CENSORING PSALMS: LITURGY OF THE HOURS

CENSORING PSALMS: LITURGY OF THE HOURS
Following the Second Vatican Council (Vatican II), the Church revised the Liturgy of the Hour (aka Divine Office). In this ancient tradition, Christian monks have prayed all of the psalms on a regular basis. In the modern revision, certain psalms and parts of psalms were omitted from the Liturgy of the Hours so that monks no longer pray all of the psalms. Specifically, three psalms are entirely omitted: Psalm 58; 83; 109.
Parts of nineteen other psalms (one verse or several verses) are also omitted: 5:10; 21:8-12; 28:4-5; 31:17-18; 35:3a, 4-8, 20-21, 24-26; 40:14-15; 56:6b-7; 54:5; 55:15;
59:5-8, 11-15; 63:9-11; 69:22-28; 79:6-7, 12; 110:6; 137:7-9; 139:19-22; 140:9-11; 141:10. Note that these verse numbers are according to the NRSV. In the NAB, the
verse numbers will often be off by one verse (-1, that is, because NRSV does not number psalm headings as verses, but NAB does).
Another church council has been called and the subject of Scripture is being discussed again. Like Vatican II, Vatican III involves Catholic bishops and
representatives from non-Catholic traditions. Some bishops want to retain or even expand the censorship of Psalms in the Liturgy of the Hours, while others want to
return to the older tradition of praying all the Psalms without any censorship. You have the opportunity to address your bishop on this issue. You have ten
minutes (about 5 pages) to state your case for or against censoring Psalms in the Liturgy of the Hours.
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