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Extraordinarily Rare Liturgical-Ecclesiastical Bit of History RARE INITIAL PRINTINGwithOFFICIAL IMPRIMATURofWilliam Cardinal KeelerArchbishop of BaltimoreandPresident of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishopswhich then - embarrassingly - had to be withdrawnwhen the US Bishops were ordered byJoseph Cardinal RatzingerandJorge Cardinal Medina-Estevezto revoke the Imprimatur! At a meeting with United States bishops, then-Cardinal Ratzinger famously held a copy of this book aloft exclaiming: "It says 'for study and comment' but look at the binding, look at the ribbons, look at the psalm-tones: this book is meant to be PRAYED from!" Later, all liturgical use of this Breviary Psalter was effectively banned by Rome and led to two events of great significance for liturgical translations in the English-speaking world:the complete overhaul of ICEL's charter and replacement of personneland the publicatio of Liturgiam Authenticam to make sure that no further "creative" workwould be carried out by an Agency now redefined as responsible for translating literallyall official Latin liturgical texts. Nevertheless, many Priests, Religious and Laity quite liked this arrangement of the Liturgy of the Hours- with its lovely "copper ink" art and unobtrusive pointing of the psalmody for chantingalong with the lovely chant-like psalm tones -just as Biblical scholars had praised the ICEL version of the Psalms, the late eminent Hebrew scholar of the Book of Psalms, Simon Parker, insisting on using it in all his classes as "the only successful and faithful translation of the Hebrew I've seen in thirty years!" Whether for reference or prayer or simply as a fascinating and unique bit of Catholic Americana, is a wonderful opportunity to own a truly unique DE-IMPRIMATURED Breviary Psalter - Liturgy of the Hours PSALMS FOR MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER THE FOUR-WEEK CYCLE OF PSALMS AND CANTICLESARRANGED FOR MORNING AND EVENING PRAYERACCORDING TO THE ROMAN RITE'S LITURGY OF THE HOURSAND INCLUDING PSALMS FOR MIDDAY AND NIGHT PRAYERIN A STUDY TRANSLATION PREPARED BYTHE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON ENGLISH IN THE LITURGY ICELEdited by Gabe Huck; Design by Kerry Perlmutter; Art by Linda Ekstrom(The book won several design and art awards when it was published)includes:INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF PSALMSbyCarroll Stuhlmueller, C.P.(a lovely essay, itself worth the price of the book!)INTRODUCTION TO THE LITURGY OF THE HOURSbyJennifer Glenn, CCVIINTRODUCTION TO THE TRANSLATIONbyMary Collins, OSBINTRODUCTION TO THE PSALM TONES (of Howard Hughes, S.M.)byPeter Finn paperback5.5" x 8" - 268 pagesprevious owner's name clipped outotherwise:TEXT CLEAN - BINDING TIGHT - ODOR FREE Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications1995 "The psalms are the river of the synagogue's prayer, of the church's prayer. Whatever else is said and done, it is said and done to the flowing of this river. Through the generations, the thanking, praising, cursing and lamenting of the psalms have shaped the vocabulary of the synagogue and church. This chanting is joined in the public times and echoed in the households and private spaces. Daybreak and awakening are marked with psalms as are day's end and night's rest. For Christians, the singing of the church - in every sort of rhythm from Byzantine chanting to the spirituals to the chorales - has drawn abundantly from these psalms." Gabe Huck"Opening the Book of Psalms is like walking into a home, lived in for many generations. Photos and mementos, some ancient and some new, blend together. Some are well preserved, others were dropped and cracked by the children, still others have faded, and a few are even difficult to identify. Only the grandparents know the story of each precious remembrance - if only they were still with us!"Carroll Stuhlmueller DON'T LET THIS UNIQUE BIT OF HISTORY AND LOVELY A... read more

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