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  • I looked around on YouTube for the Anglican setting of Daniel 3:52ff that I recall hearing forty-plus years ago. I couldn't find it, but I did find this.

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  • Psalm 18:1-5

    I will love thee, O Lord, my strength; the Lord is my stony rock, and my defence, my Saviour, my God, and my might, in whom I will trust, my buckler, the horn also of my salvation, and my refuge.I will call upon the Lord, which is worthy to be praised; so shall I be safe from

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  • No psalm today

    The psalm for Mass is not from Psalms, but rather from the book of Daniel: Daniel 3:52-56. Obviously that is not in the Coverdale Psalms. Moreover, it is not in the Coverdale Bible, of which the Psalms are as far as I know the only widely-used survival of that translation.  The reason it's not in

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  • Psalm 23:4-6

     Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death , I will fear no evil, for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff comfort me.Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them that trouble me; thou hast anointed my head with oil, and my cup shall be full.But thy loving-kindness and

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  • Psalm 105:16-18

    (Darn, I missed another day, and with even less excuse than the last one: I actually sat down at my computer to do it, then got distracted and forgot.) Moreover, he called for a dearth upon the land and destroyed all the provision of bread.But he had sent a man before them  even Joseph, who was sold

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  • Psalm 23:1-2

    The Lord is my shepherd therefore can I lack nothing.He shall feed me in a green pasture and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort. (Coverdale translation)

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  • About

    As the subtitle indicates, this blog is a place where I post reflections and opinions on the books I’m reading and the music I’m listening to.  It has always emphasized books and music, but was not explicitly limited to those topics, until January 2024. It has existed since January 2004 (here’s a link to the

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  • (1) Those like the man who erected this sign, which is highly visible from I-65, a highway I travel often. (2) Those who see the sign and are indignant and say "That's so stupid. Can you believe there are such idiots in the world? I'm embarrassed that I live in this state." (3) Those who

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  • Just a note to say that in an effort to get control of the amount of time I spend online, and to focus on some writing I'm trying to do, I'm making it a rule for myself to stay off the net until noon every day. So I won't see comments made in the morning

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  • …P.G. Wodehouse comes to me. I wish I could think of a witty completion of that thought, but nothing is coming, so I will just press on with the attempt to write a brief post on this Kindle's simulated keyboard.  I discovered twenty-five years or so ago that reading Wodehouse is for me an excellent

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