THE SEVEN-WEEK PSALTER – The Book of Common Prayer 1979 (The Episcopal Church, USA)
1
SUNDAY MP EP 146 111 147 112 113
MONDAY MP EP 1 4 2 7 3
TUESDAY MP EP 5 10 6 11
114 115
25
2
148 149 150
26 28
63 98
103
41 52
44
45
24 29
8 84
56 57 58
64 65
61 62
80
77 79
WEEK
3 4 5 6 7
93 96
34
9 15
78a
36 39
WEDNESDAY MP EP 119abc 12 13 14
THURSDAY MP EP 18a 18b
38
119def Ash Wed:
32 143
102 130
47 48
119ghi
49 53
50
68
72
119jkl
70 71
119mno
EP 22 Eastertide:
134 135
Ash Wed:
78b
FRIDAY MP 16 17
37a
37b
31
35
Eastertide:
Eastertide:
105a
105b
59 60
40 54
74
SATURDAY MP EP 20 110 21 116 117 30 32
42 43
51
55
138 139
69
73
Eastertide:
Eastertide:
75 76
23 27
106a
106b 91 92
87 90
136
81 82
83
85 86
88
Ascn. Eve:
Ascension:
Ascension:
Eastertide:
68:1–20
24 96 105b
85 86 102
107a
107b 108
33
134 135
140 142
141 143
137 144
104
66 67
19 46
89a
89b
97 99 100
94 95
101 109
119pqr
8 47 105a
118
145
106a
106b
120 121 122 123
124 125 126 127
119stuv
128 129 130
131 132 133
ADVENT:
Sunday of 1 Advent through Sunday of 4 Advent: use the Seven-Week Psalter starting with Week 1. Monday of 4 Advent through Dec. 24: use Week A below, skipping to December 24 when that day arrives.
WEEK
A
SUNDAY MP EP Week 4
CHRISTMAS:
WEEK
B
MONDAY MP EP 56 64 57 65 58
TUESDAY MP EP 61 112 62 115
WEDNESDAY MP EP 72 111 113
THURSDAY MP EP 80 146 147
FRIDAY MP 93 96
DECEMBER 24 MP EP 45 89:1–29 46
EP 148 150
Christmas Day (Dec. 25) through Eve of Holy Name (Dec. 31): follow Week B below. THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS takes priority when it arrives and uses WEEK 5.
DECEMBER 25 CHRISTMAS DAY MP EP 2 28 85 30
DECEMBER 26 ST. STEPHEN MP EP 145 2 26
DECEMBER 27 ST. JOHN MP EP 19 93 126 96
DECEMBER 28 HOLY INNOCENTS MP EP 145 2 26
DECEMBER 29 MP 18a
EP 18b But if Saturday:
DECEMBER 30 MP 20 21
EP 23 27
DECEMBER 31 EVE OF HOLY NAME MP EP 46 90 48
23 27
HOLY NAME: Holy Name (Jan. 1) through Epiphany (Jan. 6): follow Week C below. THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS takes priority when it arrives and uses WEEK 6 at MP and WEEK 7 at EP. WEEK
JANUARY 1 HOLY NAME MP EP 103 148
JANUARY 2 MP 34
EP 33
EP 72 Saturday:
136
EPIPHANY:
D
MP 68
But if
C
WEEK
JANUARY 3
JANUARY 4 MP 85 87
EP 89:1–29 But if Saturday:
JANUARY 5 EVE OF EPIPHANY MP EP 2 29 110 98
JANUARY 6 EPIPHANY MP EP 46 96 97 100
136
January 7 through Saturday morning before the First Sunday After Epiphany: follow Week D below.
JANUARY 7 MP EP 103 Week 2
JANUARY 8 MP EP 117 112 118 113
JANUARY 9 MP EP 121 131 122 132 123
JANUARY 10 MP EP 138 147 139
JANUARY 11 MP EP 148 91 150 92
JANUARY 12 MP EP 98 — 99 100
First Sunday After Epiphany through Tuesday before Ash Wednesday: Use the Seven-Week Psalter starting with Week 1.
