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Excerpts from the English translation of The Liturgy of the Hours (Four Volumes) ©1974, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved.
February 8th, 2010 at 12:32
updates are not correct at itunes. Only get morning and evening prayers and office of readings. Tonight i downloaded more updates and some of them are marked “explicit” Perhaps you could look into this. i notified itunes of my concern.
Dane Reply:
February 8th, 2010 at 15:49
I will take a look and see if I can spot a problem. Thank you!
February 6th, 2010 at 21:41
I have a palm-any chance a palm app is in the works?
Dane Reply:
February 7th, 2010 at 19:38
Sorry, but we don’t have a palm app planned. These apps cost us significant money to produce so we can only do it if we feel it can pay for itself.
February 6th, 2010 at 21:39
I’m trying to get used to the form; it seems to change from day to day, when the antiphon is repeated after each strophe or until the end. But this site has been a terrific find for me. Thank you, thank you, thank you for this tremendous ministry & undertaking.
Dane Reply:
February 7th, 2010 at 19:36
Both of the formats are valid, but the antiphons between strophes are in less common practice. You are experiencing different formats because we are in transition as we replace all content with no antiphons between strophes, but this process takes time.
January 25th, 2010 at 21:57
To get the free Weekly Guide to the Liturgy of Hours, simply go to the CLAA’s Weekly Guide to the LOTH, and sign up free, for an email that will be sent to your computer weekly. Enter your email address in the box and complete the sign up. You can select either the 4Vol Version or the Christian Prayer version from the email you receive by simply by clicking on the title. Prayers are listed by page number. It is very simple. Ribbon placement can be set up before you begin your prayers from the list. Print the pages separately so they are both facing the same direction on each side of the page. Enjoy.
January 25th, 2010 at 06:47
What happened to the notes about ribbon placement for LOTH and Christian Prayer??
January 23rd, 2010 at 18:53
CLAA Weekly Guide to the Liturgy of the Hours is now available in both versions. See the BLOGROLL Links.
Weekly Guide to Christian Prayer JANUARY 24-30, 2010
Weekly Guide to 4 Volume LOTH JANUARY 24-30, 2010
To print your weekly guide to the Liturgy of the Hours, select the correct version. The guide should be printed in color on two sides. Fold the guide in half and tuck it into your prayer book. Enjoy!
A Special Thanks to William & Dania Michael
Classical Liberal Arts Academy /LOTH
(Pray for all the people of Haiti and those who help them.)
January 23rd, 2010 at 08:39
What a blessing your service is to the Church! I love your current format since it maps so well to the format being taught to all currently in formation in our Diocses.
Your faithfulness is an encouragement to all of us preparing for a greater service to the Church.
January 23rd, 2010 at 03:10
Thank you! Your wonderful site is helping me to properly make use of Christian Prayer. God bless you all, abundantly.
January 20th, 2010 at 08:15
I just want to say THANK YOU for the work that you are doing!!! I found your site about a year ago and have been following the Liturgy with you since then almost daily. Not being Catholic, I had no idea of the Liturgy of the Hours, but I have come to truly appreciate these time honored prayers. I now have the books to follow along and have found them to be a blessing. The iphone app is great also!! May God bless you in this work!!
January 16th, 2010 at 23:36
Welcome to potential Knights of Columbus members. Please join us in this wonderful prayer of the Church. The world needs our unceasing prayers. God bless.
January 15th, 2010 at 11:47
Thank you! Just posted some praise over at http://lifeofless.com/?p=87
January 13th, 2010 at 05:00
Good Morning!!
I just wanted to thank you for your info on using the date in your address, works great!!
Thank you again for this beautiful ministry!!
January 12th, 2010 at 05:29
Thank-you, thank-you, THANK-YOU!!
January 11th, 2010 at 21:33
I noticed you did nnot have the pages listed.
Today Monday, January 11th we Begin Volume III
All from Monday Week I, Page 702,
Office of Reading Mon, 1st Week of Ordinary time Page 53
Night Prayer Monday, page 1275I have an extra ordo if you would like it.
Blessings & Prayers
January 8th, 2010 at 09:44
Enjoy using the application whilst traveling – will the audio sections soon return for all the hours? I recently purchased the application for my iphone and found it very good . . . but I bought it for the audio feature. God bless your work. Ora et Labora
Dane Reply:
January 8th, 2010 at 11:18
We had a small bug on our system that missscheduled some of the audio files. That should be working again.
The content that you can expect to see is as follows:
Invitatory Psalm – audio and full-text
Office of Readings – audio on solemnities and full-text
Morning Prayer – audio with some days full-text
Midday Prayer – text only
Evening Prayer – audio with full-text
Night Prayer – audio with text outline
We are working hard to have Office of Readings in audio form for Ordinary Time, but can’t promise it yet.
We are also reworking much of our Morning Prayers to bring them more inline with our new format.
This is a lot of work and we are doing our best, but the one thing you can be assured of is that there will be more and more and better and better all the time.
Thanks for joining us in prayer!
January 6th, 2010 at 21:53
Thank you for producing Divine Office. I use it each day on my iPhone. I particularly like the application which allows us to see dots where others are praying. I truly makes me feel a part of the great community praying in other parts of our world.
January 4th, 2010 at 13:49
Correction: Website for LOH page guide for 4 Volume Set is:
http://www.classicalliberalarts.com/loth/index.htm
Thank you.
January 4th, 2010 at 09:05
Happy New Year Dane and everybody. My wife and I enjoy starting our day with morning prayer.
The past couple days the full text of morning Prayer has the Canticle of Mary instead of the Canticle of Zechariah. The audio file is fine. Probably just a cut and paste error in the template.
Dane Reply:
January 4th, 2010 at 09:13
Opps! We will get that fixed.
January 4th, 2010 at 00:29
Those who use the 4 volume LOH set, a reminder. A free email website that has pdf sheet with a week’s worth of Liturgy of Hours, by page numbers for each item. It is a printable two sided sheet that fits right into the book. It is free, or a charitable donation can be made. It is very useful.
wmichael@classicalliberalarts.com
Peace and goodness always.
dholley Reply:
January 4th, 2010 at 09:13
Can you please provide me with the free email website address for the 4 volume LOH set. Thank you.
Dane Reply:
January 4th, 2010 at 09:15
I will add a link on our site, but you can subscribe to the free email on their site at http://www.classicalliberalarts.com/ or you can send an email to wmichael@classicalliberalarts.com and ask to subscribe.
armchairmystic Reply:
January 4th, 2010 at 19:18
thanks, I just signed up.
January 3rd, 2010 at 23:04
Could there be a Palm WebOS application?
Also, could there be a way to include the Roman Calendar on the site? So that if for 1/4/10 one wanted to pray the office in the name of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and not simply the office of the 2nd Week of Christmas?
