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Showing posts with label psalm notes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label psalm notes. Show all posts
Friday, November 15, 2013

Notes on the psalm notes

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The psalm notes on this blog generally include an overview of each psalm , particularly with a mind to praying it in the context of St Bene...
Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Psalms 20 to 31: Psalms of the Passion or Resurrection?

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In my recent series over at  Saints Will Arise on the structure of the Benedictine Office, I suggested that St Benedictine started Sunday ...
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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Christ the perfect man; Our Lady as the model for believers: Introduction to Psalm 118/2

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Yesterday I provided some extracts from Pope Benedict XVI’s General Audience on Psalm 118 by way of introduction to the psalm.  Today ...
Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Coming soon: a psalm for Lent, Psalm 118 (119)

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For Lent I'm going to put aside my current series on the Sunday Vespers psalms, and turn instead to Psalm 118 (119 in Protestant and mo...

Psalm 109/9: Prophesying Christ’s humility and the Ascension

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Garofalo, 1510-20 Today’s verse is somewhat enigmatic, and needs some help to interpret properly, as Pope Benedict XVI points out: “T...
Monday, February 20, 2012

Will Christ come again with a bang or a whimper? Psalm 109/8

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Georgios Klontzas, c16th Some today suggest that the Second Coming of Christ will be like the first, something that happens quietly, a...
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Saturday, February 18, 2012

The Magisterium of 'me' and Psalm 109 (Ps 109/7)

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The St.Omer Psalter, c1330 Yates Thompson MS 14; f.120r The British Library, London Today’s verse of  Psalm 109 is: Dóminus a dex...
Thursday, February 16, 2012

Who was Melchisedech? Psalm 109/6

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Meeting of Abraham and Melchisedech Dieric Bouts, c1464 The first half of Psalm 109 , the verses that we have looked at so far, essent...
Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Why is psalm 109 used for Marian feasts? Ps 109/5

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Georgia, c1125 Today’s verse speaks of the divine - rather than human - begetting of Our Lord.  So why is it used in the Office of ...
Sunday, February 12, 2012

Are we there yet? When will Christ's kingdom be established? Ps 109/4

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Van der Weyden, c1445 Today’s verse of  Psalm 109  puts before us a paradox. Here is the verse in the Vulgate Latin, Greek Septuagint,...
Friday, February 10, 2012

Are we allowed to pray for the defeat of enemies? Psalm 109/3

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c. 1210 Arundel MS 157, f.93r The British Library, London Today’s verse of  Psalm 109 alludes to Christ’s immediate victory over hi...