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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Psalm 120: I will up mine eyes unto the hills

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The third psalm of Vespers of the Dead is Psalm 120 (121), in my view one of the most beautiful and most comforting of the entire psalter. ...
Monday, November 21, 2011

Psalm 119: To the Lord I cry

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c1450 I’ve devoted November to looking at Vespers of the Office of the Dead. So far we’ve looked at  Psalm 114 in some detail. Beca...
Sunday, November 20, 2011

De Profundis in the Office and the Mass

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Over the last few weeks I've been looking at Psalm 114, the first psalm of Vespers of the Dead.  One of the other psalms from thi...
Saturday, November 19, 2011

Psalm 114: Latin Learning Hints Part B

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Once again a post designed to aid those using this psalm series to learn or brush up their Latin - others can skip quickly past! Grammar ...
Friday, November 18, 2011

Psalm 114/9: The land of the living

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Today I want to conclude this verse by verse look at  Psalm 114 verse with a quick look at the last two verses: Quia erípuit ánimam...
Thursday, November 17, 2011

Psalm 114/8 - Accept your eternal reward

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Today’s verse of  Psalm 114 points to the end of the struggle to live this earthly life, and tells the dying soul that it is now alrig...
Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Psalm 114/7 - Towards a truly adult faith!

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Today’s verse of Psalm 114 (116)  calls to mind the Gospel injunction that ‘unless you turn and become like children, you will never e...