The Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales has approved the following versions of Scripture for use in the Liturgy.
* These versions may not be used to produce a Lectionary without the express permission of the Conference. The current Lectionary makes use of the Jerusalem Bible and the Grail Psalter (1963).
** Work is currently being done on a new edition of the Lectionary based on the English Standard Version: Catholic Edition and the Abbey Psalms and Canticles.
The Divine Office follows a principle where different versions of scripture were used for particular books of the Bible. The following versions are used:
The Grail Psalter (1963) is used for the Psalms. Canticles are taken from: