Pray the Psalms
“The Psalms aren’t like long-playing records that we just passively listen to on a record player, that sound the same every time no matter who plays them, but they are like a piece of sheet music that you have to interpret on your instrument. And they sound different each time and with each different person who uses them. Because you put your individual self into them, they’re more like frames, and you paint the picture.
…we can be quite open and free and spontaneous when we pray the Psalms, even though the words are set.
…The psalmists who composed them were totally open and honest before God, and the Psalms invite us to be the same. There’s no need to fake anything, to work up a state in yourself that you think you ought to be in. Just tell God what you really think and feel, not what you think you ought to. The Psalms help you to do that.”
~Peter Kreeft
…we can be quite open and free and spontaneous when we pray the Psalms, even though the words are set.
…The psalmists who composed them were totally open and honest before God, and the Psalms invite us to be the same. There’s no need to fake anything, to work up a state in yourself that you think you ought to be in. Just tell God what you really think and feel, not what you think you ought to. The Psalms help you to do that.”
~Peter Kreeft
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