January 2nd, 2010 at 12:34
Thanks so much for adding the ribbon placement information on the podcast. I just received the 4 volume set and I was a lttle lost at first. I was used to the Christian Prayer single volume set.
Thanks again,
Larry A. Franz
December 30th, 2009 at 12:10
Any chance that we can access this Divine Office via a Blackberry phone?
Dane Reply:
January 1st, 2010 at 15:48
There was some discussion about using a Blackberry in the feedback area of our site so you may want to see if anything has developed.
What may work is for you to use a podcast client. There are many good ones. Then subscribe directly to our podcast feed.
December 30th, 2009 at 05:21
Good Morning!
I have a few questions, please. Why are some of the links not working, it says play but nothing happens? And also, how come there is only night prayer?
Dane Reply:
January 1st, 2010 at 15:51
If you find a link that does not work then please let us know, but if you are referring to the tabs on our site then they work, but there is not always content. You will see in the feedback area that we discuss the content delivery.
During the Christmas season we are a little less complete then we would like because of conflicts with our own families and Christmas events, but we are working hard to keep on the minimum, which is Morning and Evening Prayer.
December 21st, 2009 at 14:58
Hi Folks-
I see that you have ITunes Podcasts. Is it possible to have this set up with the Zune site.
http://social.zune.net/podcasts/
I use a Zune and wish to subscribe to the Podcast but do not wish to install Itunes.
Dave
Dane Reply:
December 21st, 2009 at 20:29
I just added our feed to Zune. Try searching for Divine Office and when you find it, please leave us a positive review to help others find us on the Zune. Happy Advent and Christmas!
December 19th, 2009 at 20:39
God Bless all of you who bring this treasure online. God will reward you immensily.
Merry Xmas and a Happy 2010 filled with praises to God. Our prayers will bring God back to the center of peoples lives.
December 19th, 2009 at 10:28
HI everyone,
I notice that itunes is missing parts of the daily office
in recent times. If you could fix that I (and others)
would really appreciate it.
Peace to all who work behind the scenes this Christmas
and 2010.
Dane Reply:
December 19th, 2009 at 11:07
During the Dec17-23 period of Advent it is different each year and we had to replace the content so I am feverishly working to get it all completed and posted.
December 14th, 2009 at 15:05
I have tried to teach myself the Divine Office and it has been so difficult for me. I found the Divine Office on ITunes and now I listen to it on my iPod. Thank you for doing this and now I can listen to the hours on the hours that everybody is praying. God Bless all of you. Please have a very Blessed Christmas and a Wonderful New Year in the Name Of Our Lord.
December 13th, 2009 at 13:55
Those who use the 4 volume LOH set, a reminder. A free email website that has a week’s worth of Liturgy of Hours, by page numbers.
wmichael@classicalliberalarts.com
Simply sign up for the email, and you will find every prayer, by page number, easily. Peace and Goodness always. It is a printable two sided sheet that fits right into the book.
To simply get the latest issue, go to this website:
http://www.classicalliberalarts.com/LOTH
Click on “Print this Week’s Guide to the Liturgy of the Hours”
Peace and goodness always.
December 11th, 2009 at 23:35
This is a perfect service for people like myself who are learning the LOTH but don’t readily have a local community at hand. This has been instructive and inspiring. I can’t thank you enough.
December 11th, 2009 at 22:16
Thanks a bunch for this site and the podcasts. I was hoping to find out the artist/album for the Veni, Veni, Emmanuel used for Thursday evening prayer on Dec 10. Thanks again!
December 11th, 2009 at 08:18
Dane what am I missing the office of readings does not seem to match. ?
December 10th, 2009 at 03:54
Thank you for this wonderful site.
Is there a place I can read/print the versions of the Canticles you use? The translations of the Canticles I learned are a bit different, so if the text isn’t printed, I fumble through the words. (We don’t own the Liturgy of the Hours, unfortunately.)
Thanks again for a great site!!!!! God bless you and your ministry.
Dane Reply:
December 11th, 2009 at 14:00
Yes, we have the words printed on our site. Go to the upper right navigation and select “Liturgy of the Hours”. You will see a link on the right hand side to content that many people don’t see and two of the links are these canticles.
December 8th, 2009 at 08:24
Thank you for this site. My husband and I both have it on our i-pods. I am delighted with the Office of Readings – it is my favorite office, and one I rarely have time to do at home.
Thank you.
December 7th, 2009 at 13:08
This morning, Monday, Dec. 7, I could not play Morning Prayer– “error during loading”. I hope this was a temporary glitch and did not affect other site users. Just wanted to let you know. I missed my Morning Prayer with the community! Theresa
Dane Reply:
December 7th, 2009 at 17:10
That might have been my fault. I didn’t realize we didn’t have Morning Prayer for today until early this morning and so I put one together and posted it. You probably started it just as I posted. I hope others were not affected.
I am guessing that December 8 was on this Monday last year so we had the Solemnity of the Immaculate conception in place of the normal Morning Prayer.
I think all is working fine now. Sorry to have missed you this morning.
December 6th, 2009 at 18:40
Thankyou this office makesmy Lectio Divina musc easer. I am able to contenplate much easer
December 6th, 2009 at 10:43
Thank you for this site. I feel so close to my fellow Church members when reciting the Divine Office. I am home bound for the majority of time and don’t often get to go out and experience the fellowship I feel here. I so enjoy the audio along with the reading.
December 3rd, 2009 at 17:24
I would also like to say that I appreciate the ‘emotion’ and excellent phrasing in the readings. It makes it much easier for me to understand the meaning of the psalms and it makes the prayer more of an emotional connection with God (which I think is a GOOD thing).
Dane, et. al., please keep doing what you are doing. I know you strive to be liturgically correct while creating an uplifting prayer time. You never set out to compete with monks/nuns chanting in choir! I think you provide a wonderful and musical alternative to praying the hours alone. You will never be able to please everyone who visits so please don’t worry about trying to.
For those who don’t like the background music or the inflection of the readings here at Divine Office may I suggest that you might find Pray Station Portable more to your liking.
Dane Reply:
December 3rd, 2009 at 18:36
Thank you for expressing your preference.
December 2nd, 2009 at 07:44
I like the vocal inflections in readings (i.e. emotions), especially in the psalms. For me, the words become more meaningful, and easier to ponder for my own present life.
Dane Reply:
December 2nd, 2009 at 11:59
I agree. I find the words easier to ponder as well. Thanks.
November 30th, 2009 at 20:17
Concerning the Antiphons – The General Instruction of the LOH says in #112 “each psalm retains its own antiphon, which is to be said even in private recitation. The antiphons help to bring out the character of the psalm, the highlight the sentence which may otherwise not attract attention it deserves; they suggest an individuality quality in a psalm, varying with different contexts; …they are of great value in helping toward an understanding of the topological meaning, or the meaning appropriate to the feast; they can also add pleasure and variety to the recitation of the psalms.” Page 60-61 Vol 1.
