Psalms and canticles: Common Worship Principal Service

The table below lists available Psalm settings appointed for the Principal Service of the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) three-year cycle used in Church of England Common Worship services. Settings are constantly being written to expand coverage of the whole cycle, but particularly of the period from Advent through to Pentecost. See also the numerical index.

Where possible, a congregational version is specified, usually responsorial. Entries in parentheses (thus) are better suited to presentation by choir or music-group.

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Day	Year A	Year B	Year C
Advent 1	122	80	25:1–10
Advent 2	72:1–7,18–19	85:1–2,8–13	Benedictus
Advent 3	Magnificat	126 or Magnificat	Isaiah 12:2–6
Advent 4	80	Magnificat	Magnificat or 80
Christmas Eve	85
Christmas Day	Set I: 96 Set II: 97 Set III: 98
Epiphany Eve	96, 97
Epiphany	72:1, 10–15
Baptism of Christ (Epiphany 1)	29
Epiphany 2[1]	40:1–11	(139)	36:5–10
Epiphany 3[1]	27		19:1–6
Epiphany 4[1]	36:5–10	111
Candlemas Eve	118
Candlemas	24
Proper 1 (3–9 Feb.)			138
Proper 2 (10–16 Feb.)		(30)	1
Proper 3 (17–23 Feb.)	119:33–40
2 before Lent		104:24–35
1 before Lent	99	50:1–6	99
Lent 1	32	25:1–10	91
Lent 2	121	22:23–31	27
Lent 3	95	19:7–14	63:1–8
Lent 4			32
Mothering Sunday	34:11–20
Lent 5	130		126
Palm Sunday	Liturgy of the Palms: 118:1–2, 19–29 Liturgy of the Passion: 31:9–16
Monday of Holy Week	36:5–11
Wednesday of Holy Week	70
Maundy Thursday	116:12–19
Easter Vigil	16 or 19:1–6/19:7–14 or 42 or 98 or 143
Easter Day	118:1–2, 14–24
Easter 2	16		118:14–29
Easter 3	116:12–19	4	(30)
Easter 4
Easter 5		22:23–31
Easter 6		98	67
Ascension Eve	15 or 24
Ascension Day	47 or 93
Sunday after Ascension (Easter 7)		1	97
Pentecost Eve
Pentecost	104:24–34
Trinity Eve	97, 98
Trinity	8	29	8
Corpus Christi Eve	111
Corpus Christi	116:12–19
Proper 4 (29 May - 4 June)		Continuous: (139) Related:	Continuous: 96 Related: 96
Proper 5 (5–11 June)		Continuous: 138 Related: 130	Continuous:   Related: (30)
Proper 6 (12–18 June)	Continuous: 116:12–19 Related:		Continuous: Related: 32
Proper 7 (19–25 June)			Continuous: 42 Related: 22:19–28
Proper 8 (26 June–2 July)		Continuous: 130 Related: (30)	Continuous:   Related: 16
Proper 9 (3–9 July)	Continuous:   Related: 145	Continuous:   Related:	Continuous: (30) Related: 66:1–9
Proper 10 (10–16 July)		Continuous: 24 Related: 85:8–13	Continuous: 82 Related: 25:1–10
Proper 11 (17–23 July)	Continuous: (139) Related:	Continuous:   Related:	Continuous: Related: 15
Proper 12 (24–30 July)		Continuous: 14 Related: 145	Continuous: 85 Related: 138
Proper 13 (31 July–6 Aug.)	Continuous: 17:1–7 Related: 145
Proper 14 (7–13 Aug.)	Continuous: Related: 85:8–13	Continuous: 130 Related: 34:1–8	Continuous: 50:1–8 Related:
Proper 15 (14–20 Aug.)	Continuous: Related: 67	Continuous: 111 Related: 34:9–14	Continuous: 80 Related: 82
Proper 16 (21–27 Aug.)	Continuous: Related: 138	Continuous: 84 Related: 34:15–22
Proper 17 (28 Aug.–3 Sept.)		Continuous: Related: 15
Proper 18 (4–10 Sept.)	Continuous:   Related: 119:33–40		Continuous: (139) Related: 1
Proper 19 (11–17 Sept.)		Continuous: 19:1–6 Related:	Continuous: 14 Related:
Proper 20 (18–24 Sept.)	Continuous:  Related: 145	Continuous: 1 Related:
Proper 21 (25 Sept.–1 Oct.)	Continuous: Related: 25:1–9	Continuous: Related: 19:7–14	Continuous: 91 Related:
Proper 22 (2–8 Oct.)	Continuous: 19 Related: 80	Continuous: Related: 8	Continuous: 137 Related:
Proper 23 (9–15 Oct.)			Continuous: 66:1–12 Related: 111
Proper 24 (16–22 Oct.)	Continuous: 99 Related: 96	Continuous: 104 Related: 91	Continuous: Related: 121
Proper 25 (23–29 Oct.)	Continuous: Related: 1	Continuous: 34 Related: 126	Continuous: Related: 84
Bible Sunday		19:7–14
Dedication Festival Eve	24
Dedication Festival	122
All Saints' Eve	1
All Saints' Day	34	24:1–6
4 before Advent			32
3 before Advent	70	62	17:1–9
2 before Advent		16	98
Eve of Christ the King	99
Christ the King (1 before Advent)	95:1–7a	93

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^[1] Sundays of Epiphany can be displaced if Epiphany itself is on a Sunday.