Responsorial Psalms in Latin?
  • acadia
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    I have had a request come in for the Responsorial Psalms of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and the Easter Vigil in the new style (congregational refrain, cantored psalm verses, refrain, verses, etc.) BUT in Latin. I have been unable to find a source. Any ideas? Thanks so much.
  • Chaswjd
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    They looking at the Graduale Simplex. There are responsorial psalms there in Latin.
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  • acadia
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    That's a great suggestion, thank you. I'm looking through it now, and some match up quite nicely with the new lectionary, but others are a miss. There may be some that are elsewhere in the Simplex - I'll check for that, too.
  • irishtenoririshtenor
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    If you have a few that you can't find, I'm sure one of us could write a simple, but serviceable, setting in relatively short order
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  • Chaswjd
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    @acadia If you are in the U.S., our version of the GIRM allows you to substitute a psalm in the Graduale Simplex for the one assigned in the Lectionary. Look at para. 61.
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  • josephw
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    I've got an older (1975?) daily missal that has gives the response for the Responsorial Psalm in Latin and English; no melody though. If that's of interest, I can scan the relevant pages for you when I get home from work this evening. :)
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  • acadia
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    @Chaswjd I'm in Canada, but our GIRM allows for this as well.
  • acadia
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    @josephw Thank you, but I think we also need melody.
  • MarkB
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    Go to this page, select the first link for the Second Volume, then scroll to page 290, where the texts for the Sacrum Triduum Paschale begin. You'll find the Latin texts for the responsorial psalms that you are seeking on the pages that follow for each liturgy.

    https://www.ccwatershed.org/2013/11/7/missale-romanum-cum-lectionibus/

    You can chant the texts to psalm tones easily.
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  • acadia
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    @MarkB very good suggestion, thank you!
  • Richard R.
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    I did a year's worth of these about 20 years ago, a very eccentric project, or so I thought at the time. You might want to check the texts against current sources.
    RRice_HolyWeek_RPsLatinResponses.pdf
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  • acadia
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    Thank you @Richard R. this is helpful!
  • Paul F. Ford
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    R. these are excellent!
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