Hi Lauren,

I have sent a message to a contact at the USCCB to ask that question. I hope that I'll get a quick answer for you.

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The readings and psalms in the lectionary in Spanish for the US come from two different sources - the readings are from the lectionary published by the bishops of Mexico (latest edition 1993), the psalms from the lectionary published by the bishops of Spain in 1970.

The psalms - from which most of the verses of the propers are taken - appear to be taken from the Nueva Biblia Española (with some modifications - or perhaps from a later edition).

The responsorial psalms on the daily readings section of the USCCB website are evidently also from the Mexican lectionary, and so (as far as I can tell) are not currently approved for use at mass in the US.

Good question.

As you're probably aware, the bishops of Spain recently revised the translation of the psalms in their lectionary, leaving the US bishops' plans to use this version in their lectionary in limbo (according to this report). Responde y Aclama (OCP) currently uses the (old) translation from Spain and it continues to carry full episcopal approval, so evidently this version is still OK.

There is no lectionary which incorporates the two sources in a single book, so I imagine that most places where the resp. psalms are spoken simply use the Mexican translation in the lectionary they have (even though technically it's not approved), which would match what's in the ILP book.

I received a very cordial reply:

Good morning, Ms. Gorbitz,


Fr. Menke is out of the office this week and has asked me to answer your question on his behalf.


There is not an approved Lectionary for the USA, and USCCB is using the Mexican Lectionary when posting daily readings. The Mexican Bishops´ Conference, however, does not use a published translation of the Bible, but rather the texts needed were directly translated from the Latin, so there is no complete Bible text where they can be found. You can borrow from that Lectionary.


USCCB also uses the Psaltery from Spain for the Responsorial Psalm, though in the Misal Romano, tercera edición, the entrance and after Communion antiphons are taken from the Mexican translation. But we think you could use the Psalms from Spain from La Sagrada Biblia, Conferencia Episcopal Española, Madrid.


We hope this is helpful.


God bless your efforts to provide this important resource for the Hispanic community,


Peace,


Carmen F. Aguinaco

Multicultural Specialist

USCCB, Secretariat for Divine Worship

I'm not familiar enough with Spanish to know for sure; I believe this website has the Mexican translation. It's useful when needing to add psalm verses to an impromptu antiphon. Not sure if it is the approved translation.

http://www.vicariadepastoral.org.mx/sagrada_escritura/biblia/antiguo_testamento/39_salmos_01.htm#sal1

There is now a USA Missal in Spanish- they are all there.
https://catholicbookpublishing.com/product/1412

Do you have access to the Antiphonary of the Roman Missal (2010)?

You need to exercise great care in moving between Spanish psalters and English psalters. The former follow the Septuagint numbering and the latter, the Hebrew numbering.

In general Ive noticed the verses in spanish dont match english nor do they match in Italian (when I was living there) this applies to antiphons as well as responsorial psalms. Sometimes they do but most of the time they do not match but might have more or less the same sense. In the missal the verses are excluded. I think if you contacted the USCCB they might be able to lead you in the right direction as far as sources go.

These are all describing the same thing. They are using different psalm numbering systems, and different translations of the same Latin text.
The antiphonary :-

ADVENT
FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Entrance Antiphon Cf. Ps 24: 1-3
To you, I lift up my soul, O my God.
In you, I have trusted; let me not be put to shame.
Nor let my enemies exult over me;
and let none who hope in you be put to shame.
(Psalm 24[25]: GR, p. 15)

That last line means 'further verses from the psalm'

https://media.churchmusicassociation.org/books/sep/001_SEP_1-Advent.pdf
says:-
Introit ad te levavi Ps 25(24):1-3 Unto you have I lifted ...
and then Ps 25(24) O Lord make me ...

https://spanishpropers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/a-ti-senor-i.pdf
Cfr Sal 25 1-4 A ti, Señor levanto ...
and then gives one verse:- Haz, Señor, ...

Be aware of a further complication for the psalms and antiphons. Translations of the Psalter are permitted that are not the same as the Bible/s used for the Lectionary. Furthermore the antiphons in the Graduale Romanum were not taken from either the current Nova Vulgata or the previous approved edition of the Vulgata but are translations into Latin in use before St Jerome produced his versions over 1600 years ago.