Feria VI Quattuor Temporum AdventusFriday of the Ember Days of Advent

℣ O God, ✠ come to my assistance.

℟ Lord, make haste to help me.

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.

Alleluia.

Ant. Stand firm, * and you shall see the help of the Lord upon you.

Psalm 50 [1]

50:3a Be merciful to me, O God, * according to your great mercy.

50:3b And, according to the plentitude of your compassion, * wipe out my iniquity.

50:4 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, * and cleanse me from my sin.

50:5 For I know my iniquity, * and my sin is ever before me.

50:6 Against you only have I sinned, and I have done evil before your eyes. * And so, you are justified in your words, and you will prevail when you are judged.

50:7 For behold, I was conceived in iniquities, * and in sinfulness did my mother conceive me.

50:8 For behold, you have loved truth. * The obscure and hidden things of your wisdom, you have manifested to me.

50:9 You will sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed. * You will wash me, and I will be made whiter than snow.

50:10 In my hearing, you will grant gladness and rejoicing. * And the bones that have been humbled will exult.

50:11 Turn your face away from my sins, * and erase all my iniquities.

50:12 Create a clean heart in me, O God. * And renew an upright spirit within my inmost being.

50:13 Do not cast me away from your face; * and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.

50:14 Restore to me the joy of your salvation, * and confirm me with an unsurpassed spirit.

50:15 I will teach the unjust your ways, * and the impious will be converted to you.

50:16 Free me from blood, O God, the God of my salvation, * and my tongue will extol your justice.

50:17 O Lord, you will open my lips, * and my mouth will announce your praise.

50:18 For if you had desired sacrifice, I would certainly have given it, * but with holocausts, you will not be delighted.

50:19 A crushed spirit is a sacrifice to God. * A contrite and humbled heart, O God, you will not spurn.

50:20 Act kindly, Lord, in your good will toward Zion, * so that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up.

50:21 Then you will accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations, and holocausts. * Then they will lay calves upon your altar.

℣ 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.

Ant. Stand firm, and you shall see the help of the Lord upon you.

Ant. To you, O Lord, * I have lifted up my soul: come, and deliver me, O Lord, in you I have taken refuge.

Psalm 142 [2]

142:1 O Lord, hear my prayer. Incline your ear to my supplication in your truth. * Heed me according to your justice.

142:2 And do not enter into judgment with your servant. * For no living person will be justified in your sight.

142:3a For the enemy has pursued my soul. * He has lowered my life to the earth.

142:3b He has stationed me in darkness, like the dead of ages past. * (4) And my spirit has been in anguish over me. My heart within me has been disturbed.

142:5 I have called to mind the days of antiquity. I have been meditating on all your works. * I have meditated on the workings of your hands.

142:6 I have extended my hands to you. * My soul is like a land without water before you.

142:7a O Lord, heed me quickly. * My spirit has grown faint.

142:7b Do not turn your face away from me, * lest I become like those who descend into the pit.

142:8a Make me hear your mercy in the morning. * For I have hoped in you.

142:8b Make known to me the way that I should walk. * For I have lifted up my soul to you.

142:9 O Lord, rescue me from my enemies. I have fled to you. * (10a) Teach me to do your will. For you are my God.

142:10b Your good Spirit will lead me into the righteous land. * (11a) For the sake of your name, O Lord, you will revive me in your fairness.

142:11b You will lead my soul out of tribulation. * (12a) And you will destroy my enemies in your mercy.

142:12b And you will destroy all those who afflict my soul. * For I am your servant.

℣ 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.

Ant. To you, O Lord, I have lifted up my soul: come, and deliver me, O Lord, in you I have taken refuge.

Ant. Come, O Lord, * and delay not: forgive the transgressions of your people Israel.

Psalm 84 [3]

84:2 O Lord, you have blessed your land. * You have turned aside the captivity of Jacob.

84:3 You have released the iniquity of your people. * You have covered all their sins.

84:4 You have mitigated all your wrath. * You have turned aside from the wrath of your indignation.

84:5 Convert us, O God, our Savior, * and turn your anger away from us.

84:6 Will you be angry with us forever? * And will you extend your wrath from generation to generation?

84:7 O God, you will turn back and revive us. * And your people will rejoice in you.

84:8 O Lord, reveal to us your mercy, * and grant to us your salvation.

