Sing a New Psalm:
Communicating with God Through
the Prayers of the Church

Volume II: Vigils, Day Prayer & Compline

Sing a New Psalm: Communicating with God Through the Prayers of the Church—Volume II: Vigils, Day Prayer & Compline, a 29-lesson Catholic Bible study from Turning to God’s Word, uses as a biblical text The Abbey Psalms and Canticles, prepared by the Benedictine monks of Conception Abbey. The Abbey Psalms and Canticles is a slightly revised version of the monks’ 2010 translation, The Revised Grail Psalms. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) now holds rights to The Abbey Psalms and Canticles, which has been approved for liturgical use in the United States and is being added to all English-language Liturgy of the Hours books and Catholic lectionaries published for use in the United States.

Volume II of Sing a New Psalm: Communicating with God Through the Prayers of the Church is scheduled for publication in late summer of 2025. Jennifer McGaw Phelps, who wrote Volume I, which covers the Psalms prayed at Lauds and Vespers, is writing Volume II, which will cover the remaining Psalms that are prayed at Vigils, Day Prayer, and Compline. When the writing is complete, Volume II will be submitted for an imprimatur. A separate copy of The Abbey Psalms and Canticles is needed for either volume of this Turning to God Word Catholic Bible study. Volume I, currently is available only in digital format, and it may be purchased from our website shop.

Sing a New Psalm: Communicating with God Through the Prayers of the Church—Volume II: Vigils, Day Prayer & Compline includes a foreword by Abbot Gregory Polan, O.S.B., who directed Conception Abbey’s translation of the Psalms. He’s also served as Abbot Primate of the worldwide Benedictine Confederation, the international governing body of the Order of St. Benedict, and as Abbot of Sant’ Anselmo in Rome.

Following is a list of the lessons in Sing a New Psalm: Communicating with God Through the Prayers of the Church—Volume II: Vigils, Day Prayer & Compline. The online study pages will be available when the study is published in 2025. Neither Volume I nor Volume II of this Turning to God’s Word Catholic Bible study will include lesson videos. At this time, links for online study pages in both volumes are to Psalms in the Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE); it is hoped that these will be replaced by links to The Abbey Psalms and Canticles if those become available online. In the meantime, participants interested in this study are encouraged to purchase a hard copy of The Abbey Psalms and Canticles, currently published by Ignatius Press.

Introduction Psalms Study Basics
Lesson 1 He Who Sits in the Heavens Laughs—Sunday Vigils (Week I)
Lesson 2 Our Eyes Are on the LORD Our God—Sunday Day Prayer (Week I)
Lesson 3 You, LORD, Are a Shield About Me—Monday Vigils (Week I)
Lesson 4 I Wash My Hands in Innocence—Monday Day Prayer (Week I)
Lesson 5 Awake, O LORD! Come to Our Help!—Tuesday Vigils (Week I)
Lesson 6 God Looks Down from Heaven—Tuesday Day Prayer (Week I)
Lesson 7 The LORD Remembers His Holy Word—Wednesday Vigils (Week I)
Lesson 8 O That I Had Wings Like a Dove!—Wednesday Day Prayer (Week I)
Lesson 9 From the Grave, Who Can Give You Praise?—Thursday Vigils (Week I)
Lesson 10 In the Shelter of God’s Wings—Thursday Day Prayer (Week I)
Lesson 11 The Suffering Servant—Friday Vigils (Week I)
Lesson 12 Awaiting the Appointed Time—Friday Day Prayer (Week I)
Lesson 13 Praise the LORD Who Rides on the Heavens—Saturday Vigils (Week I)
Lesson 14 Give Ear, O LORD, to My Prayer—Saturday Day Prayer (Week I)
Lesson 15 Let Us Ring Out Our Joy to the LORD—Sunday Vigils (Week II)
Lesson 16 I Treasure Your Word in My Heart—Sunday Day Prayer (Week II)
Lesson 17 I Was Young & Now I Am Old—Monday Vigils (Week II)
Lesson 18 I Reach Out to Your Commands—Monday Day Prayer (Week I)
Lesson 19 Like an Owl Among the Ruins—Tuesday Vigils (Week II)
Lesson 20 Your Statutes Have Become My Song—Tuesday Day Prayer (Week II)
Lesson 21 Out of Zion, God Is Shining Forth—Wednesday Vigils (Week II)
Lesson 22 It Was Your Hands That Shaped Me—Wednesday Day Prayer (Week II)
Lesson 23 Hidden Lessons of the Past—Thursday Vigils (Week II)
Lesson 24 More Than Finest Gold—Thursday Day Prayer (Week II)
Lesson 25 Let Them Thank the LORD for His Mercy—Friday Vigils (Week II)
Lesson 26 The Unfolding of Your Word Gives Light—Friday Day Prayer (Week II)
Lesson 27 God Has Kept an Account—Saturday Vigils (Week II)
Lesson 28 My Lips Shall Proclaim Your Praise—Saturday Day Prayer (Week II)
Lesson 29 In Peace I Will Lie Down—Compline (Weeks I and II)

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