For looking is the food of the eyes, but if this be such as is unlawful or forbidden, it mars the fast; and upsets the whole safety of the soul; but if it be lawful and safe, it adorns fasting. For it would be among things the most absurd to abstain from lawful food because of the fast, but with the eyes to touch even what is forbidden. Dost thou not eat flesh? Feed not upon lasciviousness by means of the eyes.

Let the ear fast also. The fasting of the ear consists in refusing to receive evil speakings and calumnies. “Thou shalt not receive a false report,” it says.

Let the mouth too fast from disgraceful speeches and railing. For what doth it profit if we abstain from birds and fishes; and yet bite and devour our brethren? The evil speaker eateth the flesh of his brother, and biteth the body of his neighbor.

Because of this Paul utters the fearful saying, “If ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.” (Gal. 5:15) Thou hast not fixed thy teeth in the flesh, but thou hast fixed the slander in the soul, and inflicted the wound of evil suspicion; thou hast harmed, in a thousand ways, thyself and him, and many others, for in slandering a neighbor thou hast made him who listens to the slander worse…

How the Prayer List Works: Praying the Psalms

Thank you for joining us in praying the Psalms.  May God bless our efforts! 

The Psalter (the Book of Psalms) is traditionally divided into 20 kathismata.  ('Kathismata' is plural for 'kathisma', which means 'sitting'.  With these divisions, you can read through the Book of Psalms in twenty sittings.)  

The goal of the Psalter Group is to read through the entire Psalter every day as a group.  That means that a Psalter Group should really have at least 20 people, so that all 20 kathismata are read each day.  Individually, we are each praying only one kathisma each day.  You may pray your kathisma anytime during the day or night and anywhere you are able.  

On the first day of the fast, each member of the group will pray one kathisma (so that together, we've read the entire Psalter.)  Each day, we will all move on to the next kathisma, and so on.  Once you have prayed Kathisma 20, you will loop over to Kathisma 1 the next day.  

Please note, the Psalm/Kathisma numbering in the document is according to the Septuagint.  If you do not have a Psalter, you may use a Bible.  If you are using a Bible with Masoretic numbering, please see the chart below.  Here is a link to an online Psalter which uses the Septuagint numbering :  http://orthodox.seasidehosting.st/seaside/home

You'll find a page on this blog with the Start Date for each person in the Group, as well as the list of names on a blog post.

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Septaguint --> Masoretic Psalm Numbering Conversion
(Septaguint numbering is for Greek or Orthodox Bibles, Masoretic is for Western Bibles (KJV, etc.)

Septuagint (Greek)
Masoretic
(Hebrew)
1-8
1-8
9
9-10
10-112
Add 1 to the number of each psalm
113
114-115
114
116:1-9
115
116:10-19
116-145
Add 1 to the number of each psalm
146
147:1-11
147
147:12-20
148-150
148-150


The divisions of the psalms into kathismata (each kathisma is further divided into 3 stases) is as follows (using the Septuagint numbering):


Kathisma
Stasis 1 Psalms
Stasis 2 Psalms
Stasis 3 Psalms
I
1-3
4-6
7-8
II
9-10
11-13
14-16
III
17
18-20
21-23
IV
24-26
27-29
30-31
V
32-33
34-35
36
VI
37-39
40-42
43-45
VII
46-48
49-50
51-54
VIII
55-57
58-60
61-63
IX
64-66
67
68-69
X
70-71
72-73
74-76
XI
77
78-80
81-84
XII
85-87
88
89-90
XIII
91-93
94-96
97-100
XIV
101-102
103
104
XV
105
106
107-108
XVI
109-111
112-114
115-117
XVII
118:1-72
118:73-131
118:132-176
XVIII
119-123
124-128
129-133
XIX
134-136
137-139
140-142
XX
143-144
145-147
148-150

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