84:9 I will listen to what the Lord God may be saying to me. * For he will speak peace to his people,

84:9 and to his saints, * and to those who are being converted to the heart.

84:10 So then, truly his salvation is near to those who fear him, * so that glory may inhabit our land.

84:11 Mercy and truth have met each other. * Justice and peace have kissed.

84:12 Truth has risen from the earth, * and justice has gazed down from heaven.

84:13 For so will the Lord give goodness, * and our earth will give her fruit.

84:14 Justice will walk before him, * and he will set his steps upon the way.

℣ 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.

Ant. Come, O Lord, and delay not: forgive the transgressions of your people Israel.

Ant. God will come from Lebanon, * and his splendor shall be as the light.

Canticle of Habakkuk [4]

Hab 3:2-19

3:2a Lord, I heard what has been said about you, * and I was afraid.

3:2b Lord, your work, * in the midst of years, revive it:

3:2c In the midst of years, you will make it known; * when you are angry, you will remember mercy.

3:3a God will come from the south, * and the Holy One from mount Pharan:

3:3b His glory has covered the heavens; * and the earth is full of his praise.

3:4a His brightness shall be like the light; * horns are in his hands:

3:4b There, his strength has been hidden; * (5a) death will go forth before his face.

3:5b And the devil shall depart before his feet. * (6a) He stood, and measured the earth.

3:6b He looked, and dissolved the nations; * and the mountains of ages past have been shattered.

3:6c The hills of the world have bowed down, * from the paths of his eternity.

3:7 I saw the tents of Ethiopia for their iniquity; * the tent-skins of the land of Midian will be thrown into confusion.

3:8a Could you have been angry with the rivers, Lord? * Or was your fury within the rivers, or your indignation in the sea?

3:8b You who mount upon your horses, * and your chariots are salvation.

3:9a You will surely take up your bow; * according to the oaths you have spoken to the tribes.

3:9b You will split apart the rivers of the earth: † (10a) the mountains saw you, and grieved; * the great body of waters crossed over.

3:10b The abyss uttered its voice; * the height lifted up its hands.

3:11 The sun and the moon have stood firm in their dwelling place, * in the light of your arrows, they shall go forth in the splendor of your flashing spear.

3:12 With a roar, you will trample the earth; * and in your fury, you will cause the nations to be stupefied.

3:13a You have gone forth for the salvation of your people; * for salvation with your Christ.

3:13b You struck the head of the house of the impious; * you laid bare its foundation even to the neck.

3:14a You have cursed his scepters, † the head of his warriors, * those who approached like a whirlwind so as to scatter me.

3:14b Their exultation * is like that of one who devours the poor in secret.

3:15 You made a way in the sea for your horses, * in the mud of great waters.

3:16a I heard, and my stomach became troubled; * at the voice, my lips trembled.

3:16b Let decay enter into my bones, * and let it seethe beneath me.

3:16c That I may rest in the day of tribulation; * that I may ascend to our girded people.

3:17a For the fig tree will not flower, * and there will be no bud on the vines.

3:17b The labor of the olive tree will be misleading; * and the fields will bring forth no food.

3:17c The flock will be cut off from the fold; * and there will be no herd in the stalls.

3:18 But I will rejoice in the Lord; * and I will exult in God my Jesus.

3:19a The Lord God is my strength; * and he will set my feet like those of the stag.

3:19b And he, the victor, will lead me upon my high places * singing in psalms.

℣ 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.

Ant. God will come from Lebanon, and his splendor shall be as the light.

Ant. But I * will look to the Lord, and will wait for God my Savior.

Psalm 147 [5]

147:1 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem. * Praise your God, O Zion.

147:2 For he has reinforced the bars of your gates. * He has blessed your sons within you.

147:3 He has stationed peace at your borders, * and he has satisfied you with the fat of the grain.

147:4 He sends forth his eloquence to the earth. * His word runs swiftly.

147:5 He provides snow like wool. * He strews mist like ashes.

147:6 He sends his ice crystals like morsels. * Who can stand firm before the face of his cold?

147:7 He will send forth his word, and it will melt them. * His Spirit will breathe out, and the waters will flow.

147:8 He announces his word to Jacob, * his justices and his judgments to Israel.

147:9 He has not done so for any other nation, * and he has not made his judgments manifest to them.

℣ 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.

Ant. But I will look to the Lord, and will wait for God my Savior.

Isa 2:3

Let us approach and ascend to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob. And he will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For the law will go forth from Zion, and the Word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

℟ Thanks be to God.

