SANCTUM REFUGIUM

Three PDF booklets · Latin and English

Pray the psalms, and understand what you sing

The chants of Sanctum Refugium come from the psalms. These booklets give you the Latin text with its translation alongside, its history, and a quiet moment of just a few minutes each day.

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The three booklets

Start with seven days, keep going for a month, or dive into the history of the texts. Each booklet stands on its own.

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To begin

7 days to find peace with the psalms

21 pages7 psalms10 minutes a day

One psalm a day for a week, each chosen for a specific moment: feeling you are not alone, falling asleep in peace, getting through a fear, setting down what weighs on you.

  • The psalm in Latin, with a verse-by-verse translation
  • A short text to help you understand, and a phrase to carry through the day
  • A short prayer, three minutes of silence and a “Did you know?”
  • Links to the chants on the Sanctum Refugium channel
  • Dominus regit me23
  • Cum invocarem4
  • Deus noster refugium46
  • Nonne Deo subiecta62
  • Qui habitat91
  • De profundis130
  • Levavi oculos121

10 €PDF, one-time payment

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To keep going · the most complete

The 30-day plan

135 pages30 psalms10 to 15 minutes a day

A month with the psalms, in four weeks that follow a real path. You’ll find the seven psalms from the first booklet and discover twenty-three more, from Psalm 1 to Psalm 150.

  • Settlingdays 1 to 7
  • Going throughdays 8 to 14
  • Entrustingdays 15 to 21
  • Setting out againdays 22 to 28
  • Looking backdays 29 and 30
  • Each day on four pages: the psalm in Latin and in translation, Understanding, A story, For today
  • Thirty stories around the psalms: Saint Jerome, monks, illuminators, musicians
  • A phrase, a simple practice and a prayer for each day
  • Your thirty phrases gathered at the end, and the sources for each story

20 €PDF, one-time payment

Buy the 30-day plan

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To understand

The book of Latin psalms

115 pages6 chapters90 Latin words explained

Where these hundred and fifty poems come from, how they passed from Hebrew into Latin, and why they are still sung today. Then seven psalms decoded word by word, so you can hear what the Latin really says.

  • Six chapters of history: three thousand years of song, from Hebrew to Latin, the monks’ day, the birth of Gregorian chant, how Church Latin is pronounced, and why these texts have lasted through the centuries
  • Seven psalms decoded: who wrote them, when, and fifty Latin words explained
  • A glossary of forty words that keep coming back in the psalms
  • Sources at the end, to go further

15 €PDF, one-time payment

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A page from day one

Here is what you read on the first day, in both the 7-day booklet and the 30-day plan.

Day I · Feeling accompanied Psalm 23 (22)

Dominus regit me, et nihil mihi deerit.

The Lord guides me, and I shall lack nothing.

In loco pascuae ibi me collocavit; super aquam refectionis educavit me.

He has set me in a place of pasture; he has led me beside restoring water.

Nam et si ambulavero in medio umbrae mortis, non timebo mala, quoniam tu mecum es.

Even if I walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.

The phrase to keep

I am not alone

Prayer of intention

Lord, walk beside me today, in whatever I have to live through.

Three minutes of silence

Breathe slowly and let the phrase of the day come back to you.

Questions

Do I need to know Latin?

No. Each Latin verse is translated right beside it, and the booklets explain the key words. Read the Latin at your own pace, or not at all.

How do I receive the booklet?

Right after payment, the Payhip page shows your download link, and you also get it by email. It’s a PDF file that you keep.

What language is the booklet in?

You choose the PDF language before you pay: French, English, Spanish, German, Italian or Portuguese. The Latin is the same in every version.

What can I read it on?

On a phone, a tablet or a computer. The pages are A5 size, and you can also print them.

How do I pay?

By credit card or PayPal, on Payhip’s secure checkout page. You pay once, with no subscription.

Which booklet should I start with?

If the psalms are new to you, start with the 7 days. If you want a real daily practice for a month, choose the 30-day plan, which includes the seven psalms. If you love history and language, the book of Latin psalms stands on its own.

Do I need to be a believer?

The booklets follow the Christian tradition of praying the psalms, with short prayers. You can also read them simply out of love for these texts and their chant.

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Start with seven days

Ten minutes a day, one psalm, one phrase to keep. See whether this daily moment does you good.

The 7-day booklet, 10 €

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