Reading the Psalter

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[airone]

I am having a difficult time with my parents who are in cognitive decline. There is a lot of stress in my life. When I read the Psalter out loud peace descends on me as I read/chant. I incorporated Kathisma prayers and this has been absolutely a means of me and hanging on.

[AntiAshley]

This is my first Lent as Orthodox, and first time praying the Psalter. We began attending a Greek Orthodox Church. Thanks for bringing it down to my level, enjoyed the video :D

[mattbod]

P.S I was told the Psalms are the whole Bible condensed and Christ is in every one of them. I believe this.

[josephmary]

a method i came across was this:
Sunday: matins (9-24) vespers (none)
Monday: matins (25-37) vespers (38-46)
Tuesday: matins (47-64) vespers (65-70)
wednesday: matins (71-85) vespers (86-91)
thursday: matins (92-105) vesper (106-109)
friday: matin (135-150) vespers (120-134)
saturday: matins (110-119) vespers (1-8)

its a hard rule and id even say the daily office was easier

[King_Immanuel]

Very useful for me thank you. I just purchased my first psalter and i would like to incorporate it in my prayers as much as i can without burning out or feeling like its a burden (as if i already dont do that with prayer enough). Links are very useful too thanks!

[namegoeshere]

I love the Orthodox study Bible. Coming out of a Baptist church its been a big help understanding certain Orthodox teachings.

[KCCAINE]

You are just so real. I enjoy these so much. Thanks for the work you do.

[slapwing]

I found it really useful to read the Psalter instead of usual Morning and Evening prayers during fasts - I read odd Kathismas in the evenings and even ones in the mornings. Thus, it takes 10 days to read the whole Psalter. I add prayers for clergy, laity and departed after the stases and reading from the Holy Scripture before the final Kathisma prayers.

[Michael_Binkley]

If you do the Eastern or Western office or even if you don't, the first three psalms are perfect for the early morning if you're stumbling out of bed. They are short, easily memorizable and I'm sure we all have 1 and 2 memorized anyway.

Love you all. Raph you're a public service 😲 we'll be telling people to watch you in the years to come like Fulton Sheen 🤣

[mattbod]

Is that the Benedictine Diurnal you pray Lauds from? I’m not RC but i am a big fan of the Benedictine hours. I actually am a member of a Reformed Protestant Church but grew up High Church Anglican have loved the Psalms in the Miles Coverdale version in the Book of Common Prayer for years. They are used in adapted form in the Orthodox Psalter for Prayer. I have just bought the HTM pocket Psalter and am very pleased with it. My Greek grandmother was Orthodox so it’s a little part of my make up I guess.

[hermanshinn]

Very good stuff...I know I have to be gentle on myself

[show]

Thank you, your channel has been very helpful

[IrishEagIe]

That's a chonker of a rosary on your door handle

[g.p.ryecroft]

Great video as always, Raphael, and also a welcome yoke-lifting and burden-lightening one. I was trying to follow the kathismas in A Psalter for Prayer (Holy Trininty), which I bought after seeing your review. It's good, but so hard to press through so many Psalms at a time. At some point my eyes were just seeing words, so I quit that and took on a more meaningful and practical one or two a day, which I was encouraged to hear you promote in this video. I bought Grace to Grace from SVS and appreciate reading the Fathers' commentary on each Psalm (nice woodcuts in there too). And while it is far from Orthodox, the 19th century Baptist Charles Spurgeon's Treasury of David (commentary on the Psalms) has proven an inspiring companion as well. The important thing is, as you said just to get in there and read them! Blessings, brother!

[Jame]

Id love to have freinds to sing the psalms with. I currently read them in morning evenings from my church of england book of common preyer book because they lotted out for the month it i try my best if i miss some i try catch them the next week

[nyssian]

Since you seem like you are interested in the western rite have you ever thought of visiting the Orthodox Benedictine monastery in Colorado?

[show]

What is the significance of the tattoos on your knuckles ?

[spelcheak]

Is anyone aware of something like the Agpeya with all the psalms (and maybe less/no repetition of them)? I’ve heard older/monastic versions have that but I came up short finding the actually distribution of them. Just where to find them numbers/order would be fine since I’ll probably pray it out of my St. Dunstan’s Psalter anyway. God bless.

[colmwhateveryoulike]

What proportion of your tears are from stubbing your toe? 😁