August 18th : Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 105(106):34-37,39-40,43-44
Response : Remember us, O Lord, when you show favor to your people.
They failed to destroy the peoples
as the Lord had given command,
but instead they mingled with the nations
and learned to act as they did.
“Remember us, O Lord, when you show favor to your people.”
They worshipped the idols of the nations
and these became a snare to entrap them.
They even offered their own sons
and their daughters in sacrifice to demons.
“Remember us, O Lord, when you show favor to your people.”
So they defiled themselves by their deeds
and broke their marriage bond with the Lord
till his anger blazed against his people;
he was filled with horror at his chosen ones.
“Remember us, O Lord, when you show favor to your people.”
Time after time he rescued them,
but in their malice they dared to defy him.
In spite of this he paid heed to their distress,
so often as he heard their cry.
“Remember us, O Lord, when you show favor to your people.”
Gospel Acclamation Ps118:34
Alleluia, alleluia!
Train me, Lord, to observe your law,
to keep it with my heart.
Alleluia!
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