Liturgy Of The Hours

[HopefulBride]

[quote name='MaterMisericordiae' timestamp='1313366886' post='2287859']
Since I don't have the 4-volume set or the Christian Prayer book, I have to resort to using the app on my iPod or the internet resources. My favorite website with podcast prayers is [url="http://www.divineoffice.org/"]DivineOffice.org[/url]. They have 4 of the prescribed prayer times and include the Invitatory Psalm and the Office of the Readings. I love that the Hymns are sung prayers on the podcasts. It makes it very special. So far, I've just used Lauds, Vespers, and Compline. The app I use sometimes is by the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate. It has all 7 of the prayer times in Latin which have prayers in English as well. It's a bit more complicated. The website is much easier to use and easier to keep up with without distractions since you are praying with other recorded voices. It's available as an app on the iPod, iPhone and iPad, but it's $14.99. The website is free to use.
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MM what is the name of the app by the Franciscans? I've been praying along with DivineOffice.org for over two years now but I'm interested in finding out who else has something similar out there. I am so glad to see they have even more volunteers and can not only record more offices ahead of time but also chant some of them. I am sure one day they will probably have them all.

[OnlySunshine]

[quote name='HopefulBride' timestamp='1313367287' post='2287862']

MM what is the name of the app by the Franciscans? I've been praying along with DivineOffice.org for over two years now but I'm interested in finding out who else has something similar out there. I am so glad to see they have even more volunteers and can not only record more offices ahead of time but also chant some of them. I am sure one day they will probably have them all.
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It's available on iTunes as [b]BrevMeum[/b]. I really love the DivineOffice website the best, though. I really struggle with the BrevMeum because I'm basically a beginner when it comes to the Divine Office. I know the postures and genuflections, but it's pretty difficult to concentrate when you are doing it on your own. I love saying the Office in community. I first learned how to pray the LOTH when I was at my first retreat with the CFRs during Advent. When I applied to the Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus and spent a few days in their apostolate, their postulant mistress, Sr. Annunciata, was going to teach me how to pray with the Sisters in the chapel so that I could follow along and pray with them every day. She was actually astonished to discover that I knew a lot of the routines and which pages to flip to. I told her it was because I had prayed with other religious orders including the CFRs, Sisters of Life, and the Carmelite DCJ Sisters in St. Louis.

You can read about BrevMeum here:

http://apps.liturgiaetmusica.com/index.php/en/apps/brevmeum/about

Edited August 15, 2011 by MaterMisericordiae

[HopefulBride]

[quote name='MaterMisericordiae' timestamp='1313370671' post='2287911']

It's available on iTunes as [b]BrevMeum[/b]. I really love the DivineOffice website the best, though. I really struggle with the BrevMeum because I'm basically a beginner when it comes to the Divine Office. I know the postures and genuflections, but it's pretty difficult to concentrate when you are doing it on your own. I love saying the Office in community. I first learned how to pray the LOTH when I was at my first retreat with the CFRs during Advent. When I applied to the Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus and spent a few days in their apostolate, their postulant mistress, Sr. Annunciata, was going to teach me how to pray with the Sisters in the chapel so that I could follow along and pray with them every day. She was actually astonished to discover that I knew a lot of the routines and which pages to flip to. I told her it was because I had prayed with other religious orders including the CFRs, Sisters of Life, and the Carmelite DCJ Sisters in St. Louis.

You can read about BrevMeum here:

[url="http://apps.liturgiaetmusica.com/index.php/en/apps/brevmeum/about"]http://apps.liturgia.../brevmeum/about[/url]
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Thanks!

[OnlySunshine]

[quote name='HopefulBride' timestamp='1313373701' post='2287982']

Thanks!
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No problem! God bless you!

[TeresaBenedicta]

Been praying Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer, and Night Prayer with the sisters each day. I love the flow it gives to life. And I've found (having been, mostly, praying the LOTH for four years now) that the more you pray the hours, the more you grow in prayer... the more that the psalms and prayer strikes you.

And, it [i]is[/i] a liturgy. Not just another type of prayer. It is the prayer of the Church. Offered [i]for[/i] the Church. So, when you're praying a particular office (say, Friday Night Prayer) and it just doesn't seem to apply to you... remember that you are praying it for someone to whom it [i]does[/i] apply- like a prisoner of war in a foreign country, etc.

I think some of the sisters pray the Office of Readings on their own. I'd like to start doing that, too.

[faithcecelia]

[quote name='TeresaBenedicta' timestamp='1314208019' post='2294242']
Been praying Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer, and Night Prayer with the sisters each day. I love the flow it gives to life. And I've found (having been, mostly, praying the LOTH for four years now) that the more you pray the hours, the more you grow in prayer... the more that the psalms and prayer strikes you.

And, it [i]is[/i] a liturgy. Not just another type of prayer. It is the prayer of the Church. Offered [i]for[/i] the Church. So, when you're praying a particular office (say, Friday Night Prayer) and it just doesn't seem to apply to you... remember that you are praying it for someone to whom it [i]does[/i] apply- like a prisoner of war in a foreign country, etc.

I think some of the sisters pray the Office of Readings on their own. I'd like to start doing that, too.
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This is so true. I have lost count of the times when a psalm has come to mind in any given situation and has helped me deal with it. Most notably Friday compline (Ps88) but many of the others as well.

[FutureSister2009]

I was happy to see at St. Jude's shop that they sell them individually as well as all together. If I ever get out of here, I will buy them before I enter

[LaPetiteSoeur]

[quote name='FutureSister2009' timestamp='1314298965' post='2294844']
I was happy to see at St. Jude's shop that they sell them individually as well as all together. If I ever get out of here, I will buy them before I enter
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College isn't that bad, is it? I don't mind waiting, as I am able to do lots of good work here, in my new local community. I'm working on the issue of poverty in a program I'm in. It will help you in religious life, all that you learn in college.