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 ...

It was with great anticipation that I read Rabbi Hayyim Angel’s latest commentary, “Psalms: A Companion Volume” (Kodesh Press, 2022). Like so many of his other books on biblical text, Rabbi Angel’s ...

Christians have sung, chanted, and prayed Psalms for more than two thousand years – a practice of worship inherited from our Jewish ancestors in the faith. We pray them during Mass, the Liturgy of the ...

There is a prayer for every state of mind and spiritual need in the Book of Psalms, Pope Francis said. "There are many psalms that help us forge ahead. Get into the habit of praying the psalms. I ...

What a gift to receive a heap of books on the Psalms in this time when it’s hard to know how to pray. They arrived in the mail just before the pandemic and the world’s shock at American policing ...

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‘King David’, painting by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (il Guercino) c. 1768. (Credit: Wikicommons.) Listen The Lord Jesus warns us against “the blind leading the blind.” If we’re blind and desire to ...

Fragments of an almost 1,000-year-old lost manuscript have been uncovered, and it may have belonged to a princess who fled England after the country was conquered by the Normans in the 11th century.

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Editor’s note: This article was first published in the Aug. 2, 1997, issue of America, titled “Praying the Psalms: Some Notes.” For some years I have been keeping rather extensive reading notebooks.

Boston’s Old South Church is selling a copy of the historic volume. Here’s why it’s such a big deal. The main thing you need to know right now about the Bay Psalm Book is that a copy of it is up for ...

Master of Saint Augustine, "Scenes from the Life of St. Augustine of Hippo" (c. 1490), central panel of a triptych Belgium, Bruges (all photos courtesy the Morgan Library & Museum unless otherwise ...