Feria Sexta in Passione et Morte Domini

Ant. God did not spare * his own Son, but delivered him up for us all.

Psalm 50

50:3a Have mercy on me, O God, * according to your great mercy.
50:3b And according to the multitude of your tender mercies, * blot out my iniquity.
50:4 Wash me more thoroughly from my iniquity: * and cleanse me from my sin.
50:5 For I acknowledge my iniquity: * and my sin is always before me.
50:6 Against you only have I sinned, and have done evil in your sight: * that you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged.
50:7 For behold, I was conceived in iniquities: * and in sins did my mother conceive me.
50:8 For behold, you have loved truth: * the uncertain and hidden things of your wisdom you have made manifest to me.
50:9 You will sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed: * you will wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.
50:10 To my hearing you will give joy and gladness: * and the bones that have been humbled shall rejoice.
50:11 Turn away your face from my sins: * and blot out all my iniquities.
50:12 Create a clean heart in me, O God: * and renew a right spirit within my inmost parts.
50:13 Cast me not away from your face: * and take not your holy spirit from me.
50:14 Restore to me the joy of your salvation: * and strengthen me with a sovereign spirit.
50:15 I will teach the unjust your ways: * and the wicked shall be converted to you.
50:16 Deliver me from blood, O God, God of my salvation: * and my tongue shall extol your justice.
50:17 O Lord, you will open my lips: * and my mouth shall declare your praise.
50:18 For if you had desired sacrifice, I would indeed have given it: * with burnt offerings you will not be delighted.
50:19 A sacrifice to God is a troubled spirit: * a contrite and humbled heart, O God, you will not despise.
50:20 Deal favorably, O Lord, with your good will toward Sion: * that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up.
50:21 Then shall you accept a sacrifice of justice, oblations, and burnt offerings: * then shall they 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. God did not spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all.

Ant. My spirit was troubled within me; * within me my heart was disturbed.

Psalm 142

142:1 Lord, hear my prayer: give ear to my supplication in your truth: * hear me in your justice.
142:2 And enter not into judgment with your servant: * for in your sight no living person shall be justified.
142:3a For the enemy has persecuted my soul: * he has brought my life down to the earth.
142:3b He has placed me in dark places, as those who have been dead for ages: * (4) and my spirit is in anguish within me, my heart is troubled within me.
142:5 I remembered the days of old, I meditated on all your works: * I pondered on the deeds of your hands.
142:6 I spread forth my hands to you: * my soul is like waterless ground thirsting for you.
142:7a Hear me quickly, O Lord: * my spirit has failed.
142:7b Turn not your face away from me: * lest I become like those who go down into the pit.
142:8a Make me hear your mercy in the morning: * for in you have I hoped.
142:8b Make known to me the way in which I should walk: * for to you have I lifted up my soul.
142:9 Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord, to you have I fled: * (10a) teach me to do your will, for you are my God.
142:10b Your good Spirit shall lead me into the right land: * (11a) for your name's sake, O Lord, you will preserve my life, in your justice.
142:11b You will bring my soul out of tribulation: * (12a) and in your mercy you will scatter my enemies.
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. My spirit was troubled within me; within me my heart was disturbed.

Ant. The thief said to the thief: * We indeed receive what our deeds deserve, but what has this man done? Remember me, O Lord, when you come into your kingdom.

Psalm 84

84:2 You have blessed, O Lord, your land: * you have turned away the captivity of Jacob.
84:3 You have forgiven the iniquity of your people: * you have covered all their sins.
84:4 You have mitigated all your wrath: * you have turned away from the wrath of your indignation.
84:5 Convert us, O God our Savior: * and turn away your wrath from us.
84:6 Will you be angry with us for ever? * Or will you extend your wrath from generation to generation?
84:7 O God, you, being turned, will give us life: * and your people shall rejoice in you.
84:8 Show us, O Lord, your mercy: * and grant us your salvation.
84:9 I will hear what the Lord God will speak in me: * for he will speak peace unto his people.
84:9 And unto his holy ones: * and unto those who are converted to the heart.
84:10 Surely his salvation is near for those who fear him: * that glory may dwell in our land.
84:11 Mercy and truth have met each other: * justice and peace have kissed.
84:12 Truth has sprung out of the earth: * and justice has looked down from heaven.
84:13 For the Lord will give goodness: * and our earth shall yield her fruit.
84:14 Justice shall walk before him: * and shall set his steps in 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. The thief said to the thief: We indeed receive what our deeds deserve, but what has this man done? Remember me, O Lord, when you come into your kingdom.

