Liturgy of the Hours

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How many of you regularly read “The Liturgy of the Hours” either all or in part? What do you think of it?
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Deacon Ed B
 
I’m sorry Deacon Ed but I don’t understand what this has to do with social justice. 🤷 Could you please explain? :confused:
 
Maybe Liturgy and Sacraments?

I do the Office of Readings (almost) daily, and get a great deal out of it.
 
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Maybe Liturgy and Sacraments?

I do the Office of Readings (almost) daily, and get a great deal out of it.
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Yeah I think this would probably be more appropriate in the Liturgy and Sacraments forum.
 
Holly3278 said:
I’m sorry Deacon Ed but I don’t understand what this has to do with social justice. 🤷 Could you please explain? :confused:
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Holly3278 said:
Yeah I think this would probably be more appropriate in the Liturgy and Sacraments forum.
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I am so sorry. I thought I was in the Traditional Catholicism forum. How do I contact a moderator to try and get this moved.
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Deacon Ed B
 
I try to pray the morning prayer, office of readings, and evening prayer every day. I regret that I almost invariably fail to do all of them, but it is always one of the best parts of my day to do so. Can you clarify a bit more what you had in mind by asking, “what do you think of it?” I think they are beautiful prayers that all of the faithful should pray as often as they are capable. In addition, they are a unified prayer offered up to God every day by many faithful Catholics. That’s awesome I think.🙂

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Jon Winterburn
 
Part of the Rule of Life for Secular Order Carmelites, is that we pray the morning and evening prayer, everyday. My wife(also and OCDS) and myself say the evening prayer together.

On Saturdays, I’ll sometimes include the office of the readings, with morning prayer.

Jim
 
JonW said:
I try to pray the morning prayer, office of readings, and evening prayer every day. I regret that I almost invariably fail to do all of them, but it is always one of the best parts of my day to do so. Can you clarify a bit more what you had in mind by asking, “what do you think of it?” I think they are beautiful prayers that all of the faithful should pray as often as they are capable. In addition, they are a unified prayer offered up to God every day by many faithful Catholics. That’s awesome I think.🙂
God Bless
Jon Winterburn
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I was wondering what others thought of it and whether they pray it regularly. As a deacon, Canon Law says we must read morning and evening prayers daily. I started this regularly after ordination in 1991 and it seemed a great chore to me. That was when I first started. I now look forward to it every day and find it a tremendous help and to really reflect on God’s blessings in my life. Those who are transitional deacons (going on to the priesthood) and priests are required to say the entire office each day. The Liturgy of the Hours is, outside the mass, the official prayer of the Church.
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Deacon Ed B
 
JimR-OCDS said:
Part of the Rule of Life for Secular Order Carmelites, is that we pray the morning and evening prayer, everyday. My wife(also and OCDS) and myself say the evening prayer together.

On Saturdays, I’ll sometimes include the office of the readings, with morning prayer.

Jim
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Circumstances permitting, my wife and I also say them together daily
We are both Benedictine Oblates.
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Deacon Ed B
 
I wish I could say I rarely “read” the LOTH, rather, I pray it, but sadly, too much of the time I am merely reading.
 
Yes I pray it, I love it. It is very beneficial. I don’t usually get the Daytime prayers in though; Like annie says I find myself ‘reading’ rather then praying sometimes. But the prayer before I start helps in that. Or I’ll stop myself and take a moment to get back into a prayerful state.
 
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I pray Morning and Evening Prayer and the Office of Readings daily. Sometimes I fit in daytime prayer. I found that after I took a graduate course on the psalms that the LOTH really became more of a prayer than just reading. I also love the Office of Readings, expecially the second readings.
 
I pray morning or evening prayer every day. I try to pray both every day but sometimes can’t fit one or the other in due to family issues. During Lent or Advent I try to add Office and at least one mid-day prayer in.

Technically I am obligated to pray the Liturgy at least once a day.
 
Deacon_Ed_B said:
I was wondering what others thought of it and whether they pray it regularly. As a deacon, Canon Law says we must read morning and evening prayers daily. I started this regularly after ordination in 1991 and it seemed a great chore to me. That was when I first started. I now look forward to it every day and find it a tremendous help and to really reflect on God’s blessings in my life. Those who are transitional deacons (going on to the priesthood) and priests are required to say the entire office each day. The Liturgy of the Hours is, outside the mass, the official prayer of the Church.
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Deacon Ed B
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As a life-pledged and vowed member of the Confraternity of Penitents, I pray the whole Office daily (i.e., all seven offices). I have been praying the full office since early in 2005. It has become like breathing. It’s like an organ of your body.

Last month, I left my breviary in Church and when I went back 2 hours later, it was nowhere to be found. I was frantic, and scrambled to fill in with MP, MMP, MDP, MAP, EP and Compline from Christian Prayer. No way to capture Vigils, though. So I had to substitute the CFP “Plan B” – specific rote prayers for that office (12 Our Fathers, Hail Marys and Gloria Patris). It was AWFUL. I replaced the breviary, but it is not my “old friend” – the one with the shabby ribbons that has been baked and frozen n the car, had bugs land in it, been prayed into and wept into . . .
 
Dear Deacon Ed,

I too have started to “pray” the Hours. Back in Lent, I inherited my Dad’s set of LotH.

I can not believe what a previlege and honor it is to find myself in such company during prayer.

I am convinced of the power of God at work in the communion of the Saints of God in our unity at prayer.

I am a beginer with the LotH, but I’ve wanted to do this for a long time.

Thank God for His providence in giving us His very own words to pray with.

Peace be to you!

Bless His Holy Name!
 
I’ve heard it said that priest who have gone astray and have come back to the church, say that they began to fail at their priesthood, when they stopped saying their breviary.

There is much power in praying the LOTH.

Jim
 
JimR-OCDS said:
I’ve heard it said that priest who have gone astray and have come back to the church, say that they began to fail at their priesthood, when they stopped saying their breviary.

There is much power in praying the LOTH.

Jim
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When I made my vows in the CFP, I specifically offered my life for priests who are struggling with their vocation. I pray the Office FOR priests – for their intention and FOR those who cannot, do do not or will not.
 
sawman said:
Dear Deacon Ed,

I too have started to “pray” the Hours. Back in Lent, I inherited my Dad’s set of LotH.

I can not believe what a previlege and honor it is to find myself in such company during prayer.

I am convinced of the power of God at work in the communion of the Saints of God in our unity at prayer.

I am a beginer with the LotH, but I’ve wanted to do this for a long time.

Thank God for His providence in giving us His very own words to pray with.

Peace be to you!

Bless His Holy Name!
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P. S. All I need now is a sacristan to set up my book every nite!

Laugh out loud!
 
sawman said:
P. S. All I need now is a sacristan to set up my book every nite!

Laugh out loud!
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Call the publisher and get a copy of the little Ordo booklet. Catholic bookstores sometimes sell them – go in September or October because they kick in on Advent Sunday and around here, they go fast. Also around here, the guide for the 4-volume set is kind of hard to come by. Almost everybody carries the one for Christian Prayer.
 
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