Saint Vincent Archabbey

2Kgs 19:9b-11,14-21,31-35a,36; Ps 48:2,3ab,3cd,4,10,11; Mt 7:6,12-14 “O God, your praise reaches to the ends of the earth.” Even the mountain where the LORD dwells is

2Kgs 17:5-8,13-15a,18; Ps 60:3,4,5,12,13; Mt 7:1-5 “You have rejected us and broken our defenses!” Our responsorial psalm for this Mass is painful to pray. It

2Chr 24:17-25; Ps 89:4,5,29-34; Mt 6:24-34 “Yet, my mercy I will not take from him” Just as the Psalmist sings of the LORD and his

2 Kgs 11:1-4,9-18,20; Ps 132:11-18; Mt 6:19-23?? “In her will I dwell, for I prefer her.” The LORD has chosen, and his choice last forever.

Sir 48:1-14; Ps 97:1-7; Mt 6:7-15 “All gods are prostrate before him.” ?? The LORD is king. There is no other universal and sovereign LORD.

2 Kgs 2:1,6-14; Ps 31:20,21,24; Mt 6:1-6,16-18 “You hide them in the shelter of your presence” The LORD hides us in the shelter of his

1 Kgs 21:17-29; Ps 51:3-6ab,11,16; Mt 5:43-48“Then my tongue shall revel in your justice” When will our tongues revel in the justice of God? Only

1Kgs 21:1-16; Ps 5:2-3ab,4b-6a,6b-7; Mt 5:38-42“At dawn I bring my plea expectantly before you.” The psalm gives voice to the voiceless; it reveals the power

1 Kgs 19:19-21; Ps 16:1-10; Mt 5:33-37?“You will not abandon my soul to the nether world.”? ?? Through the gift of the Holy Spirit and

Jude 17,20b-25; Ps 63:2-6; Mk 11:27-33“I gazed toward you in the sanctuary.” The sanctuary in the Jerusalem Temple was a place where glory was manifested

1Pt 4:7-13; Ps 96:10-13; Mk 11:11-26“Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice!” “In all things may God be glorified!” This is the motto

Rom 12:9-16; Is 12:2-6; Lk 1:39-56 “His glorious achievement” What is the LORD’s glorious achievement? The Theotokos, the Virgin Mother of God, is the LORD’s

1Pt 1:18-25; Ps 147:13-15,19,20; Mk 10:32-45“He has strengthened the bars of your gates.” All who dwell in Jerusalem and all who abide in Zion are

1Pt 1:10-16; Ps 98:1-4; Mk 10:28-31“In the sight of the nations he has revealed his justice.” Entire nations and whole countries are commanded to break

1Pt 1:3-9; Ps 111:1-10; Mk10:17-27“Holy and awesome is his name!” The Liturgy is making a major transition, and it is taking its time. We have

Jas 4:1-10; Ps 55:7-11,23; Mk 9:30-37 “I would wait for him who saves me! With today’s psalm we find ourselves waiting for a Savior. We