Category: Psalm Commentary

Ps 136 Lent 4

Ps 136 Lent 4 Psalm 136 Commentary by Dr Noel Donnelly Our liturgy this weekend selects 6 of the 9 verses of Psalm 136, giving the community the response ,“Let my tongue cleave to my mouth if I remember you not!” The Babylonian...

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Ps 18 Lent 3B

Commentary by Dr Noel Donnelly Psalm 18.8-15   Commentary Have you ever consulted a Thesaurus when you’re looking for a different word for something? The writer of this psalm of course didn’t have a Thesaurus as we do but he...

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Psalm 31 Commentary.

Psalm 31 Commentary by Dr Noel Donnelly. Our weekend liturgy for 6th Sunday in Year B contains 5 of the 11 verses of the complete psalm. These summarise the message of joy that sins have actually been forgiven. It starts with a...

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Ps 24 Commentary

Ps 24 Commentary for the 3rd Sunday of Year B Commentary by Dr Noel Donnelly Psalm 24 Commentary. Psalm 24 is quite a long psalm. It is one of the so-called “acrostic” psalms, where each line begins with a successive letter of...

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Ps 39 Commentary

Commentary by Dr Noel Donnelly on Ps 39 for the 2nd Sunday of Year B Psalm 39 invites us to get into the shoes of King David. This was a real song in real time written by a real person. It’s not a prayer to God but a testimony...

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