Guide
Prayer
By Carol Bakhos
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Ben Sira’s Hymn of Thanksgiving
Ben Sira is a wisdom book written in the land of Israel around the 180s BCE (before the Maccabean wars but after the high priesthood of Simon II; see HELLENISTIC PERIOD). The book was written in…
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Tobit’s Hymn of Thanksgiving
They kept blessing God and singing his praises, and they acknowledged God for these marvelous deeds of his, when an angel of God had…
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Judith’s Hymn of Thanksgiving
All the women of Israel gathered to see her, and blessed her, and some of them performed a dance in her honor. She took ivy-wreathed wands…
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Magnificat and Benedictus
And Mary said,
“My soul magnifies the Lord,
and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
for he…
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Hodayot
[I give tha]nks to you, O Lord,
According to the greatness of your strength…
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The Praise of the Righteous
[Unite] your souls with the good ones
and with the perfect ones to glorify the Most High.
Join together to make his salvation…