Parish Book of Psalms is a collection of a cappella Responsorial Psalm settings composed by Arlene Oost-Zinner. These settings, already widely-used through the Chabanel Psalms project, are easy and accessible for congregations, and provide a way to introduce plainchant in English in the average parish.

This volume includes psalms for the complete three-year lectionary cycle of Sunday and holy day Masses according to the liturgical calendar for the U.S.A.

Available in hardcover from the CMAA Shop.

PSALMS FOR DOWNLOADING

The full collection (this link will open in a new tab)

Advent

Christmastide

Lent

  • Ash Wednesday ABC

Holy Week

  • Palm Sunday ABC
  • Holy Thursday ABC
  • Good Friday ABC

Eastertide

  • 2nd Sunday: ABC
  • Ascension: ABC
  • Pentecost Vigil, simple form: ABC
  • Pentecost Vigil, extended form: 1
  • 2a
  • 2b
  • 3
  • 4
  • Pentecost Sunday: ABC

Solemnities of the Lord during Ordinary Time

  • The Most Holy Trinity: A
  • B
  • C
  • Corpus Christi: A
  • B
  • C
  • Sacred Heart: A
  • B
  • C

UPDATES

We’ll keep you posted here about any corrections made to the Parish Book of Psalms after it went to press. The following scores have been updated on this website:

  • Advent Year C, Week 3
  • Christmas, Mass during the Night, Year ABC
  • Easter Year A, Week 6
  • Ordinary Time Year A, Week 29
  • Ordinary Time Year B, Week 23
  • Ordinary Time Year C, Week 26
  • Ordinary Time Year C, Week 27
  • Ordinary Time Year C, Week 33

Practice Videos

Demonstration videos for a few of the psalms are on-line.