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February 2020 | Volume 21:1


A RESOURCE FOR CANTORS, SONGLEADERS, CHOIRS, CHOIR DIRECTORS, AND ALL WHO SING THE LITURGY


A Publication of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians


IN THIS ISSUE


IN FOCUS: Psalmody in the Liturgy by Fr. Jan Michael Joncas ..........................1


SING A NEW SONG: From the Editor ...........................................1


ON LITURGY:


Psalmody and Sing to the Lord by Wendy Silhavy ............................................4


WITH THE VOICE OF A PSALM: Reflections on Psalm 118 by Alan Hommerding .................................4


ASK A VOICE TEACHER:


How Do I Sing When I’m Overwhelmed? by Lynn Eustis ................................................5


FOR CANTORS:


Singing with Transparency by Diana Kodner Gokçe .............................6


FOR CHOIR DIRECTORS: Practicing Prayer by Jennifer Kerr Budziak ...........................7


FROM THE EDITOR


NEW SONG I am deeply honored to now be part of Te Liturgical Singer, a wonderful resource so capably managed and edited for so many years by my friend and colleague Mary Lynn Pleczkowski. Tis publication will continue to offer solid content—informational, reflective, and formative—to all those whose song shapes our liturgical worship.


SING A


It seems appropriate that this first issue of the new year should focus around what Wendy Silhavy reminds us is, according to Sing to the Lord, the “songbook of the Liturgy”—the Psalms.


We are particularly honored to have Fr. J. Michael Joncas offering a clear and concise summary of the role psalmody plays in our Sunday liturgies; for those who wish to learn more, we invite you to explore the online three-part Virtual


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PSALMODY IN THE LITURGY


Fr. Jan Michael Joncas Use of psalmody in Christian worship is such a far-reaching topic that approaching it in a brief article is truly daunting. Any adequate account would have to take into account how Jews have employed the psalms in their worship over the centuries, how Jesus and his first followers used them, as well as distinctive practices utilizing psalms by Eastern and Western Christians with their hundreds of rites and denominations.


Tis article will concentrate on the use of psalms in the Roman Rite, focusing on psalms in the Ordinary Form of Roman Rite Eucharist, thus passing over the use of psalms in other sacramental and devotional practices


and in the post-Vatican II reformed Liturgy of the Hours. I hope this short introduction will encourage readers to make their own explorations of the use of psalmody in the history and present practices of Christian worship.


Te Ordinary Form of Roman Rite Eucharist employs the psalms in a variety of ways. Here I will consider this use under three headings: 1) Responsorial Psalms; 2) Processional Psalms; 3) Psalm citations in liturgical texts.


Te clearest distinction between the use of a Responsorial Psalm and Processional Psalms is that the former is sung for its own sake while no other ritual activity is taking place and the latter are sung to accompany ritual movement.


Te Introduction to the second edition of the Lectionary for Mass (ILM) gives clear directives for the singing of the


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