ANTIPHONS:
  KEYS to CONTEMPLATIVE  PRAYER
 of the PSALTER
 

 

OFTEN a verse chosen from the psalm, the ANTIPHON summarizes the dunamis/inner meaning of the psalm in light of the hour of prayer or the feast being celebrated.  Here a modern antiphon composed for the Common of Abbots alludes to the inheritance of Christ, an allusion to the reward of personal consecration in light of the sacrificial language of Psalm 118 (119)

Asperges Me

 

YOU ARE my INHERITANCE, O LORD
 Common of Abbots, Responsorial Psalm

 

 

 

 PRESERVE me, God, I take refuge in you.

2 I say to the Lord: “You are my God.”

My happiness lies in you alone

(ANTIPHON) Response

      3 He has put into my heart a marvellous love

for the faithful ones who dwell in his land

4 Those who choose other Gods increase their sorrows.

Never will I offer their offering of blood

Never will I take their name upon my lips

(ANTIPHON) Response

5 O Lord it is you who are my portion and cup.

 it is you yourself who are my prize.

6 The lot marked out for me is my delight:

welcome indeed the heritage that falls to me!

(ANTIPHON) Response

7 I will bless the Lord who gives me counsel,

who even at night directs my heart.

8 I keep the Lord ever in my sight:

since he is at my right hand, I shall stand firm.

(ANTIPHON) Response

 

 

 9And so my heart rejoices, my soul is glad;

even my body will rest in safety

10 For you will not leave my soul among the dead,

Nor let your beloved know decay.

(ANTIPHON) Response

 

11You will show me the path of life,

the fullness of joy in your presence,

at your right hand hapiness for ever.

(ANTIPHON) Response

 

 

 

 

 

 

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