Article 1 IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church

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Certain constant characteristics appear throughout the Psalms: simplicity and
spontaneity of prayer; the desire for God himself through and with all that is
good in his creation; the distraught situation of the believer who, in his
preferential love for the Lord, is exposed to a host of enemies and
temptations, but who waits upon what the faithful God will do, in the certitude
of his love and in submission to his will. the prayer of the psalms is always
sustained by praise; that is why the title of this collection as handed down to
us is so fitting: “The Praises.” Collected for the assembly’s
worship, the Psalter both sounds the call to prayer and sings the response to
that call: Hallelu-Yah! (“Alleluia”), “Praise the Lord!”

PART FOUR: CHRISTIAN PRAYER