Liturgy of the Hours 
Oblate Breviary(1)
We have now had a chance to fully review the Oblate Breviary published by St. Meinrads. It has many good features. It follows the Rule but keeps in mind the time constraints of Oblates. It has a four week Psalter cycle and introduces chant into the Breviary. It has a simplified format that is easy [...]
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New Liturgy of the Hours for Oblates Published at St. Meinrad
The following article appeared in the Oblate Newsletter at St. Meinrad’s. Many of the oblates here in Belmont have also wanted a simpler form of the Office to follow in their own lives. The Oblate Director here has ordered two copies to see if it might also meet the needs of the oblates here. A [...]
The Nature of the Psalms
All of the Psalms have been spoken and arranged by the Spirit so that the emotions of our soul may be understood in them according to what was written before-time, and so that all of them may have been written as about us and become our very own words, for a reminder of our emotions [...]
50 Years with the Same Companion
We often talk about the importance of regularly praying the Liturgy of the Hours. It is one of the few obligations of an Oblate. But we make excuses, we are too busy, our kids require our time, we have too much housework, our boss has us on deadlines. All of these things can ligitamately keep [...]