St. Ambrose of Milan, "Commentary on Twelve Psalms of David" c. 389 A.D. "(Pope) Stephen . . . was the blessed Peter's twenty-second successor in the See of Rome." St. Jerome, "Against the ...

The service always includes one or more psalms. These ancient prayers, taken from the Old Testament, reflect the full range of human emotions and experiences; from the depths of anger, resentment, and ...

The cantor’s side of the church joins in singing the second line of the psalm, and then the other side of the church sings the next two lines. The two sides alternate, each singing two lines ...

139:16). And at the end of the Psalm, King David asks God to “lead me in the everlasting way” (Ps. 139:24b). Jesus, King of kings in the line of David, now shows us what that “everlasting way” is. “A ...