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Friday, February 24, 2012

Pierce my flesh with your fear: Introduction to Psalm 118/3

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Folio 67v Belles Heures of Jean de France, duc de Berry, 1405–1408/9. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The sections of Pope Bene...
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 ...
Wednesday, February 22, 2012

The reviving power of God's law: Introduction to Psalm 118/1

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As I foreshadowed in my last post, , I want to start today a new series on Psalm 118.  In fact this is a return to the original conce...
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...