To eliminate them for the convenience of distraction misses the point of their purpose. I humbly encourage to leave them in, with the option to omit them on some occasion, but allow the Liturgy of Hours to be what it was created to be. How can their individual character and flavor be a distraction except to save time? God bless you in you wonderful work. Do not undo what you have already created. Thank you.
Dane Reply:
November 30th, 2009 at 23:16
Nicely stated and you reflect our own humble understanding and intent. Thank you.
amis41 Reply:
December 6th, 2009 at 21:08
Thank you, Dane, it was an interesting topic. I will learn from it and continue in prayer. May the Divine Office site be blessed and continue to develop and grow.
May we, in a united prayer, give praise to Our Lord this Advent Season, for his coming. He is with us as we all pray the LOH together. God bless, and Peace and Goodness be with everyone. Amen.
November 30th, 2009 at 19:59
New to visiting the site. Love the idea and the concept. Listened to several prayers. If I could make one suggestion for your consideration. The only thing I am struggling with in listening is the common responses. Everything else is great. What I think it is for me is that the common responses are so distinct for each person responding. I am used to and enjoy the common responses in church where it is a common group response and the individual voices are lost in the common chantlike response. Maybe recording the voices away from the microphone would help bring that chant like sound we experience in church. Just a thought.
Dane Reply:
November 30th, 2009 at 23:14
Hi kinsed05, we are starting to add full text so there will be very little that will be missed by not knowing the common responses. With that said, the best way to learn is to simply do and you will soon know the common responses by osmosis.
I know what you mean by hearing the common responses. We have tried so many things to alleviate this effect, but the best we have found is to simply reduce the number of “community” voices to two people. This gives you the queue that it is a response by the community, but it has less force so as to not be jarring or overwhelming.
Also, keep in mind that some content was created a year or two ago and we bring it back around each year so even though people are praying in the here and now, our voices were recorded a long time ago and before we understood the best ways, which we are still struggling with, to do things.
Thanks for praying with us!
November 30th, 2009 at 19:32
Just a fast THANK YOU for this great service. I don’t always log in but since I have found you I have prayed with you for at least one of the hours every day – it is a big help to my prayer.
I just want to thank you for the EVEN TONE – lack of emotional reading – in todays Office (Evening – Mon Wk I). From daily celebrations of the Eucharist with big groups I found I have to hide and let each participant put their own spin on the WORD or words. I can’t tell them how they should feel – even if often I wished they were as excited as I was about the word I heard.
Kep up the good work – you and your ministry are in my thoughts daily at the Eucharist
marty
November 29th, 2009 at 12:03
I think this is absolutely beautiful! I tell everyone about it. One suggestion… you might not want to make the psalms so affected when read. God speaks to us in different ways through the Liturgy of the hours. Although it is poetic in nature to some degree, the expressive tone can be distractive from what the Lord is doing. It should be read at a normal speaking pace. After all, it is human expression of praise.
November 28th, 2009 at 15:04
Hello,
I am very happy doing the the ‘Liturgy of the hours’ through your site!!! I also have an ipod touch, & basically bought it , to access the prayers on the run. I’m a busy mother of 6 children, & prayer is very important.
Thank you, God bless
Dane Reply:
November 30th, 2009 at 23:18
You are exactly who we did this for. We always wanted to involve those people with busy lives into a life of prayer. We love our contemplatives and all who have already placed God at the center of their lives, but it is people like you, which I am, that we targeted in the first place. So welcome and God bless you mother of 6!
November 26th, 2009 at 09:52
I wanted to support Theresa’s comment of November 25th,2009 at 22:38.
I used to be a Benedictine monk. PLEASE stop repeating the antiphon after each strophe. The operative word in her comment is “distracting”. We are alone when we pray The Office so the rule is ” In individual recitation the antiphon may be said ONLY at the beginning of the psalm; it need not be repeated AFTER EACH STROPHE.” PLEASE!
God bless you,
Steve
Dane Reply:
November 27th, 2009 at 12:08
Hi Steve,
I responded to Theresa’s comments if you want more detail, but you should know that we haven’t placed antiphons between strophes for over a year, yet we don’t have time to replace them and since they are liturgically correct we will continue to make them available. Hopefully we will have opportunity to go back and make everything similar to what we are doing now because I think our recent work is beginning to reach a level of maturity we lacked when we began. We were not incorrect, but now we are getting better all the time.
May God bless you also,
Dane
November 25th, 2009 at 22:38
I’ve been praying with you for a couple of weeks now, and I think you rate 5 star, but in today’s evening prayer, the repetition of the antiphon repeated after each verse of the psalm is distracting. It breaks up the continuity of the psalm, and for those of us following our own text, or the text provided on the website, we find our eyes jumping around to locate where we left off. I would much prefer the antiphone before and after the doxology. I used to pray the office when I was in the convent (many many years ago!) and we used the antiphons to begin and end each psalm. Much smoother and less distracting. Thanks so much! Theresa
Dane Reply:
November 27th, 2009 at 12:02
We are no longer reciting the psalms between the strophes of psalms. We originally did it this way for reasons we have discussed at length in the past and in our discussions with liturgists the antiphons between strophes are more correct for this medium, but not required. Over a year ago there were so many requests that we not place antiphons between strophes that we stopped doing it. However, these older Hours remain correct and we wont be able to remove them until we have the time to replace them.
Everything we have created within the last year and everything we produce going forward will only have the antiphons according to common practice, which is as you have suggested.
Thank you
November 25th, 2009 at 07:46
I MISS THE PAGE NUMBERS AT “BEGINNING”, SO I CAN FOLLOW ALONG IN MY BRIEVIARY WITH PRAYERS…PLEASE? MRS. C.
amis41 Reply:
November 26th, 2009 at 00:36
A free email website that has a weeks worth of Liturgy of Hours, by page numbers for the full version of the LOH.
wmichael@classicalliberalarts.com
Simply sign up for the email, and you will find every prayer, by page number, easily. Peace and Goodness always. It is a printable two sided sheet that fits right into the book.
Peace and goodness always.
November 23rd, 2009 at 12:17
Welcome, to those, who join the Liturgy of Hours, from New Zealand, and from Rev.Bosco Peter’s website. We pray together to bring the good news of Jesus to the world. Glad to have you with all of us to take part in the beautiful Divine Office website.
It has helped me understand and learn this important form of prayer. Peace and goodness to all.
November 16th, 2009 at 12:49
Your site is truly a blessing. For those of you who love Gregorian Chant and would like to listen to many classics of the Church, I suggest that you go to youtube.com, and search for GREGORIAN CHANT. There are many sites, hymns, and liturgical canticles with natural pictures. Some of the Eastern orthodox sites are filled with the beatiful icons of Christ, Mary, and the saints. Look for Hildegard von Bingen. This music is so contemplative, and will bless your spirit. Theresa
November 15th, 2009 at 01:32
Dear Mike, i am happy that your here in this group. Do not thank me,thank God for using people as an instrument to spread the mission,a mission to pray and spread the good news to all.
