Praying from the Depths of the Psalms

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(249 249 249 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>The Psalms speak with us and for us-they express to God the joys sufferings anxieties and exaltations of the human heart. They thereby teach us how to pray.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(249 249 249 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>~Dr. Aaron Kheriaty</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(249 249 249 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>The elemental human experience of the search for God's presence amidst the hills and valleys of life is revealed within the Psalms. Turning each experience into a poetic beautiful prayer is their genius. They are a gift to each heart desiring for a deep intimacy with God.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(249 249 249 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>In his book Fr. John Henry describes the Psalter as the soul's hymnal a place we can all go to as a source of commiseration consolation reflection and shared joys. Fr. John Henry shows us that within the Psalms and with the company of the saints we are in good fellowship in life's journey. Showing us how to pray them and not just read them he reveals an invaluable path of simplicity towards an unbroken unity with God-finding grace in all-amidst joys and sorrows tediums and varieties life has to offer.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(249 249 249 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Fr. John Henry Hanson O. Praem. is a Norbertine priest of St. Michael's Abbey in Silverado CA. He entered the community in 1995 earned his STB and master's in theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas (Angelicum) in Rome and was ordained to the priesthood in 2006. Currently he is a formator in his community's seminary in addition to teaching at St. Michael's Preparatory School the boarding school operated by the Norbertine Fathers. He also preaches retreats is chaplain to several communities of women religious and serves Armenian rite Catholics at the Cathedral of St. Gregory the Illuminator in Glendale CA.</span></p><p><br></p>