David K. Parshall

“For God has willed to make Himself known to us in the mystery of the Psalms.”
― Thomas Merton, Praying the Psalms

“St. Augustine adds that God has taught us to praise Him, in the Psalms, not in order that He may get something out of this praise, but in order that we may be made better by it. Praising God in the words of the Psalms, we can come to know Him better. Knowing Him better we love Him better, loving Him better we find our happiness in Him.”
― Thomas Merton, Praying the Psalms

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― E. Stanley Jones, The Christ of the Indian Road

“For if we have no real interest in praising Him, it shows that we have never realized who He is.”
― Thomas Merton, Praying the Psalms