{"id":24280,"date":"2014-02-21T10:32:34","date_gmt":"2014-02-21T16:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=24280"},"modified":"2014-02-21T10:32:34","modified_gmt":"2014-02-21T16:32:34","slug":"how-do-you-pray-with-the-psalms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2014\/02\/21\/how-do-you-pray-with-the-psalms\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you pray with the Psalms?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/chagall_david.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-24281\" title=\"chagall_david\" src=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/chagall_david.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"362\" \/><\/a>Over at dotCommonweal, I just posted a two-part reflection on praying with the psalms. In it I shared some thoughts from two authors whose insights I find stimulating and helpful to understanding: Pius Parsch, and Andr\u00e9 Chouraqui. These are older works, not easily available, so I&#8217;ve quoted from them at some length.<\/p>\n<p>You can see the post that features Parsch&#8217;s thought <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonwealmagazine.org\/blog\/praying-psalms-part-i\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a> The one that features Chouraqui&#8217;s thought is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonwealmagazine.org\/blog\/praying-psalms-part-ii\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You are welcome to join the conversation there, of course. The questions I have for Pray Tell readers however are different and more specific:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">How do you pray with the psalms?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">What are the challenges, struggles, blessings and rewards of praying with the Psalter, as you&#8217;ve experienced it?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">What psalms do you know by heart, and how did you learn them?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Do you teach psalms to children?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the dotCommonweal posts I did not really broach the topic of music in praying with the psalms.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">How important do you find this aspect of the psalms (psalms as song)? Essential? A nice extra? Superfluous?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our discussion need not be limited to the Liturgy of the Hours, although obviously that is a premier vehicle for praying the Psalms for Catholics. Other venues are fine too. For example, in my house we pray bits of the psalms as grace before meals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the challenges, struggles, blessings and rewards of praying with the Psalter, as you&#8217;ve experienced it? What psalms do you know by heart, and how did you learn them? 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