Robinson
November 13th, 2009 at 08:38
once again, you are blessed. thank you for this site.
November 12th, 2009 at 18:04
I’m seeing a problem with the iphone app where a reference is given in the Evening Prayer screen to use Vol III of the Liturgy of the Hours where clearly the reference should be to Vol IV
Dane Reply:
November 15th, 2009 at 10:16
Most of the prayers are found in multiple volumes so the references are not wrong, but just incomplete. We are working on adding the full references for all volumes and should have them before we return to Ordinary Time after Christmas. Thank you for letting us know.
November 12th, 2009 at 13:21
From our group of Singles For Christ, we thank you for Robinson in posting the Divine Ministry website to his friendster.It really helps a lot and we pray that more people will join in prayer.God Bless
November 11th, 2009 at 06:25
Whoops! my mistake. I’m not to bright, but I have now been able to complete my transaction. Takes me a little while.
Please forgive me.
Mahree
November 11th, 2009 at 05:59
Hi, we are a group of Single’s For Christ and i am happy that someone posted your site on friendster.Now i can gather some of the members of the group to pray the Liturgy of the Hours,Morning,Day and Night if possible.Thanks to the Ministry of Divine Office, we are happy to join with your group.And more power and blessing.
Dane Reply:
November 11th, 2009 at 21:18
I am very grateful to have you and yours joining in prayer with us and you are a witness to one of the best ways to help our community of pray grow even larger so please continue helping our mission by posting and mentioning and getting the word out about our ministry.
Again, welcome welcome!
November 11th, 2009 at 04:14
I’m not sure if your PayPal is working correctly. I did just make a donation to a different website using paypal and it went through fine.
November 10th, 2009 at 08:28
Been joining the Poor Clare Nuns here in my place.They have Public Adoration and daily chanting the Divine Office.Its wonderful and beautiful and i cant explain the joy here in my heart chanting the Divine Office and most specially the Canticle of Mary. Beautiful.
Robinson
November 10th, 2009 at 08:25
Hello to all, i am happy that some are already joining this group. Its an honor for me to be of service to the Divine Office Ministry by promoting and posting the community website to different sites like catholic site.Hope and pray that i can bring more to this site and pray more and more each day.
Pray for more vocations.
Robinson
November 9th, 2009 at 21:13
There is definitely a reason why the Church has cherished chant and is trying to bring it back. It truly brings ones heart and soul into the prayer.
Once a year I have the privilege of being on silent retreat with the Jesuits living in community with them and praying the Offices. The Chapel is a stone structure and the chanting with the echoes is wonderful.
November 9th, 2009 at 20:25
JMJ+ What a wonderful site that refered to me by someone who always share his vocation on the catholic chatroom.I will pray for you and its amazing to have a prayer group promoting in praying the Divine Office.
November 9th, 2009 at 00:49
I love praying and chanting the Canticle of Mary.I used to chant when i am in the seminary before and even now.Thanks to the Divine Ministry prayer group and to Robinson who refer me here.
November 8th, 2009 at 10:55
I agree with Deacon Ken about how prayerful the chanted Mary’s Canticle in Saturday’s Evening Prayer is. I’ve had the privilege on occasion to attend a Mass at St. John’s Seminary where the seminarians chant prayers and hymns. I’ve attended countless Masses over the years, but it is those in particular which stand out in my memory.
November 8th, 2009 at 08:01
Hi Dane,
Our Lady’s Canticle last night (32nd Sun, EP1) was beautiful. Canticles are chanted songs or hymns and when they are chanted they are truly prayer. For me least, it is much more prayerful than listening to even great solo or choral performances of the canticles and psalms. The Hours are meant to be simple. The monks would be rpoud of you.
Blessings and prayers to all
Ken
Dane Reply:
November 8th, 2009 at 10:52
Hi Deacon Ken,
I am actually learning a lot as this ministry evolves and first and foremost I am learning that the beautify of the Liturgy of the Hours stands on its own and keeping it in its simplest form is indeed what was intended and most perfect.
I do wish we had voices to chant the psalms; eventually we will have someone in our ministry that can do that.
November 2nd, 2009 at 07:04
Thank you for the Morning Prayer and the beautiful readings and prayers for today, All Souls day. The format and inspirational voices of the readers did lead to more prayerful meditations for me.
November 1st, 2009 at 10:53
Thank you so much for the beautiful prayers on this Feast Day of All Saints. We truly entered into prayer today. What a pleasant surprise to hear the Hymn (today’s Gospel – the Beatitudes) All of you were so prayerful and not just reciting the Office. Serving at God’s Altar this morning extra special after preparing by praying the Office of Readings and Morning Prayer with you and all that join in with us.
Prayers and Blessing to all of you!
Dane Reply:
November 2nd, 2009 at 17:45
Deacon Ken,
Your comment was very pleasing to me as I thought about how serving at God’s Altar was made even more special after praying the Office of Readings and Morning Prayer together. Knowing how we make a difference in the world and in people’s lives puts “flesh” on this ministry. My humble thanks to you for sharing!
October 31st, 2009 at 23:24
Happy Sunday to all!
October 31st, 2009 at 08:55
I didn’t realize that this site had become a forum to express personal theology.
Thank you Mauro, for your response. Indeed Purgatory is not punishment for sin but a purification for those who “died in God’s grace and friendship”. ( 1030 – 1032 Catechism of the Catholic Church).
I’ve always found the answers in the Magesterium of the Church and particularly as it is set forth in the Catechism.
I wonder what our non-Catholic friends think about these remarks about having “second thoughts” on Church teaching. Holy Mother Church teachs much more sound doctrine than I can, with my second thoughts.
October 31st, 2009 at 06:40
I am in a Vocation Crisis,please pray for me.
Robinson
October 31st, 2009 at 02:15
Mauro,
Peace be with you. Study your faith with an open mind and look deeper in to your studies. I take no offense, as you will find somethings are not as clear as we think. Also you will find things in the Church that you won’t like, but its part of the Church History. Studying the Catholic faith is great, I which more people like you, who had second thoughts about what is said would investigate what is said.
