A new lectionary? @USCCB

When will the new Lectionary arrive? I have heard various estimates … some say 2023, others say 2029. I suppose time will tell! In the meantime, here is a provisional document for composers to get to work!

2029-Responsorial-Psalms-Mary-Sperry-FINALDownload

New ICEL Translation Catholic Mass Text

Thanks to the relentless work of Jeffrey Tucker over at NLM, the British Processional entered the Creative Commons in late 2011:

Click to access uk_processionalbook.pdf

America has a similar document, except ours is antiphons spoken at daily Mass:

Click to access antiphonal_icel.pdf

Year ABC Responsorial Psalms

These feasts do not change with the A, B, or C years:

abc_easter_01_easter_sunday
abc_easter_02_divine_mercy
abc_easter_vigil_1st_reading_opt_1
abc_easter_vigil_1st_reading_opt_2
abc_easter_vigil_2nd_reading
abc_easter_vigil_3rd_reading
abc_easter_vigil_4th_reading
abc_easter_vigil_5th_reading
abc_easter_vigil_6th_reading
abc_easter_vigil_7th_reading_no_baptism_opt_1
abc_easter_vigil_7th_reading_no_baptism_opt_2
abc_easter_vigil_7th_reading_with_baptism
abc_easter_vigil_responsorial_alleluia
abc_feast_all_saints_day
abc_feast_all_souls_day
abc_feast_annunciation_march_25
abc_feast_ascension
abc_feast_ash_wednesday
abc_feast_assumption
abc_feast_assumption_vigil
abc_feast_baptism_of_the_lord
abc_feast_chrism_mass
abc_feast_christmas_daytime_mass
abc_feast_christmas_mass_at_dawn
abc_feast_christmas_midnight_mass
abc_feast_christmas_vigil
abc_feast_dedication_of_the_lateran_november_9
abc_feast_epiphany
abc_feast_exultation_of_the_cross_september_14
abc_feast_good_friday
abc_feast_holy_thursday_evening
abc_feast_holyfamily_abc
abc_feast_immaculate_conception
abc_feast_mary_mother_of_god
abc_feast_nativity_st_john_baptist_june_24
abc_feast_nativity_st_john_baptist_vigil
abc_feast_palm_sunday
abc_feast_pentecost_sunday
abc_feast_pentecost_vigil
abc_feast_presentation_feb_2
abc_feast_st_joseph_march_19
abc_feast_st_peter_and_paul_june_29
abc_feast_st_peter_and_paul_vigil
abc_feast_transfiguration

Thanks, and notice.

A big “thank you” to those of you who have written me.

Also, to let you know, I plan on posting the remaining Psalms very soon.

MB

Write me

If these Psalms are useful, please be sure to E-mail me.

Year C Responsorial Psalms

c_adv_01
c_adv_02
c_adv_03
c_adv_04
c_easter_03
c_easter_04
c_easter_05
c_easter_06
c_easter_07
c_feast_baptism_of_the_lord_optional_c
c_feast_body_and_blood_of_christ
c_feast_holy_family_optional_c
c_feast_trinity_sunday
c_lent_01
c_lent_02
c_lent_03
c_lent_04
c_lent_05
c_ord_02
c_ord_03
c_ord_04
c_ord_05
c_ord_06
c_ord_07
c_ord_08
c_ord_09
c_ord_10
c_ord_11
c_ord_12
c_ord_13
c_ord_14
c_ord_15_opt_1
c_ord_15_opt_2
c_ord_16
c_ord_17
c_ord_18
c_ord_19
c_ord_20
c_ord_21
c_ord_22
c_ord_23
c_ord_24
c_ord_25
c_ord_26
c_ord_27
c_ord_28
c_ord_29
c_ord_30
c_ord_31
c_ord_32
c_ord_33
c_ord_34_christ_the_king

Year B Responsorial Psalms

Here is Year B:

b_adv_01
b_adv_02
b_adv_03
b_adv_04
b_easter_03
b_easter_04
b_easter_05
b_easter_06
b_easter_07
b_feast_baptism_of_the_lord_optional_b
b_feast_body_and_blood_of_christ
b_feast_holy_family_optional_b
b_feast_trinity_sunday
b_lent_01
b_lent_02
b_lent_03
b_lent_04
b_ord_02
b_ord_03
b_ord_04
b_ord_05
b_ord_06
b_ord_07
b_ord_08
b_ord_09
b_ord_10
b_ord_11
b_ord_12
b_ord_13
b_ord_14
b_ord_15
b_ord_16
b_ord_17
b_ord_18
b_ord_19
b_ord_20
b_ord_21
b_ord_22
b_ord_23
b_ord_24
b_ord_25
b_ord_26
b_ord_27
b_ord_28
b_ord_29
b_ord_30
b_ord_31
b_ord_32
b_ord_33
b_ord_34_christ_the_king

initial Psalms (Year A Responsorial Psalms)

I’ve invented a script that helps me get these off the Wayback machine.

Here is the first batch (Year A):

a_adv_01
a_adv_02
a_adv_03
a_adv_04
a_easter_03
a_easter_04
a_easter_05
a_easter_06
a_easter_07
a_feast_body_and_blood_of_christ
a_feast_trinity_sunday
a_lent_01
a_lent_02
a_lent_03
a_lent_04
a_lent_05
a_ord_02
a_ord_03
a_ord_04
a_ord_06
a_ord_07
a_ord_08
a_ord_09
a_ord_10
a_ord_11
a_ord_12
a_ord_13
a_ord_14
a_ord_15
a_ord_16
a_ord_17
a_ord_18
a_ord_19
a_ord_20
a_ord_21
a_ord_22
a_ord_23
a_ord_24
a_ord_25
a_ord_26
a_ord_27
a_ord_28
a_ord_29
a_ord_30
a_ord_31
a_ord_32
a_ord_33
a_ord_34_christ_the_king

…we are very close…

I have begun copying all the Psalms from the Wayback Machine. I am looking into the possibility of using a script to help me with this.

I will be posting them on this blog over the next few months (as time allows).

If you want me to E-mail all of them (zipped), please E-mail me

Psalms to be posted soon!

In 2007, a colleague of mine at the Catholic school where we teach helped me start a major project. We decided to take our students on a journey . . . through the Psalms! Many of our students had no idea what the Psalms were about, how many Psalms were in the Bible, who wrote the Psalms, etc. We also provided them with (basic) religious commentary for each Psalm.

We made the decision early on that we wanted the Psalms to be the ones that our students hear at Mass. However, a problem we ran into had to do with the fact that the USCCB website only allows people to see a few weeks of Mass Psalms at any given time. After a few weeks, the Psalms disappear, and we can no longer access them. My friend wrote to the USCCB about this in early December, 2008. Here is the response he received:

Keeping multiple months online simultaneously would make things confusing to find and overwhelm server capacity.

Sincerely,
Mary Elizabeth Sperry

However, I think I have found a way to help my students AND the USCCB, in a way that will not overwhelm their server capacity. Stay tuned!