Responsorial Psalm
NOTE: If there is a cantor, it is customary for the cantor to sing the RESPONSORIAL PSALM.
If there is no cantor, choose the Responsorial Psalm from the selections listed below. Once you have selected a responsorial psalm, download or print out a copy for the person who will be reading the scripture at Mass.
Psalm 23 (D1) is the most frequently chosen responsorial psalm.
Responsorial Psalms
Psalm 23:1–3, 4, 5, 6 (D1)
The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
[El Señor es mi pastor, nada me falta.]
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Psalm 25:6 and 7b, 17-18, 20-21 (D2)
To you, O Lord, I lift my soul.
[A ti, Señor, levanto mi alma.]
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Psalm 27:1, 4, 7, 8b, 9a, 13-14 (D3)
The Lord is my light and salvation.
[El Señor es mi luz y mi salvación.]
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Psalm 42:2, 3, 5cdef; 43:3, 4, 5 (D4)
My soul is thirsting for the living God.
[Mi alma tiene sed del Dios vivo.]
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Psalm 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 (D5)
My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.
[Mi alma está sedienta de ti, mi Dios.]
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Psalm 103:8, 10, 13-14, 15-16, 17-18 (D6)
The Lord is kind and merciful.
[El Señor es compasivo y misericordioso.]
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Psalm 116:5, 6, 10-11, 15-16ac (D7)
I will walk in the presence of the Lord in the land of the living.
[Caminaré en presencia del Señor en el país de la vida]
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Psalm 122:1-2, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 (D8)
I rejoiced when I heard them say: let us go to the house of the Lord.
[¡Qué alegría cuando me dijeron: “Vamos a la casa del Señor”!]
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Psalm 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6ab, 6c-7, 8 (D9)
Out of the depths, I cry to you, Lord.
[Desde lo hondo a ti grito, Señor.]
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Psalm 143:1-2, 5-6, 7ab, 8ab, 10 (D10)
O Lord, hear my prayer.
[Señor, escucha mi oración.]
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Hope in the face of death
Because of our belief not only in the immortality of the soul, but also in the resurrection of the body, the Church professes hope in the face of death, and acts with charity in the funeral rites. The Church provides a number of prayers for the faithful to offer both to accompany the dying of a loved one and to strengthen our faith upon their death.
Through private prayer and public funeral rites, we strengthen our faith and hope, comfort those who mourn, and bury the bodily remains of the deceased with care befitting what was the Temple of the Holy Spirit.
Source: usccb.org
I am going to prepare a place for you.... I will come back again and take you to myself, so that where I am you also may be.” John 14:2-3