The Book of Psalms can teach people how to pray and is the “prayer book ‘par excellence,’” Pope Benedict XVI said in his June 22 audience with pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square. “These inspired songs ...

Within the forty-six books of the Old Testament, there is contained the endearing Book of Psalms. The book is really more of an anthology of prayers of God’s people that were either collected or ...

What value is there to our lives, which "stream by like a dream"? What significance can there be to mortal Man, who sprouts like the grass in the morning, only to wither away by nightfall? What ...

Vatican City (Fides Service) - At the Wednesday general audience this morning, Pope Benedict XVI continued his reflection begun last week on Psalm 131: “Election of David and Sion” (Vespers Thursday ...

This program was offered in conjunction with the development of "Explore Psalms Teaching and Learning Resources" hosted at Hebrew College. Calling Out From the Depths is part of a larger project ...

Preaching on a psalm is like trying to give a talk on "America the Beautiful" or "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." Psalms are meant to be sung—or at least read—again and again, till we know the next line ...

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Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning during his teaching at the Wednesday Audience Pope John Paul II reflected on Psalm 61 and said that love of violence, greed, covetousness, viewed as means ...