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The Abbey Psalter
 A number of the guests who come to the liturgy at the Abbey
of Genesee have discovered something of the riches of the Psalter
through chanting the psalms along with the monastic choir.
They were aided in this discovery by The Abbey Psalter provided
for their use in the Abbey church.
This book was printed from a text that had been artfully
copied out by hand at the Abbey. The original was done in a
non-classified
style using India ink with a #2 1/2 or 3 pen point. The work
took some four hundred hours spread out over ten months,
from February to December, 1974. It is done in such a way as
to
suggest something of the personal character that suits the
meditative recital of the psalms, and something too of the
peace and silence that monks seek to bring to their common
prayer.
This present edition of The Abbey Psalter is being published
with the hope of providing some small help to others
who may wish to make use of the psalms in their prayer with
others or in private. We wish to contribute by means
of
this edition
to making the Psalter better known and more readily accessible
to the people of God. In this work are to be found the
very words and images that have filled the memories and
imaginations
of generations of Christians.
See a sample from Psalm 20.
The The Abbey Psalter may be ordered directly from the Abbey at the Abbey Psalter order page or from Amazon.com.
May all who make use of this work discover here the hidden
treasures of wisdom and of true life; may all know
the joy of discovering the love of God revealed in the words
of song
- a song inspired by the Spirit of the Lord Jesus.
And
may that same Holy Spirit unite us all in singing the
praises of God, daily, in the Church and in Christ
Jesus our Lord.
To
him be glory and praise for ever. Amen. |