Hymn

Lo, a clear voice rings, rebuking

Every hidden thing of night:

Let our dreams be driven far off;

Jesus shines forth from on high.

Now let sluggish minds arise,

No more lying on the earth;

For a new star shines upon us,

Taking every evil thing away.

Lo, the Lamb to us is sent,

Freely to remit our debt;

Let us all, with tears together,

Pray for pardon of our sins.

When he shines a second time,

And surrounds the world with fear,

May he not punish us for guilt,

But in mercy shield us then.

Honour, glory, virtue, merit,

To the Father and the Son,

With the co-eternal Spirit,

While eternal ages run.

Amen.

℣ A voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord.

℟ Make straight his paths.

Ant. For as soon as * the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant leaped for joy in my womb, alleluia.

Canticle of Zechariah

Luc 1:68-79

1:68 Blessed ✠ is the Lord God of Israel. * For he has visited and has wrought the redemption of his people.

1:69 And he has raised up a horn of salvation for us, * in the house of David his servant,

1:70 just as he spoke by the mouth of his holy Prophets, * who are from ages past:

1:71 salvation from our enemies, * and from the hand of all those who hate us,

1:72 to accomplish mercy with our fathers, * and to call to mind his holy testament,

1:73 the oath, which he swore to Abraham, our father, * that he would grant to us,

1:74 so that, having been freed from the hand of our enemies, * we may serve him without fear,

1:75 in holiness and in justice before him, * throughout all our days.

1:76 And you, child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High. * For you will go before the face of the Lord: to prepare his ways,

1:77 to give knowledge of salvation to his people * for the remission of their sins,

1:78 through the heart of the mercy of our God, * by which the dawn from on high has visited us,

1:79 to illuminate those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, * and to direct our feet in the way of peace.

℣ 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.

Ant. For as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant leaped for joy in my womb, alleluia.

Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name: thy kingdom come: thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread: and forgive us our trespasses, as we also forgive those who trespass against us:

℣ And lead us not into temptation:

℟ But deliver us from evil.

℣ I said: O Lord, have mercy on me.

℟ Heal my soul, for I have sinned against you.

℣ Return, O Lord; how long?

℟ And be gracious to your servants.

℣ Let your mercy be upon us, O Lord.

℟ As we have hoped in you.

℣ May your priests be clothed with justice.

℟ And let your Saints rejoice.

℣ Let us pray for our most blessed Pope N.

℟ May the Lord preserve him and give him life, make him blessed upon the earth, and not hand him over to the will of his enemies.

℣ Let us also pray for our Bishop N.

℟ May he stand and shepherd in your strength, O Lord, in the majesty of your name.

In Rome the preceding versicle and its response are omitted. Elsewhere, everyone says the name of the diocesan Bishop at N. When the Apostolic See or the episcopal see is vacant, the corresponding versicle and response, or both, are omitted.

℣ O Lord, save the king.

℟ And hear us on the day we call upon you.

℣ Save your people, O Lord, and bless your inheritance.

℟ And govern them and lift them up for ever.

℣ Remember your congregation.

℟ Which you possessed from the beginning.

℣ May peace be within your strength.

℟ And abundance within your towers.

℣ Let us pray for our benefactors.

℟ Graciously grant eternal life, O Lord, to all who do good to us for your name’s sake. Amen.

℣ Let us pray for the faithful departed.

℟ Grant them eternal rest, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.

℣ May they rest in peace.

℟ Amen.

℣ For our absent brethren.

℟ Save your servants, O my God, who hope in you.

℣ For the afflicted and the captives.

℟ Deliver them, O God of Israel, from all their tribulations.

℣ Send them help from your sanctuary, O Lord.

℟ And protect them from Zion.

℣ O Lord, God of hosts, turn us back.

℟ And show your face, and we shall be saved.

℣ Arise, O Christ, help us.

℟ And deliver us for your name’s sake.

℣ O Lord, hear my prayer.

℟ And let my cry come before you.

the second Lord, hear is omitted

Let us pray.

Arouse, we pray, O Lord, your power and come: so that those who trust in your mercy may more swiftly be freed from all adversity.

Who live and reign with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

℟ Amen.

℣ O Lord, hear my prayer.

℟ And let my cry come before you.

℣ Let us bless the Lord.

℟ Thanks be to God.

℣ May the souls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

℟ Amen.