The Psalms in Medieval Art and Life” is on display through Jan. 4, 2026, at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York.

Thanks for joining our “Psalm Lesson” —specifically about Psalm 13. But first, if you are new to studying the Bible, here is some background about Psalms. Psalms appear in the Hebrew Bible (Old ...

Are you so busy, you feel you have 10 minutes or less for God most days? Spend them in the psalms. Need joy? Peace? Hope? A fitting way to express your feelings when others treat you unfairly? Turn to ...

Within the forty-six books of the Old Testament, there is contained the endearing Book of Psalms. The book is really more of an anthology of prayers of God’s people that were either collected or ...

In the center of the room, under glass, a Hebrew Bible lies open to the Book of Psalms. Gold leaf glimmers on the borders; red dragons grasp a blue shield while green and blue birds perch on curling ...

Learn to labor and to wait. From “Poems and Other Writings,” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, edited by J.D. McClatchy (The Library of America: 854 pp., $35) ...

As Christians, we are called to a life of prayer. As we seek to respond to this call and live a life of prayer, we need the set prayers of our tradition, just as we also need the spontaneous prayer ...

Many years ago, a Catholic colleague asked me to give a talk to a lay Catholic group about how reading the Bible could be enhanced by knowing the Hebrew language. I thought that the 23 rd Psalm would ...