Friday, March 14, 2008

Psalm 135

The Kathismata for today, Friday, include Psalm 135 (or 136, according to Masoretic numbering):

It has occurred to me that its twenty-seven repetitions of the the phrase, "for his mercy endureth for ever" are an excellent example of what Christ did not mean when he condemned "vain repetitions" in prayer (Matthew 6:7).

5 comments:

Kyle Cupp said...

Good point.

Anonymous said...

Nice to see you back, John! And yes, great observation.

Have a wonderful Pascha-- Christ is risen!

Dusty M Brahlek said...

so young yet so wise

Byzantine, TX said...

Long time no posts... will you be returning?

John R.P. Russell said...

I hope to return

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