Tag: Psalms
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Event: Psalm Singing and the Genevan Psalter
EDITOR — Calvin Institute of Christian Worship hosts interactive musical-historical event on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Co-Responsibility for Proclaiming the Gospel: Part II
MEGAN EFFRON — Being equipped to draw connections between scripture and daily life is an essential part of being an agent of evangelization.
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Penultimate Praise
This is my last regular contribution to the PrayTell blog.
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Psalm 31, in solidarity with Ukraine [updated]
“Be strong and take heart, all who hope in the LORD.”
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Liturgies of Lament
As this pandemic drags on, I find that moments of hope and gratitude are interspersed with times of deep grief and frustration. At one level, some of us have fallen into a groove with working from home. We are being intentional about connecting with friends and family, and cultivating community as safely as possible. We…
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Unnecessary Impoverishments: The Psalter/Part 2 (The Entrance Rite)
We always overlook scripture at our own peril. Perhaps it would be to our benefit to be informed by the texts of the entrance antiphons and their psalms as well as those of the Lectionary when doing our music planning, and realize we don’t always have to be driven only by the Lectionary texts.
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Lord, Close My Lips
The opening verse of the office “Lord, open my lips” used to have a twin at the end of the day.
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Wedding and the Liturgy of the Hours
How a liturgist celebrated his wedding within the Liturgy of the Hours, and why this might be a quite good idea.
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Refresh my heart: Awake, O organ and guitar!
The celebrant at Mass last night reminded us to keep an eye open, during Lent, for “thin places,” places where the barriers between us and the kingdom seem fragile, as if we might break through and see creation as God does at last.