It is hard not to love the Psalms. They are earthy and real. They show human emotion at its most soaring and its most base. They are simultaneously reverent and painfully honest. They are worshipful and heart-felt. There is something in the Psalms to suit every emotion, every circumstance, and every season of life. It is a mine of riches given to the Church by God.

The Jews have treasured the richness of the Psalms for thousands of years. The early Church did not lose sight of the value of the Psalter, as liturgical traditions remind us even to this day, where the Psalms play an important role in daily prayer and the daily office. Perhaps the most widely-used order of reading and praying through the Psalms comes from the Anglican Book of Common Prayer--it is an order used by Anglicans/Episcopalians, Lutherans, and others alike and goes through the entire Psalter every month.

I admit that I have been hit and miss with my faithfulness to use the Psalter in my daily prayer, but as we're coming to the beginning of another month, it is my aim to read and pray through the entire Psalter during the month of June. Care to join me?