For those choirs who do not desire to prepare a weekly psalm yet want to experience the richness of The Ionian Psalter we have made the following selections for this compilation (24 Psalms)):
Advent
Psalm 146a:4-9 (Come, O Lord, and save us)
Christmas
Psalm 96b 1-4, 11-12 (Today is born)
Psalm 98b:1-6 (All the ends of the earth)
Psalm 147 13-16, 20-21 (The Word was made flesh)
New Year’s Day
Psalm 8:2-9 (How exalted is your name)
Epiphany
Psalm 72:1-2, 8, 10, 12-13, 17 (All kings shall bow down)
Epiphany Season
Psalm 119: 9-16 (Happy are they)
Baptism of Christ
Psalm 29 1-5, 7-11 (The voice of the Lord)
Last Epiphany
Psalm 99 1-2, 6-9 (Proclaim the greatness of the Lord)
Ash Wednesday/Lent
Psalm 51: 2-13 (Have mercy on me)
Lent
Psalm 130: 1-6 (With the Lord there is mercy)
Holy Week
Psalm 22:1-2, 7-8, 14-21 (My God, my God, why have you forsaken me)
Easter Day
Psalm 118: 14-17, 22-23 (On this day the Lord has acted)
Psalm 150 1-6 (Let everything that has breath)
Easter Season
Psalm 148: 7-14 (Sing to the Lord a new song)
Day of Pentecost
Psalm 104: 25-26, 28-32, 35 (Send forth your spirit)
Christ the King
Psalm 95: 1-7 (We are the people of his pasture)
Psalm 93 1-6 (The Lord shall reign forever)
Seasons after Epiphany/Pentecost
Psalm 1: 1-3, 5-6 (Happy are they whose delight)
Psalm 23a:1-6 (I will dwell in the house of the Lord)
Psalm 67: 1-2, 4, 6-7 (Let the peoples praise you)
Psalm 103: 1-2, 9-14 (The Lord is full of compassion)
Psalm 46a 1-3, 5-7, 9-11 (The Lord of hosts is with us)
Psalm 100a (Enter the gates of the Lord)
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