Becoming the Psalms
A Spirituality of Singing and Praying the Psalms
Becoming the Psalms
A Spirituality of Singing and Praying the Psalms
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Publisher: Liturgical Press
ISBN: 9780814648599
Number of Pages: 104
Published: 30/06/2015
Width: 13.7 cm
Height: 21 cm
Cantors throughout the United States and elsewhere have long known Kathleen Harmon, SNDdeN, as a reliable teacher and mentor in how they understand and practice their important ministry. In Becoming the Psalms, she explores the spirituality of the psalms, a spirituality that shaped God's people in the past, forms the church today, and leads us into the future. Each chapter offers cantors who pray and sing the psalms a better understanding of the role of the psalms in shaping faith. Kathleen Harmon is known as the author of Music Notes, a popular column in the journal Liturgical Ministry. Becoming the Psalms showcases some of her finest entries as well as new material exploring the relationship between praying the psalms privately and praying them liturgically, as well as the function of the responsorial psalm as proclamation.
Contents
Introduction vii
Part I The Psalms, the Story of Salvation 1
1 The Story Told by the Psalms 3
2 From the Beginning to the End: Walking the Way toward Praise of God 7
Part II The Psalms Shape Faith 13
3 The Psalms Interpreted Israel’s Story 15
4 The Psalms Transformed Israel’s Faith 26
5 The Psalms as Dialogue between YOU and I 36
6 The Psalms as the Prayer of Jesus 46
Part III The Psalms Challenge Faith 57
7 Dealing with Disconcerting Texts 59
8 Persisting in Prayer when God Is Silent 67
9 When the Psalms Make Us Say Things We Don’t Want to Say
(or Maybe Do, but Don’t Want to Admit It) 73
Part IV Becoming the Psalms, Living the Spirituality 83
Scripture Index 92
Introduction vii
Part I The Psalms, the Story of Salvation 1
1 The Story Told by the Psalms 3
2 From the Beginning to the End: Walking the Way toward Praise of God 7
Part II The Psalms Shape Faith 13
3 The Psalms Interpreted Israel’s Story 15
4 The Psalms Transformed Israel’s Faith 26
5 The Psalms as Dialogue between YOU and I 36
6 The Psalms as the Prayer of Jesus 46
Part III The Psalms Challenge Faith 57
7 Dealing with Disconcerting Texts 59
8 Persisting in Prayer when God Is Silent 67
9 When the Psalms Make Us Say Things We Don’t Want to Say
(or Maybe Do, but Don’t Want to Admit It) 73
Part IV Becoming the Psalms, Living the Spirituality 83
Scripture Index 92
In "Becoming the Psalms, " Kathleen Harmon, SNDdeN, artfully combines solid scriptural scholarship about the psalter with a theological-liturgical grounding, and pragmatic insight drawn from years of experience as a teacher and singing liturgical minister. The book delves deeply into the psalter in a number of ways, though always through a language that will be accessible to most readers. She is to be congratulated for taking on texts from the psalter that may be difficult for those who have to proclaim or hear them; for addressing the need to keep praying even when God seems silent; and for concluding with our need to live out these rich, ancient texts daily, as disciples. This volume will be a first-rate addition to the bookshelf of anyone involved in liturgical music ministry, scripture study, preaching, or spirituality. Alan J. Hommerding, Senior Liturgy Publications Editor, World Library Publications
