1. Alleluia. I had confidence, because of what I was saying, but then I was greatly humbled.

2. I said in my excess, “Every man is a liar.”

3. What shall I repay to the Lord, for all the things that he has repaid to me?

4. I will take up the cup of salvation, and I will call upon the name of the Lord.

5. I will repay my vows to the Lord, in the sight of all his people.

6. Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his holy ones.

7. O Lord, because I am your servant, your servant and the son of your handmaid, you have broken my bonds.

8. I will sacrifice to you the sacrifice of praise, and I will invoke the name of the Lord.

9. I will repay my vows to the Lord in the sight of all his people,

10. in the courts of the house of the Lord, in your midst, O Jerusalem.





“Menosprezai vossas tentações e não vos demoreis nelas. Imaginai estar na presença de Jesus. O crucificado se lança em vossos braços e mora no vosso coração. Beijai-Lhe a chaga do lado, dizendo: ‘Aqui está minha esperança; a fonte viva da minha felicidade. Seguro-vos, ó Jesus, e não me aparto de vós, até que me tenhais posto a salvo’”. São Padre Pio de Pietrelcina