EVE OF 1 EPIPHANY MP EP — Week 7
LAST EPIPHANY: Use Week 2 with the Ash Wednesday exceptions. Use entire Psalm 95 for the Invitatory Psalm on Ash Wednesday. LENT: Use the Seven-Week Psalter starting with Week 3 on the First Sunday in Lent. Use entire Psalm 95 for the Invitatory Psalm on Fridays. On Saturday before Palm Sunday, use Week 2 at EP instead of Week 7. HOLY WEEK: Use Week E. WEEK
E
PALM SUNDAY MP EP Week 4 Week 3
MONDAY MP EP 51 69:1–23
TUESDAY MP EP 6 94 12
WEDNESDAY MP EP 55 74
TUESDAY MP EP 103 111 114
WEDNESDAY MP EP 97 115 99
MAUNDY THURSDAY
MP 102
EP 143 143
GOOD FRIDAY MP EP 22 40 54
HOLY SATURDAY MP EP 88 27
FRIDAY MP EP 136 118
SATURDAY MP EP 145 104
EASTER WEEK: Use Week F. WEEK
F
EASTER DAY MP EP Week 2 113 114
MONDAY MP EP 93 66 98
THURSDAY
MP 146 147
EP 148 149
EASTER SEASON: Use the Seven-Week Psalter, observing the Eastertide and Ascension exceptions, through the Day of Pentecost, which uses Week 7. On the weekdays that follow Pentecost, use the week of the appropriate proper that corresponds to the date of Pentecost: Proper 1: Closest to May 11 – WEEK 7 Proper 2: Closest to May 18 – WEEK 1 Proper 3: Closest to May 25 – WEEK 2 Proper 4: Closest to June 1 – WEEK 3 Proper 5: Closest to June 8 – WEEK 4 Proper 6: Closest to June 15 – WEEK 5 Proper 7: Closest to June 22 – WEEK 6 TRINITY SUNDAY: Use Week 7 for EP on the Eve of Trinity Sunday, then Week 1 on Trinity Sunday. On the weekdays that follow Trinity Sunday, use the week of the appropriate proper that corresponds to the date of Trinity Sunday above, and continue using the Seven-Week Psalter through the week of the Sunday closest to November 23; that is, through the Eve of Advent Sunday.
HOLY DAYS
HOLY DAYS
HOLY DAYS
HOLY DAYS
HOLY DAYS
HOLY DAYS
NOVEMBER 30 ST. ANDREW MP EP 34 96 100 FEBRUARY 1 PRESENTATION EVE MP EP — 113 122 MAY 1 SS. PHILIP & JAMES MP EP 119rst 139
DECEMBER 21 ST. THOMAS MP EP 23 27 121 FEBRUARY 2 THE PRESENTATION MP EP 43 48 43 87 MAY 30 VISITATION EVE MP EP — 132
JULY 4 INDEPENDENCE MP EP 33 107a
JULY 22 ST. MARY MAGDLN. MP EP 116 30 149 SEPTEMBER 13 HOLY CROSS EVE MP EP — 46 87 OCTOBER 28 SS. SIMON & JUDE MP EP 66 116 117
AUGUST 24 ST. BARTHOLOMEW MP EP 86 15 67 OCTOBER 23 ST. JAMES JERUSLM. MP EP 119stu 122 125
DECEMBER 28 HOLY INNOCENTS
DECEMBER 26 ST. STEPHEN MP EP 28 118 30 FEBRUARY 24 ST. MATTHIAS MP EP 80 33
DECEMBER 27 ST. JOHN MP EP 97 145 98 MARCH 19 ST. JOSEPH MP EP 132 34
MAY 31 THE VISITATION MP EP 72 146 147 JULY 25 ST. JAMES MP EP 34 33
JUNE 11 ST. BARNABAS MP EP 15 19 67 146 AUGUST 5 TRANSFIG. EVE MP EP — 84
JUNE 23 EVE ST. JOHN BAPT.
SEPTEMBER 14 HOLY CROSS MP EP 66 118
SEPTEMBER 21 ST. MATTHEW MP EP 119fgh 19 112 NOVEMBER 1 ALL SAINTS MP EP 111 148 112 150
SEPTEMBER 28 EVE OF ST. MICHAEL
OCTOBER 31 EVE OF ALL SAINTS MP EP — 34
MP 2 26
EP 19 126
MARCH 24 ANNUNCIATION EVE
MP —
MP —
EP 8 138
EP 103
AUGUST 6 TRANSFIGURATION
MP 2 24
MP —
EP 72
EP 34 150
THANKSGIVING DAY
MP 147
EP 145
JANUARY 18 CONFESS. ST. PETER MP EP 66 118 67 MARCH 25 ANNUNCIATION MP EP 85 110 87 132 JUNE 24 ST. JOHN BAPTIST MP EP 82 80 98 AUGUST 14 EVE OF ST. MARY MP EP — 45 SEPTEMBER 29 ST. MICHAEL MP EP 8 104 148 EVE OF DEDICATION MP —
EP 48 122
JANUARY 25 CONVERS. ST. PAUL MP EP 19 119lmn APRIL 25 ST. MARK MP EP 145 67 96 JUNE 29 SS. PETER & PAUL MP EP 66 97 138 AUGUST 15 ST. MARY VIRGIN MP EP 113 138 115 149 OCTOBER 18 ST. LUKE MP EP 103 67 96 ANNIV. OF DEDICATION MP EP 132 29 46