Monday, March 4, 2013

A Psalms Prayer Schedule


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.


Kathisma 16

Stasis 1               Psalms 110-112
Stasis 2               Psalms 113-116:9
Stasis 3               Psalms 116:10-118

Kathisma 17

Stasis 1               Psalm 119: 1-72
Stasis 2               Psalm 119: 73-131
Stasis 3               Psalm 119: 132-176

 
 

 

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