October 30th, 2009 at 13:07
one would hope you further on the feast of all souls day:
All Souls Day follows All Saints Day, and commemorates the faithful departed, those who die in God’s faith and friendship. However, Catholics believe that not all those who die in God’s grace are immediately ready for the Beatific vision, i.e. the reality and goodness of God and heaven, so they must be purified of “lesser faults,” and the temporal effects of sin. The Catholic Church calls this purification of the elect, “purgatory.” The Catholic teaching on Purgatory essentially requires belief in two realities: 1. that there will be a purification of believers prior to entering heaven and 2. that the prayers and masses of the faithful in some way benefit those in the state of purification. As to the duration, place, and exact nature of this purification, the Church has no official dogma, although Saint Augustine and others used fire as a way to explain the nature of the purification. Many faithful Catholics, including Pope Benedict XVI, grant that Purgatory may be an existential state as opposed to a temporal place. In other words, Purgatory may be something we experience instantaneously, because it is outside of the confines of created time and space. Many non-Catholics, including C.S. Lewis, have believed in Purgatory, and the official dogma of Purgatory is hardly offensive, even if the popular understanding of it has led to confusion. As a more everyday explanation, many liken Purgatory to a place to “clean up” oneself before going into the presence of Almighty God.
All Souls is the day to remember, pray for, and offer requiem masses up for these faithful departed in the state of purification. Typically Christians will take this day to offer prayers up on behalf of their departed relatives and friends. Others may remember influential individuals that they never knew personally, such as presidents, musicians, etc. This may be done in the form of the Office of the Dead (Defunctorum officium), i.e. a prayer service offered in memory of departed loved ones. Often this office is prayed on the anniversary (or eve) of the death of a loved one, or on All Souls’ Day.
There are many customs associated with All Souls Day, and these vary greatly from culture to culture. In Mexico they celebrate All Souls Day as el dia de los muertos, or “the day of the dead.” Customs include going to a graveyard to have a picnic, eating skull-shaped candy, and leaving food out for dead relatives. The practice of leaving food out for dead relatives is interesting, but not exactly Catholic Theology. If all of this seems a little morbid, remember that all cultures deal with death in different manners. The Western aversion to anything related to death is not present in other cultures. In the Philippines, they celebrate “Memorial Day” based loosely on All Souls Day. Customs include praying novenas for the holy souls, and ornately decorating relatives’ graves. On the eve of All Souls (i.e. the evening of All Saints Day), partiers go door-to-door, requesting gifts and singing a traditional verse representing the liberation of holy souls from purgatory. In Hungary the day is known as Halottak Napja, “the day of the dead,” and a common custom is inviting orphans into the family and giving them food, clothes, and toys. In rural Poland, a legend developed that at midnight on All Souls Day a great light shone on the local parish. This light was said to be the holy souls of departed parishioners gathered to pray for their release from Purgatory at the altars of their former earthly parishes. After this, the souls were said to return to scenes from their earthly life and work, visiting homes and other places. As a sign of welcome, Poles leave their windows and doors ajar on the night of All Souls Day. All of these customs show the wide variety of traditions related to All Souls Day.
Catholic doctrine
Purgatory (Lat., “purgare”, to make clean, to purify) in accordance with Catholic teaching is a place or condition of temporal punishment for those who, departing this life in God’s grace, are, not entirely free from venial faults, or have not fully paid the satisfaction due to their transgressions.
The faith of the Church concerning purgatory is clearly expressed in the Decree of Union drawn up by the Council of Florence (Mansi, t. XXXI, col. 1031), and in the decree of the Council of Trent which (Sess. XXV) defined:
“Whereas the Catholic Church, instructed by the Holy Ghost, has from the Sacred Scriptures and the ancient tradition of the Fathers taught in Councils and very recently in this Ecumenical synod (Sess. VI, cap. XXX; Sess. XXII cap.ii, iii) that there is a purgatory, and that the souls therein are helped by the suffrages of the faithful, but principally by the acceptable Sacrifice of the Altar; the Holy Synod enjoins on the Bishops that they diligently endeavor to have the sound doctrine of the Fathers in Councils regarding purgatory everywhere taught and preached, held and believed by the faithful” (Denzinger, “Enchiridon”, 983).
Further than this the definitions of the Church do not go, but the tradition of the Fathers and the Schoolmen must be consulted to explain the teachings of the councils, and to make clear the belief and the practices of the faithful.
Temporal punishment
That temporal punishment is due to sin, even after the sin itself has been pardoned by God, is clearly the teaching of Scripture. God indeed brought man out of his first disobedience and gave him power to govern all things (Wisdom 10:2), but still condemned him “to eat his bread in the sweat of his brow” until he returned unto dust. God forgave the incredulity of Moses and Aaron, but in punishment kept them from the “land of promise” (Numbers 20:12). The Lord took away the sin of David, but the life of the child was forfeited because David had made God’s enemies blaspheme His Holy Name (2 Samuel 12:13-14). In the New Testament as well as in the Old, almsgiving and fasting, and in general penitential acts are the real fruits of repentance (Matthew 3:8; Luke 17:3; 3:3). The whole penitential system of the Church testifies that the voluntary assumption of penitential works has always been part of true repentance and the Council of Trent (Sess. XIV, can. xi) reminds the faithful that God does not always remit the whole punishment due to sin together with the guilt. God requires satisfaction, and will punish sin, and this doctrine involves as its necessary consequence a belief that the sinner failing to do penance in this life may be punished in another world, and so not be cast off eternally from God.
Venial sins
All sins are not equal before God, nor dare anyone assert that the daily faults of human frailty will be punished with the same severity that is meted out to serious violation of God’s law. On the other hand whosoever comes into God’s presence must be perfectly pure for in the strictest sense His “eyes are too pure, to behold evil” (Habakkuk 1:13). For unrepented venial faults for the payment of temporal punishment due to sin at time of death, the Church has always taught the doctrine of purgatory.
So deep was this belief ingrained in our common humanity that it was accepted by the Jews, and in at least a shadowy way by the pagans, long before the coming of Christianity. (”Aeneid,” VI, 735 sq.; Sophocles, “Antigone,” 450 sq.).
Rev. Bro. Anthony Mikusak, TOS
October 30th, 2009 at 03:19
Lets offer a day of prayer for all the departed love ones,relatives and friends.And all souls in purgatory,they need our prayers.
October 30th, 2009 at 00:52
The Day of the Dead, “Happy Catholic Halloween”
All Soul’s Day is a Roman Catholic day of remembrance for friends and loved ones who have passed away. This comes from the ancient Pagan Festival of the Dead, which celebrated the Pagan belief that the souls of the dead would return for a meal with the family. Candles in the window would guide the souls back home, and another place was set at the table. Children would come through the village, asking for food to be offered symbolically to the dead, then donated to feed the hungry.
The day purposely follows All Saint’s Day in order to shift the focus from those in heaven to those in purgatory. It is celebrated with masses and festivities in honor of the dead. While the Feast of All Saints is a day to remember the glories of Heaven and those there, the Feast of All Souls reminds us of our obligations to live holy lives and that there will be purification of the souls of those destined for Heaven.
