Ye 150 Psalms

[Andruschak]

For the record, last Thursday I finished reciting all 150 Psalms, including the “Glory to…” and the “Eternel rest…” at the conclusion of each psalm.

I did this at lunch/supper at work, starting early in January. My suppers are only soup, vegies and fruit, no meat or fish. I am not sure if it was proper to mumble the words between spoons of vegie soup, but at least it fitted into my crowded schedule.

BTW, Psalm 119 took me 14 minutes. Whoever wrote that psalm seems to have had a deep, lifelong devotion to the sound of his own voice.

 

[scapularkid8]

I love the Psalms!!

 

[LilyM]

For the record, last Thursday I finished reciting all 150 Psalms, including the “Glory to…” and the “Eternel rest…” at the conclusion of each psalm.

I did this at lunch/supper at work, starting early in January. My suppers are only soup, vegies and fruit, no meat or fish. I am not sure if it was proper to mumble the words between spoons of vegie soup, but at least it fitted into my crowded schedule.

BTW, Psalm 119 took me 14 minutes. Whoever wrote that psalm seems to have had a deep, lifelong devotion to the sound of his own voice.

The Psalms were originally sung, weren’t they? And I don’t think they were sung individually, but in group worship in the Temple.

Imagine how long it’d take to SING Psalm 119!

 

[Epsilon_Omega]

A couple months ago, I was able to go to an Encounter God’s Call conference / activity, at Conception Abby, in Missouri, and for a while I was able to experience the Monastic life. We even were allowed to sit in and sing the psalms with the monks.

I have always wanted to pray all the psalms, but I can’t give up meat or fish… that would be hard.

Didn’t the Jewish people have to memorize them, back in the time before and after Jesus? I remember learning something about that during Youth Group.

 

[puzzleannie]

I understand the monks in Benedict’s day prayed all 150 psalms every day, we get off easy with the 4-week cycle. And even the monks who could not read had the psalms, canticles and much of the bible in the form of the various readings memorized. I am afraid to challenge you to memorize the psalms because you might take me up on it.