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Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi invites the reader to re-discover the Psalms, and in them the “immense horizon that spans our entire planet and extends across the centuries”. No matter the reason for prayer, the psalms give it voice, capturing the deepest yearnings of the human heart, and teaching it to sing to God. “Prayer is the breath of faith; it is its most proper expression. Like a silent cry that issues from the hearts of those who believe and entrust themselves to God.” – Pope Francis In this second of eight booklets on prayer, Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi invites the reader to re-discover the Psalms, and in them the “immense horizon that spans our entire planet and extends across the centuries”. No matter the reason for prayer, the psalms give it voice, capturing the deepest yearnings of the human heart, and teaching it to sing to God.
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Gianfranco Ravasi (Merate, 1942) è un cardinale, arcivescovo cattolico e biblista italiano, teologo ed ebraista. Dal 2007 è presidente del Pontificio consiglio della cultura, della Pontificia commissione di archeologia sacra e del Consiglio di coordinamento fra accademie pontificie. Cardenal italiano, presidente del Consejo Pontificio para la Cultura y de la Pontificia Comisión de Arqueología Sagrada. Fue ordenado sacerdote de la archidiócesis de Milán el 28 de junio de 1966 y estudió en la Pontificia Universidad Gregoriana y en el Pontificio Instituto Bíblico.
