Pentecost Season · All Souls: Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed · Year C

Psalm 25:6, 7b, 17-18, 20-21 or 27:1, 4, 7, 8b, 9a, 13-14

Remember Your Mercy, O Lord

November 2, 2028

All Souls' Day (Na Dusicky), Jakub Schikaneder — **All Souls' Day (Na Dusicky)**, Jakub Schikaneder, 1888Jakub Schikaneder, All Souls' Day (1888)

Roman Lectionary

GospelMatt. 5:1-12a Alt. GospelMatt. 11:25-30 or25:31-46 orLuke 7:11-17 or23:44-46, 50, 52-53; 24:1-6a or24:13-16, 28-35 orJohn 5:24-29 or6:37-40, 6:51-59 or11:17-27, 11:32-45 or14:1-6

First ReadingWis. 3:1-9 or4:7-15 Alt. 1st ReadingIsa. 25:6-9

Responsorial PsalmPs. 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 Alt. PsalmPs. 25:6, 7b, 17-18, 20-21 or27:1, 4, 7, 8b, 9a, 13-14

Second ReadingRom. 5:5-11 or5:17-21 Alt. 2nd ReadingRom. 6:3-9 or8:14-23 or8:31b-35, 37-39 or14:7-9, 10c-12 or1 Cor. 15:20-28 or15:51-57 or2 Cor. 4:14-5:1 or5:1, 6-10 orPhil. 3:20-21 or1 Thess. 4:13-18 or2 Tim. 2:8-13

Overview & Insights

"Remember your mercy, O LORD, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old." (Psalm 25:6)

This lament asks God to remember his own long mercy rather than the psalmist's sins, and to guard and rescue a life that takes refuge in him. The optional second psalm, 27, makes a parallel appeal from confident trust: 'The LORD is my light and my salvation.'

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Commentary

Psalm 25 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

A verse-by-verse walk through the psalm's appeal to God's mercy.

Psalm 25, Barnes' Notes StudyLight

Barnes' close notes on the psalm's plea for guidance and rescue.

Psalm 24 (Vulgate numbering), Haydock Commentary Haydock Commentary

The Douay-Rheims Psalter numbers this psalm 24, one lower than modern Bibles.

Psalm 25:6 Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew interlinear for the opening verse of the passage.

Psalm 26 (Vulgate numbering), Haydock Commentary Haydock Commentary

Covers the psalm's second option, 'The Lord is my light and my salvation' (modern Psalm 27).

Background & Word Study

Psalms 25:6-21 Sefaria

The Hebrew text with Sefaria's linked commentaries and cross-references.

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