The Touch of History

The Psalter's edges are stained and worn thin by use. Father Justin Sinaites, a St. Catherine monk and librarian, explains that "this text was not created as an abstraction, but to support the dedication and prayers of a living Christian community." The touch of the holy is close, even in the 21st century.

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