Ant. When my soul is troubled, * O Lord, you will be mindful of your mercy.

Canticle of Habakkuk

Hab 3:2-33

3:2 Lord, I heard what has been said about you, * and I was afraid.
3:3 Lord, your work, * in the midst of years, revive it:
3:4 In the midst of years, make it known; * when you are angry, you will remember mercy.
3:5 God will come from the south, * and the Holy One from mount Pharan:
3:6 His glory has covered the heavens; * and the earth is full of his praise.
3:7 His brightness shall be like the light; * horns are in his hands:
3:8 There, his strength has been hidden; * death will go forth before his face.
3:9 And the devil shall depart before his feet. * He stood, and measured the earth.
3:10 He looked, and dissolved the nations; * and the mountains of ages past have been shattered.
3:11 The hills of the world have bowed down, * from the paths of his eternity.
3:12 I saw the tents of Ethiopia for their iniquity; * the tent-skins of the land of Midian will be thrown into confusion.
3:13 Could you have been angry with the rivers, Lord? * Or was your fury within the rivers, or your indignation in the sea?
3:14 You who mount upon your horses, * and your chariots are salvation.
3:15 Being stirred up, you will take up your bow; * the oaths you have spoken to the tribes.
3:16 You will split apart the rivers of the earth: they saw you, and the mountains grieved; * the great body of waters crossed over.
3:17 The abyss uttered its voice; * the height lifted up its hands.
3:18 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.
3:19 With a roar, you will trample the earth; * and in your fury, you will cause the nations to be stupefied.
3:20 You have gone forth for the salvation of your people; * for salvation with your Christ.
3:21 You struck the head of the house of the impious; * you laid bare its foundation even to the neck.
3:22 You have cursed his scepters, the head of his warriors, * those who approached like a whirlwind so as to scatter me.
3:23 Their exultation * is like that of one who devours the poor in secret.
3:24 You made a way in the sea for your horses, * in the mud of great waters.
3:25 I heard, and my stomach became troubled; * at the voice, my lips trembled.
3:26 Let decay enter into my bones, * and let it seethe beneath me.
3:27 That I may rest in the day of tribulation; * that I may ascend to our girded people.
3:28 For the fig tree will not flower, * and there will be no bud on the vines.
3:29 The labor of the olive tree will be misleading; * and the fields will bring forth no food.
3:30 The flock will be cut off from the fold; * and there will be no herd in the stalls.
3:31 But I will rejoice in the Lord; * and I will exult in God my Jesus.
3:32 The Lord God is my strength; * and he will set my feet like those of the stag.
3:33 And he, the victor, will lead me beyond 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. When my soul is troubled, O Lord, you will be mindful of your mercy.

Ant. Remember me, * O Lord, when you come into your kingdom.

Psalm 147

147:1 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem: * praise your God, O Sion.
147:2 Because he has strengthened the bars of your gates: * he has blessed your children within you.
147:3 Who has set peace in your borders: * and fills you with the finest wheat.
147:4 Who sends forth his word to the earth: * his word runs swiftly.
147:5 Who gives snow like wool: * scatters mist like ashes.
147:6 He sends his crystal like morsels: * who shall stand before the face of his cold?
147:7 He shall send out his word, and melt them: * his wind shall blow, and the waters shall flow.
147:8 Who declares his word to Jacob: * his statutes and judgments to Israel.
147:9 He has not done so to every nation: * and his judgments he has not made known 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. Remember me, O Lord, when you come into your kingdom.