16, 18-19 1. O shepherd of srael, hear, enthroned on the cherubim, shine forth * Roe up your might and come to save. 2. God of hosts, turn again, we implore; * look down from heaven and see. Visit this vine and protect it, the vine your right hand has planted, * the son of man you have claimed for yourself. 3. May your hand be on the man at your right hand, * the son of man you have confirmed as your own. And we shall never forsake you again; * give life that we may call upon your name.
RESPONSORAL PSALM (Year C) Ps 25 (24): 1b V To you, O Lord, lift my soul. Tone 8 g Psalm 25 (24): 4-5, 8-9, 10 and 14 1. O lord, make me know your ways. * Teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth, and teach me; for you are the God of my salvation. * have hoped in you all day long. 2. Good and upright is the lord; * he shows the way to sinners. He guides the humb in right judgment; * to the humb he teaches his way. 3. All the lord s paths are mercy and faithfulness, * for those who keep his covenant and commands. The lord s secret is for those who fear him; * to them he reveals his covenant.
ALLELUA (Years ABC) V Al ia, al ia, al ia. Tone 8 g Years ABC: Psalm 85 (84): 8 v Show, Lord, your love; * and grant your salvation.
COMMUNON ANTPHON Ps 85 (84): 13 The Lord will be stow his boun ty, and our earth shall yield its in crease. Tone 1 d Psalm 85 (84): 2-3, 4-5, 7-8, 10, 11-12 1. O lord, you have favored your land, * and brought back the captives of Jacob. You forgave the guilt of your peop, * and covered all their sins. 2. You averted all your rage; * you turned back the heat of your anger. Bring back, O God, our savior! * Put an end to your grievance against. 3. Will you not restore again our life, * that your peop may rejoice in you? Let see, O lord, your mercy, * and grant your salvation. 4. His salvation is near for those who fear him, * and his glory will dwell in our land. 5. Merciful love and faithfulness have met; * jtice and peace have kissed. Faithfulness shall spring from the earth, * and jtice look down from heaven. 6. 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. www.ilminarepublications.com