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BettyBoopToo
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| Location: | Camas/Washougal, Washington USA |
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| First Name: | Betty | | Gender: | Female | | Faith History: | Fist Baptist/Calvary Babtist/Secular Confusion/ Roman Catholic |
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Posted: Tue Aug 14th, 2007 09:41 pm |
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Kayla wrote: Betty,
I love the Liturgy of the Hours.
On mornings that I wake up early enough, Betty, I go in and pray the Morning Prayer with those who come in. Father is almost always there to lead it- I would recommend coming a few times if you're able to kind of 'get used' to how the prayers work. I only had to go a few times to get the hang of it, (and then had to ask the seminarian to go through the whole thing and explain everything to me) and now I pray evening and night prayer at home.
The prayers are really great.
Now the only thing that I can't seem incorporate and/or understand is the Office of Readings and how all of that works. But then, my book is a bit confusing on which readings are supposed to be used, so I don't even know where to begin.
Thank you Kayla, I had noticed that father was doing these prayers in the AM & PM. I bought a very nice new book and have been kind of winging it for now, just to familarize myself with the book and where, what & how.
I've figured out the daily readings for AM, Noon & PM prayers, I've also been praying the Night prayers too. I love the set up and with the wonderful help of some dear folks here, I've been able to study through some web-sites.
The site with instructions the Annie provided is especially helpful and I picked up a new ink cart for the printer, so I could download and print the instructions out. The are very through, so thank you very much Annie.
Annie- Everytime I read your post, makes me want to take you by the hand and bring you to Kayla & I's parish. You would just love father and the way he runs our home of worship. I've been to other churches all over the place and although I am thankful that I can attend mass anywhere I'm at. I always walk away thinking, Thank you Lord Jesus for my father and there's no place like home. Everyone who attends a Catholic Church should be able to be secure in knowing that their priest is dedicated to Rome & the Holy Father and will not allow any thing that is contrary to church teaching to come through the door.
It's kind of like having a parent that carefully cares for our spiritual home and even when it's inconvient & non popular, he firmly stands by exactly what the church teaches. He's trustworthy as he has his entire flocks best interest & their eternal soul as his first priority. I thank the lord every am & Pm for our dear pastor.
Everyone deserves to be safly home and in the arms of our lord and savior! So they can have their life centered on Jesus and the Eucharist and all things will fall into place.
I'm not boasting, I'm just so proud of father and feel so blessed to have him.
God Bless, If you make it to Washington? Call me! We'll do the sacrafice of the Mass. It still takes place in the US and not only on EWTN.
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Annie
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| Joined: | Wed Feb 14th, 2007 |
| Location: | Columbus, Ohio USA |
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| First Name: | Annie | | Gender: | Female | | Faith History: | nothing, Quaker, Mennonite, Presbyterian, Methodist, Anglican, Catholic |
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Posted: Thu Aug 16th, 2007 11:49 am |
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Kayla wrote: Now the only thing that I can't seem incorporate and/or understand is the Office of Readings and how all of that works. But then, my book is a bit confusing on which readings are supposed to be used, so I don't even know where to begin.
Traditionally, at least now, the OOR is done first. I moved it to noon because i am more awake then and able to understand the patristic readings in which my knowledge is so lacking. I believe the operative principle here is to do what is right for you. Even some monasteries have stripped down the hours to morning, noon, evening and night to allow for the work schedule. Not everybody spends all day puttering in a garden like Brother Cadfael (when he is not solving mysteries, of course).
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trishgallant
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Posted: Thu Sep 6th, 2007 06:24 am |
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Hi Betty, I read you post with interest - it seems to me that more and more poeple are becoming interested in the liturgy of the hours. I bought a short version myself a few months ago and its only now, about ten weeks on, that I feel I am getting into it - into the prayer - its hard work establishing a prayer pattern. Before I bought the book I used to use a short online morning prayer (which I still use when I feel too lazy to read morning prayer) I found it using a link from a lovely song on the downloads section http://www.ourcatholicfaith.org/downloads.html - I am the vine song - and then I found the artist page which has a free download of morning prayer and last about 5 minutes:
http://www.valgoldsack.co.uk/jhn.htm
I think this site - our catholic faith - is very helpful and has some wonderful resources for us all - God bless, Trisha
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Credo Catholic
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| First Name: | Marsha | | Gender: | Female | | Faith History: | Baptist, Catholic |
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Posted: Thu Sep 6th, 2007 10:40 am |
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| Hi Trish, welcome to the forum. We look forward to hearing your comments and ideas. I was wondering if the shorter Christian Prayer is more involved than reading the Magnificat. I usually buy the Magnificat every month and do the readings and prayers there, but it is very short, abbreviated, and I don't feel like I am getting what I need from it, or putting in what I need to put in. I have the four volume set of LOH, but keep getting overwhelmed by the page turning and searching for the right pages, etc. So what I'm wondering is, should I get the version you have and try it instead of the Magnificat. Does anyone know how much different it would be?
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NanaR
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| Location: | Kentucky USA |
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| First Name: | Ruth | | Gender: | Female | | Faith History: | Born JW, born-again Catholic (Tiber Swim Team 2008) |
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Posted: Thu Sep 6th, 2007 11:16 am |
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Trish:
Thank you so much for the link!! I just took a 5 minute break here in my office, locked my door, forwarded my phone, and used the online prayer. It's very beautiful.
One question -- is it different every day?
Ruth
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kimdyuma
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Posted: Thu Sep 6th, 2007 11:25 am |
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| I bought a book called The divine Office for DODOS by Madeline Pecora Nugent- it will help you learn the four volume set
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Posted: Thu Sep 6th, 2007 11:29 am |
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| Thanks Kim, so it's come to that now! Sounds appropriate for me!
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kimdyuma
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Posted: Thu Sep 6th, 2007 11:31 am |
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Hey I"m learning- but I admit that it isn't a book I leave around 
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kimdyuma
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Posted: Thu Sep 6th, 2007 11:48 am |
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| By the way thanks for both the download links
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Lisa
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| Location: | Kennerdell, Pennsylvania USA |
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| First Name: | Lisa | | Gender: | Female | | Faith History: | Lifefime Roman Catholic |
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Posted: Thu Sep 13th, 2007 03:51 am |
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Hi Annie,
The place you mentioned sounds like the St. Thomas More Center in Cranberry, Pa - about 20 minutes from where I live. It is a beautifully rustic place nestled back in the woods where one can go independently or with a group to pray. They have day retreats and talks, and I believe they even offer overnight retreats as well. I've been to a few day retreats, and private prayer evenings with my Scripture Study group. They do the Liturgy of the Hours each day, and invite all who are present to be a part of the prayers! My favorite thing to do there is to walk the Rosary path through the woods. If you're ever over in Western Pa, it is a MUST SEE - especially in autumn! I do hope you can come sometime, it is well worth the drive!
Because of the wonderful people at St. Thomas More, I've gotten much better at praying the Liturgy of the Hours. Although, I can't say that I am "on time" most of the time, but they've shown me a new and deeper appreciation of the Psalms and prayers, and I am ever thankful to have such a place!
May God Bless you!
Lisa
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