The early modern testimonia about the life-changing power of Psalms #1

Ps 139:23-24 Examine me, O God, and probe my thoughts.Test me, and know my concerns.See if there is any idolatrous way in me,and lead me in the everlasting way. Self-examination is the precondition for a holy life. Just as the psalmist1 opened his heart to God expecting His assessment, so too...

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The medieval testimonia about the life-changing power of Psalms #2

Ps 101:2 I will behave wisely in a perfect way. Oh, when will You come to me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart1. The story of Zita, a poor girl from thirteenth-century Tuscany who loved God illustrates the perfect life. Daffodils, the first...

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The medieval testimonia about the life-changing power of Psalms #1

Ps 23:4a Even when I go through the dark valley1, I fear no evil, for You are with me. When death lurks around the corner, joyful singing has become a memory, and the future is gloomy; a forgotten hero from the past comes alive once again to witness the struggle against illness and death. His...

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The ancient testimonia about the life-changing power of Psalms: #5

Ps 39:1a I said, “I will guard my ways That I may not sin with my tongue; [...]1 Ja 3:7-10 For every kind of animal, bird, reptile, and sea creature is subdued and has been subdued by humankind. But no human being can subdue the tongue; it is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With it we...

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