Responsorial Psalm 50(51):3-4,12-15 for the 5th Sunday in Lent, Year B

A pure heart create for me, O God.

Have mercy on me, God, in your kindness.
In your compassion blot out my offence.
O wash me more and more from my guilt
and cleanse me from my sin.

A pure heart create for me, O God.

A pure heart create for me, O God,
put a steadfast spirit within me.

Our Lord wept as he looked at Jerusalem just before Holy Week: 
 And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, 42 saying, “Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. 43 For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up a barricade around you and surround you and hem you in on every side 44 and tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know the time of your visitation.”
LYRICS:

YouTube video: https://youtu.be/JQi7uRHv_s8

Salmo Responsorial para Domingo 5 de Cuaresma - Ciclo B - Salmo 50 - Crea en mí, Señor, un corazón puro. Leccionario: 35. Descarga gratuita de partituras en el siguiente enlace. Todos los versos del salmo están disponibles. / Responsorial psalm in Spanish for the 5th Sunday of Lent, Cycle B. Free download of sheet music at the following link. All the psalm verses are available.

YouTube video: https://youtu.be/1NDkr_2a_PY

Salmo Responsorial para Domingo 4 de Cuaresma - Ciclo B - Salmo 136 - Tu recuerdo, Señor, es mi alegría. Leccionario: 32. Descarga gratuita de partituras en el siguiente enlace. Todos los versos del salmo están disponibles. / Responsorial psalm in Spanish for the 4th Sunday of Lent, Cycle B. Free download of sheet music at the following link. All the psalm verses are available.

Responsorial Psalm 136(137):1-6 for the 4th Sunday of Lent, Year B

O let my tongue cleave to my mouth if I remember you not!

By the rivers of Babylon
there we sat and wept,
remembering Zion;
on the poplars that grew there
we hung up our harps.

O let my tongue cleave to my mouth if I remember you not!

For it was there that they asked us,
our captors, for songs,

LYRICS:
1 We come before you Our Mother and Queen 2 Full of grace help us
Now 3in this time of rising distress
We your children cry out to you 2 who shares uniquely in your Son’s divinity 3 He chose you to be his human mother 4 and closest friend and collaborator
1 You shared intimately in his work of redemption 2 you shared in In his joys and sorrows, 3 his passion and death and now in his glory
1God who is trinitarian love 2 made you our most loving mother
3 Like your son meek and humble of heart 4 He raised you both as King and Queen
1 Like your son king of martyrs 2 you su ered and o ered yourself up completely 3 for our salvation 4 as queen of martyrs
1 as virgin, mother, and wife, 2 you did God’s will perfectly

LYRICS
1 Behold we’re in a fullness of time -2 of testing and being refined 3 Of dark deception leaving many blind
4 To God’s love more real than sunshine
1 evil seems to deepen globally 2 and portrayed triumphantly 3 and sows self-righteous judgments
4 discord, fear, and animosity
1 some turn to love of money 2 some to a religious ideology 3 some blind in their sophistry 4 some hope in utopia earthly
1 for some all hope is in politics 2 or playing the stock market 3National debts rise exponentially 4 The global south crumbles Economic and politically
1 more see you O Lord as mythology 2 more are subdued in the dictatorship of relativity 3 all these lies and fear are engendered by 4 the evil one behind the scene

As part of my series on Catholic hymns, I have chosen a hymn that was written by a Redemptorist Priest. He was a missionary in England, Scotland, Australia, New Zealand, and was affectionately known by his fellow companions as the grand old chief.

He compiled the first Australian Catholic Hymn Book which served the Catholic Church for many years. 

Please take a few moments to read about this wonderful hymn asking for God’s mercy and compassion. Please visit my website Mother of Mercy Catholic Hymns and click on HYMN OF THE MONTH.

https://www.motherofmercycatholichymns.com/god-of-mercy-and-compassion/

Responsorial Psalm 18(19):8-11 for the 3rd Sunday in Lent, Yr B

You, Lord, have the message of eternal life.

The law of the Lord is perfect,
it revives the soul.
The rule of the Lord is to be trusted,
it gives wisdom to the simple.

You, Lord, have the message of eternal life.

The precepts of the Lord are right,
they gladden the heart.

