tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908871735324286268.post8737117068344274180..comments2023-08-04T06:55:11.148-04:00Comments on Forty Maxims: 3. Read the Scriptures regularly.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908871735324286268.post-60772225263580448712009-03-05T19:51:00.000-05:002009-03-05T19:51:00.000-05:00Thanks, Emily, for your encouragement to read the ...Thanks, Emily, for your encouragement to read the Psalms daily. I have been wanting to do this for some time--I actually just used your link to order a copy of the illustrated book you recommended. <BR/><BR/>Having come from a Protestant background, I have a long history of Bible reading and Bible study. However, when I entered the Orthodox Church, I sort of set aside my Bible reading in order to move "out of my head" and into my heart. <BR/><BR/>When the new Orthodox Study Bible came out last year, I started reading the books that I have never read before (the ones that are not in the Protestant versions). It has been sort of a strange experience, to tell you the truth--it's challenging to let these words sink in as "scripture" since for 50 years of my life I never even knew they existed.Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12688483342923577826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908871735324286268.post-47052960961985500232009-03-04T17:47:00.000-05:002009-03-04T17:47:00.000-05:00I am excited this year that one of the things we a...I am excited this year that one of the things we are doing is reading the Psalter as a family before night prayers. It is quite fun how we are doing it. Our Presbytera organized it. There are 20 of us reading 1 Kathisma per day so that every day of Lent the entire Psalter is being read. My husband and I are also reading aloud "Ladder of Divine Ascent" every night.Michele Mulderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15371347707144079973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908871735324286268.post-2271252985807194892009-03-04T16:35:00.000-05:002009-03-04T16:35:00.000-05:00Very good reflection, thank you. One of the things...Very good reflection, thank you. One of the things I love about Lent is the chance to re-read Genesis, Proverbs, and Isaiah each year.Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02645484704486562810noreply@blogger.com