Do you pray the Liturgy of the Hours?

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As a deacon of the church, we are by our ordination obliged to include the Liturgy of the Hours in our daily prayer. I am blessed, that since my formation years, my spouse and I recite the hours together. It is a great way for us to bolster our married life as well. I recommend reciting them with your mate as well. After all, married life is the “domestic” church, and the Hours are the prayers of the church. God bless you!
 
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Yes I have begun to pray the liturgy of the hours. My priest just purchased it for use within a parish prayer group that I am a member. It is the single volume Christian Prayer book. I find that it’s use has had a very calming effect on my life.
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I would have to agree with you. I just recently started praying the liturgy of the hours and find it very calming. For me, structured prayer is the way to go. I love the idea that although I am praying alone in my room, I am acutally praying with millions of other people!!! It also draws me closer to Christ throughout the day in all I do. I find myself drawn to Christ in the Blessed Sacrament too.
 
Liturgy of the Hours is the second highest form of worship we have next to Holy Mass. I pray morning prayer by my self and evening prayer with my wife.

Leo
 
Just got a 4 volume leather bound copy today which I bought for $155 and love it I ask where does everyone else get the $120 figure
 
I just voted in this poll and am impressed by the number of lay people who pray the Liturgy of the Hours.

My wife and I have been praying this wonderful prayer since well before our entrance into the diaconate formation program and my ordination. Now, as a deacon, I am required to pray the prayer that I already enjoy so much. I’ve become so used to the chant tones that I use in the morning, that they stay with me all day.

I find that it is a great way to start your day - setting your sights on the Lord, rather than any worldly worries or tasks that need to be accomplished. Praying the Divine Office often reminds me that I am not alone in my struggles and my work, and that with Him, I can do the job, without Him, I can do nothing.

We started praying Saturday Morning Prayer (with Benediction on First Saturday - after Adoration from the previous morning) and Sunday Evening Prayer in our parish last year, with attendance of about 15 - 20 people. I’m off to preside at Morning Prayer now.

God Bless you, all.
 
I love the Liturgy of the Hours and the four vollume edition is not expensive, if you buy it the way I did.

I bought each vollume one at a time, just before the season started, for that vollume to be used; buying one vollume every four months or so, wasn’t bad at all. Only one book is used at a time, so by the end of the year you will have all four, and not miss anything.
 
**A very good idea! Why didn’t I think of that? I have the Daughters of St. Paul LOTH, plus the big Christian Prayer, and the small Shorter Christian Prayer (the first one I bought). **

**I do love the Liturgy of the Hours, because it is such a unifying prayer of the Church, but have to admit that some days I only get Lauds in. **
 
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I like to pray the LOTH :gopray2: and also use www.liturgyhours.org. I was using universalis.com but read on www.catholicculture.org that that is an Anglican site. Anyway, I try to pray morning and Evening daily.
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I just checked the universalis link and if you click on the universalis publishing co. link you will find that it is a Catholic website although it is incorporated in London. It even has a Catholic website recommendation link on it at the bottom of the page. There might be a link to an Anglican version of the LOTH but it states that it is a Catholic website, not Anglican. I also checked to see how it compared to the Guide for Christian Prayer and yesterday was Sts. Peter and Paul and today is First Martyrs of the Church of Rome. It coincides with my “cheatsheet” booklet.

I have been to catholicculture before and it is an interesting site but you need to be kind of careful about some of it’s links/articles. Most of the time they are OK but I have wondered about some in the past.

BTW, I have the “Christian Prayer” book large print edition but haven’t gotten into a routine yet. Am not really sure how to use it. I’ll get it but it will take time and as with many other things, have to find/make the time. My fault/ my loss!

God bless.
Whit
 
**Interesting ! thanks for the info. i never knew universalis **
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:blessyou: I was introduced to LOTH by an older woman in our parish as she often did spiritual direction. I found it so dry at first:banghead:
I persisted just to get in to the discipline of morning and evenning prayer. I gradually fell in love with the LOTH. It thrilled me to know:D
that I was praying with the Universal Church,and united in a concrete, as well as a supernatural way.Now a days I only manage the Office and Morning prayer,as family life is taking my time.
Persistence and patience are the keys to getting the hang of it and I still goof up somedays and I’ve been praying it for 10 yrs!!!:amen:
God Bless,
ann
p.s. if you need help ask a nun or priest.
 
My priest just started it during Lent this year. It had a great following during Lent but tapered off to just a few of us prior to morning Mass. We pray out of the Christian Shorter Prayer book. It took us a while to get used to all the page turning 😉 but it has become a very special time for those of us who gather for it. I think our priest rather enjoys having us there and teaching us in a small group like that.
 
I don’t pray the Liturgy of the Hours because I don’t understand how to use the book
 
I pray the Liturgy of the Hours daily. 4 months ago, my wife and I had a baby girl. Before she was born, I would pray Office, Morning, 1 afternoon, and evening prayer.

Now, depending on how busy things are due to the baby, usually pray at least 2 of the times.

For those people having problems figuring out the Liturgy. First off, try the Liturgy of the Hours web pages, they may be able to help.

If not ask a Priest or Deacon, they will probably be able to show you how it works. If that doesn’t work find someone in your parish that does it. They will be happy to show you.
 
I used to use the “universalis” web site but I do not think it is nearly as good as “liturgy of the hours”. I did notice that “universalis” did NOT list the “American” saints’ days. I don’t know if it is Catholic–the Anglican church especially in England tends to call itself “Catholic”, so that can be confusing. . .but I definitely note that “Liturgy of the Hours” not only is easier to follow but is more complete. I especially like the fact that one can print out a booklet for any given day.

I highly recommend the “Liturgy of the Hours” web site. In the nearly 10 months since I have started this daily prayer, I feel like a totally renewed and reinvigorated Catholic.

And I was delighted to see that many others pray this liturgy. We are a silent (ok, maybe sotto voce) community!
 
The Liturgy of the Hours was revised for release in the early 1970s. If you should ever be interested to learn about the earlier Divine Office, you can get a good sense of it on breviary.net. That site is operated by people who have a very strong opinion about trends in the Church since the 1960s, but that is of no consequence to their efforts to transcribe the entire breviary in usable form with correct rubrics. They have arranged an English translation alongside the Latin.
 
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I used to use the “universalis” web site but I do not think it is nearly as good as “liturgy of the hours”. I did notice that “universalis” did NOT list the “American” saints’ days. I don’t know if it is Catholic–the Anglican church especially in England tends to call itself “Catholic”, so that can be confusing. . .but I definitely note that “Liturgy of the Hours” not only is easier to follow but is more complete. I especially like the fact that one can print out a booklet for any given day.

I highly recommend the “Liturgy of the Hours” web site. In the nearly 10 months since I have started this daily prayer, I feel like a totally renewed and reinvigorated Catholic.

And I was delighted to see that many others pray this liturgy. We are a silent (ok, maybe sotto voce) community!
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There is a feature that let’s you customize your local calendar. I think the default is for the General Calendar- not specific to the US. And yes, universalis is a ROMAN Catholic site.
 
I pray the Liturgy Of The Hours, and use the 4 volumes. Usually I pray Morning Prayer followed by the Reading Of the Hours, which is my favorite, and later the evening and night prayers. I’ve been praying the Liturgy Of The Hours, for about a year. Terrific feeling knowing I am praying with other’s all around the world.:gopray:

Annie
 
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