LYRICS:
Bless the Lord, my soul!
Lord God, how great you are
clothed in majesty and glory.
wrapped in light as in a robe!
How many are your works, O Lord! † In wisdom, you have made them all. The earth is full of your riches.
There is the sea, vast and wide, †
with its moving swarms past counting, living things great and small.
The ships are moving there *
and the monsters you made to play with.
All of these look to you
to give them their food in due season. You give it, they gather it up:
you open your hand, they have their fill.

YouTube video: https://youtu.be/9rHRMLssL5g

LYRICS
You O Lord know us personally - More than anyone could possibly You intercede for us to our Father- as your dear sisters & brothers
You’ve done and do everything- that you could to give us your love You give yourself to us intimately -as our dear spouse and closest friend
You gave up your life for us - no greater love that you could give And by your death, we now can live - fully in freedom as children of God
through your Church, you feed us - with your word and eucharisticly You strengthen and admonish us - to live like you as light for all to see
You tell us many have left you - as I once did in my youth But through your friends brought me back to you

Responsorial Psalm 115(116):10,15-19 for the 2nd Sunday in Lent, year B

I will walk in the presence of the Lord in the land of the living.

I trusted, even when I said:
‘I am sorely afflicted,’
O precious in the eyes of the Lord
is the death of his faithful.

I will walk in the presence of the Lord in the land of the living.

Your servant, Lord, your servant am I;

YouTube video: https://youtu.be/AwdZUR7Q8Xk

Salmo Responsorial para Domingo 2 de Cuaresma - Ciclo B - Salmo 115 - Siempre confiaré en el Señor. Leccionario: 26. Descarga gratuita de partituras en el siguiente enlace. Todos los versos del salmo están disponibles. / Responsorial psalm in Spanish for the 2nd Sunday of Lent, Cycle B. Free download of sheet music at the following link. All the psalm verses are available.

In his book, Jesus of Nazareth (Holy Week -Ignatius press -2011- pp 288-292), Pope Benedict discusses the prayer ( Marana tha) for the definitive coming of the Lord Jesus, in the conclusion of the Book of Revelation. “It is the prayer of one who loves, one who is surrounded in the besieged city and can only wait for the arrival of the beloved who has the power to end the siege and bring salvation. Christian prayer for the Lord’s return always includes the experience of his presence. He is with us now, and especially close in the eucharistic presence. Yet conversely, the Christian experience of the Lord’s presence does include a certain tension toward the future when his presence will be definitely fulfilled.” He quotes St.

Responsorial Psalm 24(25):4-6,7b-9 for the 1st Sunday in Lent, Year B

Your ways, Lord, are faithfulness and love for those who keep your covenant.

Lord, make me know your ways.
Lord, teach me your paths.
Make me walk in your truth, and teach me:
for you are God my saviour.

Your ways, Lord, are faithfulness and love for those who keep your covenant.

Remember your mercy, Lord,

YouTube video: https://youtu.be/Ba4cgvdaj2g

Salmo Responsorial para Domingo 1 de Cuaresma - Ciclo B - Salmo 24 - Descúbrenos, Señor, tus caminos. Leccionario: 23. Descarga gratuita de partituras en el siguiente enlace. Todos los versos del salmo están disponibles. / Responsorial psalm in Spanish for the 1st Sunday of Lent, Cycle B. Free download of sheet music at the following link. All the psalm verses are available.

https://insong.org/product/domingo-1-de-cuaresma-b-salmo-24-descubrenos-senor-tus-caminos/

Music © 2020, Anthony Moran, https://insong.org
Arranged and recorded by Richard Schletty.

In this information age we can become overwhelmed and confused. There is so much knowledge available about so many things and that can be helpful. The one thing however that matters is growing in the knowledge of the Lord in Scripture and our intimacy with him. ST. John told us in the Book of Revelation that even the elect could be deceived. 
LYRICS;
We call on you each morning n00n and night For help in this spiritual fight
For without you, we’ll fail to perceived
As lies what our enemy conceives
In these times of stark deception
Most media spew twisted perceptions  For those who know you not - are easily
deceived by lies inspired by our enemy

Responsorial Psalm 50(51):3-6,12-14,17 for Ash Wednesday

Have mercy on us, O Lord, for we have sinned.

Have mercy on me, God, in Your kindness.
In Your compassion blot out my offence.
O wash me more and more from my guilt
and cleanse me from my sin.

Have mercy on us, O Lord, for we have sinned.

My offences truly I know them;
my sin is always before me