Changing words to Responsorial Psalm?

[Spiller]

I am aware that a hymn may be substituted for the responsorial psalm but can words also be changed? particularly when it comes to turning “men” into “people”, etc?

I’m guessing they will use the allowed substitution as an excuse for “substituting” words. I’m fairly sure there is no way this is kosher, but I just want to be sure.

Thanks.

 

[buffalo]

I am aware that a hymn may be substituted for the responsorial psalm but can words also be changed? particularly when it comes to turning “men” into “people”, etc?

I’m guessing they will use the allowed substitution as an excuse for “substituting” words. I’m fairly sure there is no way this is kosher, but I just want to be sure.

Thanks.

Responsorial Psalm
This adaptation will be inserted at number 61, paragraph 4:
In the dioceses of the United States of America, the following may also be sung in place of the psalm assigned in the Lectionary for Mass: either the proper or seasonal antiphon and Psalm from the Lectionary, as found either in the Roman Gradual, or, Simple Gradual or in another musical setting; or an antiphon and Psalm from another collection of the psalms and antiphons ; including psalms arranged in metrical form, providing that they have been approved by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops or the diocesan Bishop. Songs or hymns may not be used in place of the Responsorial Psalm.

 

[benedictgal]

According to Redemptionis Sacramentum, these sections further address the question at hand:

59.] The reprobated practice by which Priests, Deacons or the faithful here and there alter or vary at will the texts of the Sacred Liturgy that they are charged to pronounce, must cease. For in doing thus, they render the celebration of the Sacred Liturgy unstable, and not infrequently distort the authentic meaning of the Liturgy.

[60.] In the celebration of Mass, the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist are intimately connected to one another, and form one single act of worship. For this reason it is not licit to separate one of these parts from the other and celebrate them at different times or places.135 Nor is it licit to carry out the individual parts of Holy Mass at different times of the same day.

[61.] In selecting the biblical readings for proclamation in the celebration of Mass, the norms found in the liturgical books are to be followed,136 so that indeed “a richer table of the Word of God will be prepared for the faithful, and the biblical treasures opened up for them”.137

[62.] It is also illicit to omit or to substitute the prescribed biblical readings on one’s own initiative, and especially “to substitute other, non-biblical texts for the readings and responsorial Psalm, which contain the word of God”.138

Unfortunately, OCP’s stable of composers seems to enjoy fiddling around with the words of sacred texts. Mary Reza does this a lot with her rendition of the psalms, using inclusive language, even when the official texts of the psalms do not have that.

 

[Spiller]

Responsorial Psalm
This adaptation will be inserted at number 61, paragraph 4:
In the dioceses of the United States of America, the following may also be sung in place of the psalm assigned in the Lectionary for Mass: either the proper or seasonal antiphon and Psalm from the Lectionary, as found either in the Roman Gradual, or, Simple Gradual or in another musical setting; or an antiphon and Psalm from another collection of the psalms and antiphons ; including psalms arranged in metrical form, providing that they have been approved by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops or the diocesan Bishop. Songs or hymns may not be used in place of the Responsorial Psalm.

Danke!!

 

[buffalo]

Danke!!

prosze bardzo

 

[KathleenElsie]

Inclusive language was used in our Responsorial Psalm today. Praying for those that feel the need to change the Holy Mass.

 

[KathleenElsie]

bump

 

[japhy]

Inclusive language was used in our Responsorial Psalm today. Praying for those that feel the need to change the Holy Mass.

It’s very odd when practically every other word in a responsorial psalm is “God”… it’s almost to the point that you can tell there are pronouns being rejected!

 

[Flopfoot]

“For God loves the world so much that God sent God’s son…”

(actual transcript of what was said at a children’s lesson, don’t remember where it’s from)

Funny thing? I once had to read the Sequence from the book in the altar (which used the right words) unfortunately some ____ had printed the sequence on the bulletin in PC language, so the congregation wasn’t saying the same words as I was…