Tag: Psalms
What Is More Pleasing Than A Psalm?
Although the whole of Scripture breathes God’s grace upon us, this is especially true of that delightful book, the book of the psalms. Moses,...
5 Things you need to know about Psalm 119
1- Psalm 119 is the longest psalm in the Bible we pray it every day in the first service of the midnight prayer.
2- It...
Praying The Psalms
Why did the church choose the Psalms of David the Prophet and organise them into an Agbia? I do not want to answer this...
On The Psalms – St Basil the Great
All scripture is inspired by God and is useful, composed by the Spirit for this reason, namely, that we men, each and all of...
Contemplation On Psalm 23
The following is a contemplation on a psalm we all know very well and if you allow me, you may see it from a...
Introduction to the Psalms
Psalms have a prominent place in our church. In ancient times, one of the Popes of Alexandria refused to ordain one of the bishops...
Daytime Prayer and Psalms in the Egyptian Desert
I think that, by God's help and to the extent that our limited skill was capable, I have explained the method of night-time prayer...
On The Psalms
“Singing Psalms is medicine for
healing the soul” St. Athanasius
If you open the Bible right in the middle you will find the book of Psalms....
A Letter of St Athanasius, to Marcellinus on the Interpretation of...
I marvel at your conduct in Christ, dear Marcellinus. Indeed you are successfully enduring the present trial, although you have suffered many tribulations in...
Singing The Psalms?
The brethren said, “By what means did the Fathers sing the Psalms of the Holy Spirit without wandering of mind?”
The old man said, “First...