The Christian holiday of All Soul’s Day pays respect and remembers the souls of all friends and loved ones who have died and gone to heaven. The living pray on behalf of Christians who are in purgatory, the state in the afterlife where souls are purified before proceeding to heaven. Souls in purgatory, who are members of the church just like living Christians, must suffer so that they can be purged of their sins. It is a time to pray for their souls that they may be received into heaven.
mauro Reply:
October 30th, 2009 at 03:14
Dear Mikusaktos,
While I really appreciated you wishing a “Happy Catholic Halloween” and everything you said, the concept that souls “must suffer so that they can be purged of their sins” in purgatory didn’t sound right to me. And thanks God it’s not.
The suffering of purgatory is caused by the fact that the souls can not yet see God face to face, but is also a place of joy because there is already a certainty of the beatitudes, there is already the ability to communicate with God by prayer, there is the “communion of saints”, which is the possibility of the souls in purgatory pray for us just like we pray for the souls in purgatory.
Thank you for giving me the chance of deepening this aspect of my catholic faith!…
What follows is a Google based translation of an Italian resource, which explains this better…
The Second Vatican Council speaks of the souls in purgatory as “faithful in a state of purification” and “disciples of Christ.” We must not forget that classical theology has talked of the souls in purgatory as “Church purgative”. This means that purgatory is the place of salvation and that those in purgatory are already saved. It is wrong to imagine the purgatory almost midway between heaven and hell because the hell is a place of eternal damnation from which you can’t get out, while purgatory is the place where the soul already saved and already immersed in God’s mercy and His love is preparing for the vision of God. The Second Vatican Council also added that the Church which is on earth, the church which is in heaven and the church that is in purgatory are the one mystical body of Christ even in the diversity of states and in different gifts of the Holy Spirit. The basic idea is therefore that us who are pilgrims on earth, our brothers who are in heaven and those who are in purgatory — together we form the mystical body of Christ, albeit with different functions and with a different level in regards of the gift of the Holy Spirit and therefore with a different contribution that each of us gives to the work of redemption.
We are not expected to believe that in purgatory there’s a fire like the one that is in hell. There is no question that the Magisterium of the Church speaks clearly of the “pains of senses” when referring to hell: a punishment that we mean by the word “fire”. In Purgatory there are no pains of senses and the fire can be thought of as the fire of God who purifies the souls.
The council told us that the souls in purgatory are part of the mystical body of Christ, therefore we can say that in the souls in purgatory there is an action by the Spirit of Christ and the spirit of love (Holy Spirit). The fire which works in purgatory is just the fire of the Holy Spirit that penetrates the deepest roots of the souls enabling them to love perfectly. Purgatory is therefore the place where the love of God purifies the soul from selfishness and leads to the perfection of love in a kind of school where the teacher is the Holy Spirit which acts directly upon these souls.
This teaching results mainly from a great mystic, St. Catherine of Genoa, who wrote the Treatise on Purgatory, but also a lesson that has become the heritage of many theologians today. The suffering of purgatory is caused by the fact that the souls can not yet see God face to face, but is also a place of joy because there is already a certainty of bliss, there is already the opportunity to communicate with God by prayer, there is the “communion of saints”, which is the possibility of the souls in purgatory pray for us just like we pray for the souls in purgatory.
Source: http://purgatorio.altervista.org/doc/docvari/novissimi.html
mauro Reply:
October 30th, 2009 at 06:07
Wow, I just scrolled down and I realize now who you are.
Please take no offense form my reply above
And don’t take me wrong I’m just on my path to deepen my faith and I don’t mean to sound presumptuous.
When I have some difficulties in accepting something that is part of our Catholic faith, I always check because things are much more subtle then it looks when speaking and important concepts may easily be misunderstood.
I’ve met many people that do not accept what they think is the catholic church and our beliefs, but instead they where mislead by approximation in the message they received.
That’s why I’m so picky… and I’m sorry if that sounded presumptuous to you.
October 28th, 2009 at 22:56
To my fellow members of this prayer group community,i need your prayers for my vocation discernment process.May God Bless me and strengthen me,and protect my vocation.Robinson
October 27th, 2009 at 09:40
Wonderful site and its my joy to join and pray the Divine Office daily.Thanks much for the recommendation.srmegan
October 24th, 2009 at 02:39
Blessed Day To All of You,Today is the Feast Of St.Anthony Claret.We pray that through his prayers and intercession may we inspire us to become a true missionary of the gospel to preach to all nations.Happy weekends to all.
October 22nd, 2009 at 02:37
ani and to you exseminarian,thank you so much for coming here.God brought you here and am happy that you are now joining this prayer group community with awesome ministry.I am just an instrument to attract others to pray more and join in this prayer group.Robinson
October 20th, 2009 at 21:12
Ave Maria! I was trying to search the site that someone is sharing to me last time in a catholic chat his name is gabriel0478 and really i forgot it but thanks be to God,for trying now i am here.I am happy for those people that God make them an instrument to bring others in a beautyful prayer group.I was before a seminarian but i feel God is calling me in the other way and now am happy with my life and everytime i saw or even hear someone who wants to become a priest,i feel happy and i will pray for them.And lets pray for more vocation. Henry
October 19th, 2009 at 20:35
Hi to all, i am new here and need time to explore this wonderful site.Thank you for the person who guided me to visit here.His name is robinson and i am thankful for his recommendation.I will pray for your vocation…
October 19th, 2009 at 10:59
I was inspired through a friend of mine to use your site for the hours since I had not obtained my own book. I just started with your site about the beginning of last week. It is soo beautiful. I really enjoy the podcasts along with the hymns. My friend has given me a copy of the hours although I am still in learning mode, I am reliant upon your site! I just wanted to comment that this site is well done. I look forward to the office done in podcast as well! Have a blessed day and may God Bless all of you!
October 18th, 2009 at 09:09
I just came across your site. I really enjoy it. I am traveling and forgot my litergy and your site allowed my to pray the divine office.
I will frequent the site often. I really enjoyed the music and praying in community (virtual).
God Keep you,
Deacon Pat
October 15th, 2009 at 00:57
Peace to All! Today is Oct.15,Memorial of St.Teresa of Avila,Virgin and Doctor. May the spirit of St.Teresa of Avila lead us the way to perfection and inspire us and awaken in us a longing for true holiness.St.Teresa of Avila,pray for us,
October 6th, 2009 at 19:00
Today Oct.7 of the Divine Office is the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary.May the Prayers of the Blessed Virgin Mary inspire us to pray the rosary daily as a sign of our love and devotion to her.May her prayers unite us in the suffering,death and resurrection of Jesus on the cross and lead us to everlasting life.May Christ fill our hearts with love.
Happy Feast Day to all!
October 5th, 2009 at 19:05
Peace and All Good! Today’s Reading Oct.6,in the Divine Office reminds us of our faith and trust in God. God sent his son because of great love for us.Because of love,Jesus sacrifice his life for us.May we share the sacrifice of Jesus in our lives and be faithful in our duty as followers of Christ.Jesus also reminds us of not to fear preaching the good news to others because he will be with us always.Whatever trials we have in our lives don’t give up,Jesus keeps on reminding us to trust and have faith in him.Robinson
October 3rd, 2009 at 22:43
Today Oct.4 is the Feast of St.Francis of Assisi.May St.Francis of Assisi instill in us a great reverence,respect and love for mother earth.May he bless us and inspire us always.Happy Feast Day of St.Francis of Assisi to all you.
