Tag: Liturgy of the Hours
Psalter is ideal source of Christian prayer
1. In the Apostolic Letter Novo millennio ineunte I expressed the hope that the Church would become more and more distinguished in the “art of prayer”, learning it ever anew from the lips of the Divine Master (cf. n. 32). This effort must be expressed above all in the liturgy, the source and summit of… Read More ›
Psalm 96(95): “Say among the nations “the Lord reigns!'”
Over the course of several years, Blessed John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI have offered a commentary of the psalms used in the Liturgy of the Hours. These are all posted on the Vatican web site, but are somewhat difficult to find. Many of them are short, easily read in a few minutes We… Read More ›
Personal Prayer Cells
The cell is above all the place where the monk encounters God. It is a physical space, yet a space ‘in accordance with the image of one’s inward nature.’… The primary tools of the cell are solitude, silence, listening, and the Spirit.(Keller, Oasis of Wisdom, p. 51) The spiritual life, however, is not limited solely… Read More ›
Psalms
Psalms is not really a book. It is a collection of 150 songs, prayers, poems and hymns gathered over a very long period of time. There are different types of psalms. Some tell stories. Some are songs of praise. Some are prayers of repentence. Each psalm has its own unique character but they are all… Read More ›
St. Jerome: Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ
I interpret as I should, following the command of Christ: Search the Scriptures, and Seek and you shall find. Christ will not say to me what he said to the Jews: You erred, not knowing the Scriptures and not knowing the power of God. For if, as Paul says, Christ is the power of God… Read More ›
Revised Grail Psalter Receives Vatican Recognitio
By Jarrod Thome, Director of Communications Edited by Br. Jude Person, O.S.B. On Friday, 9 April 2010, the Most Rev. Arthur J. Serratelli, Bishop of Paterson, NJ, and Chairman of the Bishops’ Committee on Divine Worship of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, informed the bishops of the United States that The Revised Grail… Read More ›
Oblate Breviary
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… Read More ›
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… Read More ›
All Things are Made New
The old has passed away, all things are made new The fulfillment of the law is Christ himself, who does not so much lead us away from the letter as lift us up to its spirit. For the law’s consummation was this, that the very lawgiver accomplished his work and changed letter into spirit, summing… Read More ›
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… Read More ›