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U2 "40" – The Absolute BEST Modern Version of a Psalm
Today’s responsorial reading is from Psalm 40, which gives me the great pleasure to embed the absolute best modern version of one of the Psalms, U2’s “40.” The lyrics are here. Today’s reading actually doesn’t include most of the verses used for this song, but it does make use of verse 2, and that was…
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Do BiblioBloggers Google Their Own Names? …
Well, the textual evidence seems to point in that direction. I posted a trial run of the BiblioBlog rankings for this month late Sunday night. And, I got traffic from some interesting search referrals yesterday. Here are a few: “Dave Black“ “Satlow” (Whoever did this, I don’t think quotation marks make a difference if it’s…
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The Pride of Naram-Sin
I was reading this morning in Ancient Near East: Historical Sources in Translation and found this section from Chapter 2 interesting. King Naram-Sin says: Thus I said to myself, thus indeed I spoke: “What lion practiced divination? What wolf inquired of an interpreter of dreams? Let me go like a bandit, following the counsel of…
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The Word of God Ran a Sprint …
in yesterday’s lectionary reading. I thought this was a pretty neat bit of imagery in Psalm 147:15. He sends out his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly. (Psa 147:15 NRSV) Related: Psalm 96:5 – Word Play Psalm 98 and Assonance Psalm 1.4 – A Video Illustration of Chaff Psalm 1.1 – Translation Comparison
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I will do it … I will do the Biblioblog Rankings
I feel a bit like Frodo committing to take the ring to Mordor, but I will do the Biblioblog rankings. I’m still working out the details of where, when, and how. I have taken steps toward automating the process; therefore, this will not be the painstaking by hand process used in the past. Someone is…
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Cool iPhone App for Catholics
Some of you heretic Protestants like Joel might like it too … just kidding 😉 . Today I downloaded iMissal. It’s a pretty cool app that is a Missal, complete with daily mass readings and mass parts, a devotional (Our Daily Bread), and a collection of prayers. For audiophiles like myself, the lectionary readings can…