From the Fr. Leo Hetzler Conference, 09/25/2021.
Thanks to the Rochester NY Chesterton Society (www.rochesterton.com/) for permission to post this video.
Thanks also to my intrepid readers for letting me post their renditions of the Psalms online, and to Lou and Jeanne for their kind introductions.
And thanks to Joseph Pearce for pointing out my mistake in calling C.S. Lewis an Englishman. (Whoops!)
Table of Contents:
0:00 Foreword
4:42 I. Introduction
5:59 II. What Poetry is For
10:29 III. Whom Poetry is For
15:12 IV. What Poetry Is
19:00 V. The Revised Psalter
24:16 VI. When to Read the Psalms
27:19 VII. The Psalmist
32:34 VIII. Totus Christus
36:15 Psalm 58
39:58 Psalm 18:1-24
44:19 Psalm 38
49:16 Conclusion
Finally, a note: I realized after giving this talk that I came across as being down on the Liturgy of the Hours. I'm sorry if I gave that impression - my saltiness is directed only toward the LotH's lacunose selection of Psalms. (I also don't love the translation. But the Revised Grail will be a big improvement.) The Liturgy of the Hours itself is a great way of working prayer into your daily life. Just do what my friends in the clergy do: write the missing Psalms and verses into your copy of the LotH.