Word: psalms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Washington for assistance. One Sunday evening not long ago, 400 of the town's 5,500 people gathered for a gospel concert. "Weeping may endure for the night! But if you hold on, joy -- joy! -- is coming in the morning!" shouted one singer, paraphrasing the 30th Psalm. The crowd broke down in tears and fervent amens. This summer the town, joined by two almost equally destitute communities in neighboring Mississippi and Arkansas, submitted its application to have the area declared a federal "empowerment zone." If they succeed, tax breaks and grants worth $100 million will shower down on this neglected...
...plainchant are obscure. The music takes its name from Pope Gregory I (A.D. 590-604), but probably developed in the Carolingian empire -- part of which is now Germany -- during the 8th and 9th centuries. There may be as many as 11,000 Gregorian melodies, ranging from relatively simple psalm settings to elaborate tropes that were included in the Mass. The Second ^ Vatican Council's reforms, particularly the mandated use of vernacular instead of Latin liturgies, relegated chant to a few churches and religious communities like Santo Domingo de Solis that kept the old ways as best they could...
...collection will display the originaledition of the 1640 Massachusetts Bay Psalm Book,the first book printed in English America and acopy of Ralph Waldo Emerson's 1838 Divinity Schooladdress...
...bishops are pressing ahead on another much discussed matter. The proposed pastoral letter endorses removal of gender-slanted language, and the process is already well along. In mid-May, the Vatican approved use of the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible (an example, from Psalm 8:4: "What are human beings that you are mindful of them?"), and work is under way on other such translations. The proposed new liturgy for English-speaking countries would revise the Nicene Creed, which is recited at every Mass, to state that Jesus Christ "became truly human" rather than "became...
...economic and social and without shotgun blasts in the night. Still, it is wearying and hard. How long has Henry been battling? How long will he go on? He looks off into the distance and says quietly, "Forever." In the sanctuary of his little store, that sounds like a psalm...