Palms come in many shapes and sizes, like those who wave them. These ones at Percy Island, Queensland. Two psalms are listed in the two liturgies for Palm Sunday: Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 for the Palms, and Psalm 31:9-16 in the liturgy of the Passion. The two occasions celebrated are marked by quite different emotions. The … Continue reading Psalm 118 and 31, 28 March 2021
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Psalm 34, 1 Nov 2020
Halloween! So let us look at the psalm, not for this Sunday (Proper 26 in the jargon) but for 1 November -- All Saints' day, which happens to fall on Sunday. [For Proper 26, see the page on Psalm 107.] Some say that years ago, the winter frosts coming on, All Hallows day absorbed Celtic … Continue reading Psalm 34, 1 Nov 2020
Psalms in the South 