by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
The Psalm Response for Saturday of the Fourth Week of Easter, April 28, 2018: “All the ends of the earth have seen the Saving Power of God” The psalm passages are taken from Psalm 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4. + Click here for Mass Readings … + Click here for direct link to Psalm 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 In this Easter Season of New
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[The Divine Office begins the Liturgical Day with the Invitatory Psalm, usually Psalm 95, broken up into stanzas, with an antiphon repeated with each stanza, often varying by day. The entire combination is listed out below, using the Antiphon for Sundays and weekdays of Lent into Holy Thursday. Prior to the Invitatory Psalm is an introductory phrase from Psalm 51.] Lord, open
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“Live as children of light.” … “Behave like God as His very dear children” … “This daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound for eighteen years now, ought she not to have been set free on the sabbath day from this bondage?”
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“Naaman went down and plunged into the Jordan seven times at the word of Elisha, the man of God.” … “‘Ten were cleansed, were they not? Where are the other nine? … Stand up and go; your Faith has saved you.’” … “The Lord has revealed to the nations His Saving Power” … “I bear with everything for the sake
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“‘The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; Blessed be the name of the LORD!’” … “Incline your ear to me and hear My Word.” … “‘Whoever receives this child in My Name receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives the one who sent Me.’”
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“Come, Let Us Worship Christ, the King of Martyrs” — Invitatory Antiphon, Divine Office, Common of Several Martyrs/Common of One Martyr The Divine Office begins the Liturgical Day with the Invitatory Psalm, usually Psalm 95, broken up into stanzas, with an antiphon repeated with each stanza, often varying by day. For days honoring a Martyr, or a group of Martyrs,
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“Jesus journeyed from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God. Accompanying him were the Twelve and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza, Susanna, and many others who provided
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“Herod was the one who had John the Baptist arrested and bound in prison on account of Herodias … Herod feared John, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man … he liked to listen to him.” … “Lord, I love Your Commands” … “… my message … were not with persuasive words …but with a demonstration of spirit
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