Psalms:
What are the Psalms? The following is a very brief summary condensed from the rich vein of literature 
found on-line and from CTS publications. For more information see the following, which you may find helpful. Please click on link here.
The Psalter: This covers the whole collection of Psalms, Year A, B and C settings.
Responsorial Psalm: This is a psalm, one verse of which is used as an introduction and refrain. The congregation join in on the refrain after the cantor has intoned the refrain, with other verses interspersed (usually sung by a cantor).
The Psalms are a collection of about 150 songs, prayers, poems and hymns gathered over a considerable period of time. There are many different types of psalms, these can reflect stories, while others are songs of praise and some are prayers of repentance.
While each psalm has its own unique character, they are all deeply emotional and profoundly spiritual. They encompass and express the whole range of human emotions from sorrow, joy, lamentation and depression to praise and celebration.
The Psalms are divided into five books: 1-41, 42-72, 73-89, 90-106 and 107-150.
The ancient Israelites prayed the Psalms in the tabernacle and then in the Temple from the time of David down to the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 AD. Since then the Jewish people have continued to pray the Psalms. The earliest Christians also prayed the Psalms (see Eph 5:19; Col 3:16) and the Psalms were incorporated into the liturgy of the Mass.
The 2nd Vatican Council set into motion the renewal of the Responsorial Psalm. The mass is divided into two parts, the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist. The psalm response can be considered as the key to the Liturgy of the Word.
Please see below the selected Psalm for the day, and the cantor who will intone it.
We appreciate emergencies and the unexpected happens in life, however if for any reason you cannot cantor, let us know immediately, to allow for the stand-in cantor to prepare. Use this link to CONTACT US please. Thank You.
We use, The Complete Responsorial Psalter ©. Years A, B & C. Edited by Stephen Dean. McCrimmons, Great Wakering, Essex. ISBN 085597585-7. The revised and updated edition 2000. Click on this link here (available from Decani Music), (Or please click here ).
Psalmists please check the Readers - Rota, click here, if you are also marked for reading please seek a substitute reader or psalmist well in advance, preferably on the Monday prior when we rehearse and sing hymns or use the contact us link above. Thank you.
Taken in the main from The Complete Psalter © - Years A,B & C. McCrimmons revised 2000 reprint.
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2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) – 20th January 2019 | Psalm 95: Proclaim the wonders of the Lord among all the peoples. (Click here for Psalm tone) | MM page 179 1st tune |
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) – 27th January 2019 | Psalm 18: Your words are spirit, Lord, and they are life. |
BH page 181 1st tune |
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4th Sunday Ordinary Time (C)-3rd Feb 2019 - Family Mass
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Psalm 70: My lips will tell of your help. |
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5th Sunday Ordinary Time (C)-10th Feb 2019 |
Psalm 137: Before the angels I will bless you, O Lord. |
TC page tbc 2nd tune |
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6th Sunday Ordinary Time (C) – 17th Feb 2019 |
Psalm 1: Happy the man who has placed his trust in the Lord. |
MM page tbc 1st tune |
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7th Sunday Ordinary Time (C) – 24th Feb 2019 |
Psalm 102: The Lord is compassion and love. (Click here for Psalm tone) |
MHL page tbc 1st tune |
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8th Sunday Ordinary Time (C)- 3rd March 2019 - Family Mass |
Psalm 91: It is good to give you thanks, O Lord. |
MHL page tbc 1st tune |
SEASON OF LENT - YEAR C - THE YEAR OF LUKE
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Ash Wednesday - 6th March 2019
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Psalm 50: Have mercy on us, O Lord , for we have sinned.
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1st Sunday of Lent - (C) - 10th March 2019 |
Psalm 90: Be with me, O Lord, in my distress. (Click here for Psalm tone) |
TC page tbc 1st tune |
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2nd Sunday of Lent - (C) - 17th March 2019.
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Psalm 26: The Lord is my light and my help. |
TL page 165 1st tune |
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3rd Sunday of Lent - (C) - 24th March 2019. |
Psalm 102: The Lord is compassion and love. |
MM page 166 1st tune |
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Psalm 33: Taste and see the Lord is good.
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HDH 1st tune |
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5th Sunday of Lent (C) – 7th April 2019 - Family Mass |
Psalm 125: What marvels the Lord worked for us! Indeed we were glad. |
HM page 168 1st tune |
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Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion (C) - 14th April 2019. |
Psalm 21: My God, my God, why have you forsaken me. |
TL&Fo'M page 29 1st tune |
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Holy Thursday (C) - 18th April 2019. |
Psalm 115: The blessing cup that we bless is a communion with the blood of Christ. |
MHL page 30 1st tune |
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Good Friday (C) - 19th April 2019. | Psalm 30: Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.
(Click here for Psalm tone) |
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2nd Sunday of Easter (C) – 28th April 2019. | Psalm 117: Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, for his love has no end.
(Click here for Psalm tone) | HDH 1st tune |
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4th Sunday of Easter (C) – 12th May 2019. | Psalm 99: We are his people, the sheep of his flock.
(Click here for Psalm tone) |
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6th Sunday of Easter (C) – 26th May 2019. | Psalm 66(67): Let the peoples praise you God; let all the peoples praise you.
(Click here for Psalm tone) |
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The Holy Trinity (C) - 16th June 2019 | Psalm 8:4-9: How great is your name, O Lord our God, through all the earth.
(Click here for Psalm tone) | tbc 1st tune |
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St. Peter & St. Paul (C) - 30th June 2019 | Psalm 33(34): From all my terrors the Lord set me free.
(Click here for Psalm tone) |
tbc 1st tune |
14th Sunday Ordinary Time (C) – 7th July 2019 - Family Mass. | Psalm 65(66): Cry out with joy to God all the earth.
(Click here for Psalm tone) | tbc 1st tune |
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16th Sunday of Ordinary Time (C) – 21st July 2019. | Psalm 14(15): The just will live in the presence of the Lord.
(Click here for Psalm tone) |
tbc 1st tune |
17th Sunday of Ordinary Time (C) – 28th July 2019. | Psalm 137(138): On the day I called you answered me, O God.
(Click here for Psalm tone) |
tbc 1st tune |
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Psalms 104:33 - I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
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