tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132042.post313886044163619382..comments2023-10-30T03:16:28.472-05:00Comments on Guitar Priest: Liturgical Prayer IUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132042.post-48245809540701589802007-05-10T10:40:00.000-05:002007-05-10T10:40:00.000-05:00Rachel,You raise a good point, BUT, I am not sure ...Rachel,<BR/><BR/>You raise a good point, BUT, I am not sure that is the case. The fact tthat the psalms follow regularized form as hebrew poetry (e.g., parallelism) leads me to believe they were carefully composed. Heartfelt yes -- spontaneous? Not sure.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02295156469257261349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132042.post-4622747031590782232007-05-10T10:29:00.000-05:002007-05-10T10:29:00.000-05:00There is balance though, yes? David's Psalms were ...There is balance though, yes? David's Psalms were "self-composed, spontaneous and heartfelt." <BR/><BR/>Rachel<BR/>author of <A HREF="http://www.littledozen.com/h2h.html" REL="nofollow">Heart to Heart: Meeting With God in the Lord's Prayer</A>Rachel Starr Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05016454083307255764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132042.post-1509398882748881582007-05-09T22:55:00.000-05:002007-05-09T22:55:00.000-05:00"Liturgical prayer comes from the outside and form..."Liturgical prayer comes from the outside and forms me into a new kind of person."<BR/><BR/>I loved this line. You said something similar to this when I first started at St. Pat's. I've noticed, especially after doing the daily office, parts of liturgical prayer sneaking into my "spontaneous" prayer.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06529046356895711706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132042.post-55453601013944142382007-05-09T12:52:00.000-05:002007-05-09T12:52:00.000-05:00"And all God's people said...""Amen!" :)But seriou..."And all God's people said..."<BR/>"Amen!" <BR/>:)<BR/><BR/>But seriously, I very much agree. As someone who used to attend fundamentalist Baptist churches, the pressure to pray spontaneously in front of other people weighed heavily upon me. I've learned since then that this is not uncommon. I gained new insight about this some time back when reading the Didache, which seems to view extemporaneous prayer as a spiritual gift related to prophecy, which not even all presbyters necessarily have.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the good word. I look forward to part II.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01335230963150372489noreply@blogger.com