The Audacity of Prayer

Audacity and prayer aren't words we associatetogether at least not with prayer as most of ushave known it.These prayers are audacious though. Thosepraying them hold nothing back. Throughprayer these writers lay before God the whole oftheir experience. From despair's depths tovictory's jubilation the psalms give voice to it all.Written as corporate prayers and hymns thepsalms were used originally in Israel's ancientTemples. They have found a place in countlesscongregations since .I welcome the translation of the Vulgate . . .The Latin language and particularly the Vulgatehave had an enormous impact on the ChristianChurch and our liturgical and theologicalformation.- Daniel Cardinal DiNardoArchbishop of Galveston-Houston