Importance of Psalms during Mass

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Praying the Psalms is an incredibly old tradition. The psalms were prayed by Jews long before Christ. Christ himself prayed the psalms. The early Christians immediately began to pray the psalms in light of their significance regarding Christ.

In fact, the praying of psalms is so rich a tradition that in the Liturgy of the Hours, the psalms are prayed several times a day in a continuous cycle.

At every Mass, there is a psalm after the first reading. Many of the antiphons and other texts come from the psalms as well.
 
after the Last Supper Jesus and the apostles sang a hymn, almost certainly one of the psalms as they left the upper room to go to the garden. the psalms are the link between Jewish form of prayer and our own. Bear in mind the public liturgy of the Church consists of both Mass and LOTH so that the psalms are prayed constantly around the clock.
 
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