A Psalms Prayer Schedule
There are many ways to form a prayer
schedule from the Psalms. The following
is a schedule from the East. Should you
chose to follow it, you will be able to pray through the Psalms every week. This is a great practice during Lent, or at
any other time. Your understanding of
Psalms will grow more than you could ever imagine, and you will begin to see more
of Christ in the Psalms as you faithfully pray.
There are whole services associated
with this prayer schedule. However, if
the practice of praying in the Psalms becomes part of your life and mine, that
will be more than enough for the time being.
How Does it Work?
The day is divided into morning and evening prayers. Several Psalms are prayed at each time.
The Psalms are divided into twenty main groups called Kathisma. Each Kathisma is divided into three
sub-groups called Stasis. Each Stasis contains
a varying number of Psalms depending mostly on the length of each Psalm. Psalm 119 has a whole Kathisma, divided into
three Stasis all to itself. On average,
there are a little less than three Psalms per Stasis.
Two Kathisma are prayed each morning.
While one Kathisma is prayed each evening, except for Sunday evening.
Please don’t miss the fact that the sequence is inverted at Friday and
Saturday. This is done so that these
Psalms are always prayed on Friday.
The Schedule
Saturday Evening.
Kathisma 1
Stasis 1 Psalms 1-3
Stasis 2 Psalms 4-6
Stasis 3 Psalms 7-8
Sunday Morning
Kathisma 2
Stasis 1 Psalms 9-11
Stasis 2 Psalms 12-14
Stasis 3 Psalms 15-17
Kathisma 3
Stasis 1 Psalm 18
Stasis 2 Psalms 19-21
Stasis 3 Psalms 22-24
Sunday Evening — Rest or pray Psalm 119 if Saturday morning is too busy
Monday Morning
Kathisma 4
Stasis 1 Psalms 25-27
Stasis 2 Psalms 28-30
Stasis 3 Psalms 31-32
Kathisma 5
Stasis 1 Psalms 33-34
Stasis 2 Psalms 35-36
Stasis 3 Psalm 37
Monday Evening
Kathisma 6
Stasis 1 Psalms 38-40
Stasis 2 Psalms 41-43
Stasis 3 Psalms 44-46
Tuesday Morning
Kathisma 7
Stasis 1 Psalms 47-49
Stasis 2 Psalms 50-51
Stasis 3 Psalms 52-55
Kathisma 8
Stasis 1 Psalms 56-58
Stasis 2 Psalms 59-61
Stasis 3 Psalms 62-64
Tuesday Evening
Kathisma 9
Stasis 1 Psalms 65-67
Stasis 2 Psalm 68
Stasis 3 Psalms 69-70
Wednesday Morning
Kathisma 10
Stasis 1 Psalms 71-72
Stasis 2 Psalms 73-74
Stasis 3 Psalms 75-77
Kathisma 11
Stasis 1 Psalm 78
Stasis 2 Psalms 79-81
Stasis 3 Psalms 82-85
Wednesday Evening
Kathisma 12
Stasis 1 Psalms 86-88
Stasis 2 Psalm 89
Stasis 3 Psalms 90-91
Thursday Morning
Kathisma 13
Stasis 1 Psalms 92-94
Stasis 2 Psalms 95-97
Stasis 3 Psalms 98-101
Kathisma 14
Stasis 1 Psalms 102-103
Stasis 2 Psalm 104
Stasis 3 Psalm 105
Thursday Evening
Kathisma 15
Stasis 1 Psalm 106
Stasis 2 Psalm 107
Stasis 3 Psalms 108-109
Friday Morning — note that the following Kathisma are out of order.
Kathisma 19
Stasis 1 Psalms 135-137
Stasis 2 Psalms 138-140
Stasis 3 Psalms 141-143
Kathisma 20
Stasis 1 Psalms 144-145
Stasis 2 Psalms 146-147
Stasis 3 Psalms 148-150
Friday Evening
Kathisma 18
Stasis 1 Psalms 120-124
Stasis 2 Psalms 125-129
Stasis 3 Psalms 130-134
Saturday Morning — Psalm 119 may be prayed on Sunday evening if Saturday morning is too busy.
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