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Title: The Abbey Psalter: The Book of Psalms Used by the Trappist Monks of Genesee Abbey by Abbott John Eudes Bamberger, Genesee Eudes, Eudes Bamberger, John Abbot ISBN: 0-8091-0316-8 Publisher: Paulist Press Pub. Date: November, 1981 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Beautiful Psalter
Comment: I first heard of this book in the late 70's,when another surger in the late Thomas Mertons books was underway. This Psalter is a copy of the one used by the trappists of Our Lady of the Genesee in Piffard, N.Y... I t is a BEAUTIFUL,lovely to look at and hold copy of each of the 150 psalms, lovingly written in large,clean calligraphy.The book itself is big,and meant to be read from a short distance[as the monks do in choir]. a wonderful gift for anyone who loves the psalms, or liturgical prayer. Very ,very well put together.The short,concise intorduction done by Abbot John Eudes Bamberger is superb.{Of related interest is THE GENESEE DIARY by Henri Nouwen, available at Amazon,in which he describes 8 months spent at the Abbey of Genesee}
Rating: 5
Summary: a lovely wedding gift...
Comment: I only wish that we could have another edition, this one smaller and lighter.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Psalms Revisited
Comment: THE ABBEY PSALTER is a large attractive burgundy cloth hard cover book with stylized gilded lettering on the front cover. It reads: The Abbey Psalter. I like it for two reasons. The first is the beautiful, large easy-to-read print and also its fresh translation. Both lend themselves to "praying the psalms." I find it to be "a text ... artfully copied out by hand ... as to suggest something of a personal character that suits the meditative recital of the psalms, and something too of the peace and silence that monks seek to bring to their common prayer" (Foreward). Each of the 150 psalms begins with a larger red letter; there are no verse numbers to interrupt worship, merely diamond-style bullets. In addition to the psalms, the book includes: The Song of Zechariah, The Song of Mary, The Song of Simeon, and Revelation 15, which ends with, "All nations will come and worship you/ for your judgments have been revealed." The second reason I enjoy this book is because of the short but informative Foreward by John Eudes Bamberger, Abbot of the Genesee. He begins: "The Psalter is the prayerbook of the people of God." Thereafter, he quickly and clearly traces the history of the use of the psalms in the Catholic tradition. Furthermore, the book contains, "A Note on Cistercian Art" to accompany nine black & white full page illustrations scattered throughout the text: "Their motifs fall into two categories: stylized flowers and vegetation, and geometric patterns and interlace." This is a beautful and touching book. (I think I just might buy another.)
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Title: Praying the Psalms by Thomas Merton ISBN: 0814605486 Publisher: Liturgical Press Pub. Date: December, 1956 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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Title: The Glenstal Book of Prayer: A Benedictine Prayer Book by The Monks of Glenstal Abbey, Monks of Glenstal Abbey ISBN: 0814627676 Publisher: Liturgical Press Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Monastic Hours - Directory for the Celebration of the Work of God and Directive Norms for the Celebration of the Celebration of the Monastic Liturgy of the Hours by Anne M. Field, Marcel Rooney, Ruben M. Leikam ISBN: 0814623301 Publisher: Liturgical Press Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Chant Made Simple by Robert M. Fowells ISBN: 155725253X Publisher: Paraclete Press Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Introduction to the New Testament by Raymond E. Brown ISBN: 0385247672 Publisher: Anchor Bible Pub. Date: 13 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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