Rainbow Psalms in 30 Days

<p><strong><em>    Rainbow Psalms in 30 Days</em></strong> is a meditation rendering of 146 of the 150 Psalms 36 Canticles and many Sayings of Jesus arranged for morning and evening in a 30 day repeating cycle following the <em>Book of Common Prayer</em>. </p><p class=ql-align-justify>    These renderings were composed with specifically LGBTQ+ readers in mind. They remain relevant for all people of God.</p><p>    (Warning: If you have a very strong preference for the traditional masculine imagery for God you will not like this meditation rendering.)</p><p>    Designed by a former parish priest who has prayed the Psalter for over thirty years these choices were made in this meditation rendering:</p><p><strong>    1</strong>. For the name <em>YHVH </em>or <em>Yahweh </em>the Hebrew word <strong><em>Adonai </em></strong>(ah-duh-nigh') meaning <em>My Lord </em>is used. In several places the words <em>El </em>or <em>Elyon </em>or <em>Elohim </em>are retrieved as is <em>Sabaoth </em>instead of <em>Mighty </em>or <em>Hosts.</em></p><p><strong>    2</strong>. Following the Christian understanding of one God in the three persons of the Trinity masculine pronouns for God are avoided.</p><p><strong>    3</strong>. Except in the traditional Lord's Prayer and doxology rather than the Greek <strong><em>Father </em></strong>(<em>pater</em>) the more intimate Aramaic <strong><em>Abba </em></strong>is used (think Dad Daddy Papa) as in Mark 14:36. Among my family and friends no one addresses their Daddy as Father. See also Saint Paul's use of <em>Abba </em>in Romans 8:15 and Galatians 4:6.</p><p><strong>    4</strong>. In an admittedly imperfect effort to pray the gospel as well as the psalms the word <em>enemy </em>is most often rendered as <em>enmity </em>and <em>foes </em>as <em>adversity.</em></p><p><strong>    5. </strong>Where people are referred to as <em>evil </em>the emphasis is shifted to those who <em>do </em>the bad or <em>ways </em>that are bad.</p><p><strong>    6. </strong>Since <em>race </em>is a human construct and we are all members of the one human race words such as <em>tribe </em>and <em>family </em>are used.<strong> </strong></p><p>    Most of the Antiphons are <strong>Sayings of Jesus </strong>drawn from Sunday Gospel readings: In the Sunday Lectionary the<strong> </strong>Old Testament readings have connections with the Gospel reading<strong> </strong>and the Responsorial Psalm is a response to the Old Testament<strong> </strong>reading. This means that on any given Sunday there is a relationship between the Gospel reading and the Psalm. The antiphons were chosen based on this relationship.</p><p>    Some of the <strong>intercessions and petitions </strong>are drawn from <em>Guadium et Spes </em>Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World Vatican II 1965 paragraph 27.</p><p>    <strong>Stephen Joseph Wolf</strong> has prayed the Psalter for over thirty years from several different translations. <em>Hinge Hours for Ordinary Time</em> and <em>Two Weeks Ordinary</em> were previous edition of this book.</p>