Dane Reply:
October 4th, 2009 at 00:16
Amen
October 1st, 2009 at 20:34
Dane, I emailed the Archdiocses of Manila, we will see if you or I get an email back about gabriel4078 (Robinson). We may need more information on him. I also asked about vocations for the poor, how they can be hepled, as one of the replys of Sept 30, 2009, at 10:44PM asked.
Rev. Bro. Anthony, T.O.S.
Dane Reply:
October 4th, 2009 at 00:14
I appreciate the assistance with this. I can’t imagine having someone qualified for the vocation being turned away. If this is really happening then I want to make a way to raise money for them to attend seminary or whatever the process is to get them to the point of acceptance. I will help gabriel4078 personally if there is no other way, but I would prefer to find a way to help everyone seeking this path.
October 1st, 2009 at 06:32
Happy Feast of St.Therese of the Child Jesus to all.And the next following day Oct.2 is the Feast of the Guardian Angel.May the prayers and intercession of St.Therese of the Child Jesus,shower more blessings of vocation from heaven and together with the Guardian Angels,who watch over us and defend us always by their protection.
October 1st, 2009 at 00:03
I would like to ask all of you to pray more and more vocation to the priesthood and the religious life.Good and serious and generous vocation to answer God’s call.Prayers are so helpful and powerful.
September 30th, 2009 at 09:56
Shepherd of My Heart by Melinda Kirigin-Voss is very good! I was very inspired, and it helped me get into a reflective mood, as I prepared myself to say the night prayer. Thank you for sharing the gift of your voice and talent with us Melinda.God bless!
September 29th, 2009 at 22:04
Dane : if you hear back from gabriel0478, He should contact the Archdiocese of Manila for help, or the Franciscans or the Order he is interested in and explain his problem.
Here is the info He needs.
Arzobispado de Manila
121 Arzobispo St., Intramuros, Manila
P.O. Box 132 1099 Manila
Tel: 527-7631 to 36
Fax: 527-3956
Email: RCAM@pldtdsl.net and rcamaoc@tri-isys.com
Vocation Office: Franciscans, Con.
The Vocation Director
Marytown Circle, Greenfields I Subdivision
Novaliches, 1123 Quezon City, Metro Manila
Tel: 02 – 936.60.82
E-mail: vocation@conventuals.org
I hope this helps, Bro. Anthony, T.O.S.
Dane Reply:
September 30th, 2009 at 22:44
I was wondering how we could help him. My concern is with people who are not who they claim to be and yet I would hate to think that we have a potential priest that wasn’t given a chance.
Here is a question for you. Could we appeal to our prayer community with the names of potential Deacons and Priests that need help? And if we did this, would it be easy for me to verify their claim and give the funds collected to appropriate authorities? If this is possible, I would be very interested in supporting this cause; I just don’t want to find that people have donated funds and they have ended up being given to people taking advantage of us.
gabriel0478 Reply:
September 30th, 2009 at 23:58
Thank you for the advice and assistance Br.Anthony, sad to say that not all religious order can provide needs specially transportation to those interested to come and visit or discern vocation to join vocation retreat for experience etc.Been experiencing this many times but it doesn’t matter with me because i also understand them.Living,far and distance from the community that your interested with is little bit hard specially lack of financial needs.But again,am not losing hope because i am open of what God wants from me.I am open to his will and wait and pray.
Been discerning to the franciscan conventual before but since i don’t have anymore chance so i need to move on and try to find another community because i know there is another way for me.Even my parish before been asking help but they too cannot help because they also needed it.And as you mention about going to the Archdiocese of Manila,thank you for the advice.I am just open here to the will of God for me.No matter i get help or not,i will put everything to him and trust to Our Blessed Mother.Thank you and lets pray together.
September 29th, 2009 at 19:55
Please pray the Philippines,people are suffering from floods,no homes,shortage of food and shelter.Some are missing,some dead and hurt cause by the typhoon Ondoy.Our Lady of Guadalupe,pray for us.Thank you
Dane Reply:
September 30th, 2009 at 13:12
We have you and all who are suffering in your country in our prayers. I encourage everyone to do the same.
September 29th, 2009 at 07:15
This Mornings prayer was truly beautiful. How fitting on the Feast Day of St. Michael. You took your time and the music was heavenly. Our prayers this mornng were truly Heart speaking to Heart. God Bless You All!
Dane Reply:
September 29th, 2009 at 09:05
Thank you for saying so Deacon Ken.
September 26th, 2009 at 14:28
I use the iPhone app and have not been able to download content since Monday. Is there a problem?
Dane Reply:
September 29th, 2009 at 09:06
There are no known problems with the iPhone. You should use the info view (the little “i” button in the lower right corner) to reset your content. You can try the Factory Reset to get all new content. It should then continue working going forward.
September 26th, 2009 at 09:13
Praying the Divine Office Morning,Day and Night reminds of my daily and constant communication to God and Mary journeying them as i pray and recite the readings.psalms,canticles, antiphons.Its wonderful and big opportunity to others to journey and pray together with this online praying the Divine Office Daily.More and More prayers needed for the church and for more young vocations to religious life.
September 26th, 2009 at 09:02
Peace,Dane. Thank you very much for the kindness and honestly, been discerning to become a priest or even entering the seminary but sad to say due to lack of financial support i cannot really pursue it.Because i know entering the seminary you need to have sponsors/benefactors and for me its hard this time to look and find an sponsor for me.I ask many time to my parish but you know they are in the province and its also poor and the mood of life style is fishing even my parents they cannot support me because its enough only for us and for food for my family.Same with others they are interested but to some financial difficulties they easly discourage but for me am not losing hope because i know God will send good hearted people to support vocation in any small way. Been discerning,praying to attend a vocation experience or retreat in one of the city here in the Philippines,located in Cebu City and they are the community of St.John, wonderful community and little bit contemplative life style and prayer.Been interested to their community,they are inviting me to come but sad to say i don’t have enough money for my transportation and little allowance while i am with them.All i need is financial help for this matter so that i can now go with this community and discern and pray and someday i will be a good follower to Christ if its his will for me.Robinson
Dane Reply:
September 29th, 2009 at 09:12
Robinson, please send me an email with your request and how much it would cost for your sponsorship. Send the email to ministry@??.org
replace ??.org with divineoffice.org. I make the email incorrect to thwart spammers.
gabriel0478 Reply:
September 29th, 2009 at 18:53
Grace and Peace to you all,Dane. I tried to email you many times but it keeps me an error and the message is sending back to my email.Here is my email address shalomklm2006@yahoo.com
September 24th, 2009 at 00:55
i am looking for someone who can help me in anyway for my vocation experience.is anyone can help and offer generous little help promoting vocation to religious life?god bless
Dane Reply:
September 26th, 2009 at 00:41
How can we help your vocation experience? Please let us know what you seek.
