Create in Me a Clean Heart: Ten Minutes a Day in the Penitential Psalms

by Sarah Christmyer

This prayer journal invites you to set aside ten minutes a day to ponder the Penitential Psalms. By focusing on a single psalm each week, it fosters the kind of deep meditation that leads to a real transformation of the heart. Sarah Christmyer is co-author of the popular Great Adventure Catholic Bible Study Program and Psalms: the School of Prayer. In "Create in Me a Clean Heart," she provides a moving personal reflection of each Penitential Psalm followed by a step-by-step guide to meditating on the psalm. Space is provided in the print version to record your observations and respond to God in prayer. A guide to meditating on Scripture using lectio divina is also included. "Ultimately, the word of God is not a book but a person who loves us and longs to connect with us on an intimate spiritual level. Take the opportunity Lent provides to offer up just 1% of your waking hours to get to know God: Take 10-15 minutes a day … get away from it all … open your heart … and listen for his voice." —from the Introduction

120 pages, Paperback

Published February 1, 2016

Reviews

[Mary Ellin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this as a Lenten devotional. Good introduction to the penitential psalms.

[Robert Means · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pleasant read

Ok book for Lenten preparation, liked the use of the psalms. I would recommend this for someone who enjoys meditating on the psalms.

[Joseph Wetterling · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed and benefited from this guided study of six penitential psalms. The author teaches a simple and memorable method for lectio divina with these psalms and reinforces it over 7 weeks. It's designed to be used during Lent, but I see no reason you couldn't follow this study over any 7 week period, or even condense it shorter.