For For anyone beginning to pray the Psalms; brief and simple, a good first Merton for a reader of the Psalter.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
3 of 5worth your time
For the researcher
2 of 5useful
Difficulty
1 of 5light
A 32-page booklet on how and why to pray the Psalms, written for a general Catholic readership.
How it proceeds
Philosophic1 of 5
Scriptural5 of 5
Experiential4 of 5
Sociological1 of 5
Historical0 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
A 32-page booklet published by the Liturgical Press of Collegeville, Minnesota, in 1956, with drawings by the Grailville Art Center. It is a short introduction to praying the Psalms, drawing on the larger Bread in the Wilderness (1953). It has been reprinted many times.
