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Friday, June 16, 2017

Work as if everything depends on you...: Psalm 126 - v2

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Stones from the Western Wall of Jerusalem thrown down by Roman soldiers in 70 CE Continuing on this verse by verse look at Psalm 126,...
Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Rebuilding the Church with God's aid: Psalm 126 - v1

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Translating the verse First, focus in the text of the verse. 1 V/JH Nisi dominus aedificaverit domum:* in vanum ...
Monday, June 12, 2017

Introduction to Psalm 126 - Building up the house of God

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Palma Psalter, c1280 During Lent I posted on the Gradual Psalms, but I noted that I didn't have time to cover off Psalms 126&7...
Monday, April 24, 2017

The Gradual Psalms and Acts - when God was a mathematician**Updated

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Death and Testament of Moses  (at the age of 120) by Luca Signorelli I'm not quite ready to resume my notes on the Gradual psalms ...
Saturday, April 15, 2017

The way to heaven reopened: St Benedict and the Gradual Psalms

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William Blake Today, the final part of this Lenten series on the Gradual Psalms with some comments from St Jerome, and St Bede. St...
Friday, April 14, 2017

A Good Friday meditation on the Gradual Psalms

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Today, I want to provide some comments on these psalms from St Fulgentius of Ruspe, a contemporary of St Benedict, that seem to me part...
Thursday, April 13, 2017

The Gradual Psalms and the Triduum

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As we enter the last few days of Lent, and start the sacred Triduum, I thought I would end this series by providing a few sources to ...