September 19th, 2009 at 02:28
Thank you very much for this wonderful work. This helped a lot. God bless you.
Dane Reply:
September 26th, 2009 at 00:41
Actually, thank you for adding your prayers to ours.
September 11th, 2009 at 09:41
I am really happy I found you through iTunes. I was searching for books that had the Divine Office laid out day by day. I couldn’t find anything, so on a whim I checked iTunes and there you were. (Divine providence?) I listen to your podcast on the way into work and on the way home. It brings me much peace and acceptance in the morning and after a tough day at work. In Christ, Jason
Dane Reply:
September 26th, 2009 at 00:43
Jason,
It brings me peace also, but you can also take comfort in knowing that with every prayer you have made an actual impact in our world. Be careful on your drive home and peace be with you my friend.
September 8th, 2009 at 14:23
I always have found trying to find the correct readings for the day very complicated. With your web site I can now pray instead of spending so much time trying to figure out what page to use. What time of day is the “Office of Readings” used?
Dane Reply:
September 10th, 2009 at 19:56
The Office of Readings is flexible. You should participate in the Office of Readings in a time that works best for you. I understand that Office of Readings is often the first Hour prayed, even before Morning Prayer, by many religious orders.
September 8th, 2009 at 13:15
Thank you for your wonderful work. My wife and both have the iPhone app and we give thanks for your ministry. Can anyone tell us what the name of the hymn in Spanish was thin morning Sept 8. It changed to an English hymn about 9:30 central time. Many thanks and God Bless your work.
September 7th, 2009 at 03:56
I’ve been listening to this liturgy every day for almost a year now…and it’s been a true blessing in my life….
I belong to a lay charismatic group in Central America, and these prayers have been a nurturing complement to my dialy personal prayers.
Many critical decisions in my life have been relatively easy to take after letting God’s loving presence fill the corners of my mind through these prayers…
May our Lord be glorified! And may this ministry continue for the good of the universal Church!
September 1st, 2009 at 21:12
Hi am rob discerning my vocation to enter religious life.but am looking also for generous heart to support like me who wants to enter the seminary or convent and do not have enough help and little support.is there someone knows about a community support and help vocation?thank you. i love praying the liturgy of the hours as the source of my vocation.thank you
September 1st, 2009 at 08:43
Welcome to Blessed Sacrament Church, Harrisonburg, VA. Happy you have joined thousands around the world in this wonderful site for prayer.
August 30th, 2009 at 09:43
Thank you for doing this wonderful work . As I age I find it difficult to concentrate as I read, or even pray, and your Divine Office has been most helpful. I love having other voices praying with me and it gives me a real sense of praying with the whole Church. One small correction you may want to make. Last Friday, 8/28, morning prayer, altar was spelled alter. Keep up the good work. I love it.
August 22nd, 2009 at 09:07
Dane, just wanted to alert you that on Monday, August 21’s podcast, Erica’s Psalm 51 seems to need re-working.
Near the beginning, the sound is ultra-low and one of the tracks cuts out. It resolves as the track goes one, but thought you may like to know, as I imagine you’ll be rotating the recording into the next Week IV uploads to iTunes. God bless you and your team. Kathy
August 20th, 2009 at 11:42
I am going crazy trying to work your website. I have the Divine Office as an app on my iPhone. Working perfectly. Now I want to download or purchase just the music. Nothing works. There are no CDs listed for your chief-named musicians and there are no directions for downloading just the music to MP3 or other device.
Dane Reply:
August 23rd, 2009 at 11:32
Sorry Mr Heinz,
Our chief-named musicians don’t have music available for sale and much of their music was created for this ministry. I have been talking with them about making it available for purchase or donation and we will eventually get something setup because they really deserve recognition for their excellent work and talent.
August 18th, 2009 at 19:16
Dear Dane and others,
It was nice to hear yesterday that Divine Office . org is growing. You do a great job. Humility teaches us many things though, and either I am wrong or you are on evening prayer. Twentieth week in ordinary time is Volume IV.
I prefer your podcast over all others, but is it possible to put the invitatory with morning prayer. When your driving it is less work.
Thanks for everything you do. How often can you leave reviews on itunes?
In Christ,
Sister Agnes
August 17th, 2009 at 23:41
Thank you, Dane, and the Divine Office team. Prayers were said at the church with the relics of the crucifixion, and at the Statue of St. Peter, in Rome. May continued blessings come to you, and may many more come to join in prayer from around the world. We all love you. Keep up the wonderful ministry, and cheerful spirits you all seem to have. God bless. Paul.
August 15th, 2009 at 08:21
A suggestion to all: The Amazon link at right is, I’m sure, an affiliate link. This is why I always click through to Amazon.com from the divineoffice.org website, so that they can get a few pennies on the dollar on whatever purchases I make. I can’t think of a more deserving beneficiary of those affiliate dollars, because they provide inspiration to so many people.
I usually spend at least $50 a month at Amazon because I send different items to my husband’s stepmother who is in a nursing home in another state and has difficulty getting out on the handicapped bus that often.
I am very grateful for this website, and I have put the different segments of the day on my MP3 player and listened to them up in the clouds while on airplane trips. I felt like I was in heaven–and those trips were among the most peaceful I’ve ever taken.
Dane Reply:
August 16th, 2009 at 16:05
@allegro54 Thank you so much for using the affiliate links. They do give us a few pennies on each dollar you spend on Amazon. I always do my own Amazon purchasing by clicking on the links to go to Amazon and then I shop away.
Thanks for recommending it to others.
August 11th, 2009 at 00:11
As a Franciscan Deacon, I thank you for your ministry.
August 6th, 2009 at 14:44
Why was the podcast morning prayer different than the one on the web today for the Transfiguration?
Dane Reply:
August 7th, 2009 at 00:22
The reason you may have a different version is that I just published the feast specific content early in the morning of Aug 6th so you probably synched your iPod before I published the feast podcasts. Once I published the feast content they would exist in both places exactly the same.
I will normally be able to publish content at least 1-2 days, if not a week, in advance so you would not have seen the difference that is really just a function of when you synched your iPod and when I published something newer.
July 20th, 2009 at 04:41
What a precious gift this is to the Body of Christ. I have been praying the Morning and Evening Prayers for a few years. This podcast is such a treasure and has served to increase my hunger to join the Church Universal in praying throughout the day the Divine Office. I am refreshed in the Spirit each time I use this podcast and it has given me new insights into Holy Scripture and Prayer. Thank you to all those who make this possible. The music is so wonderful. I love what it brings to the Office. May our Almighty God make all resources abound to this ministry so that you may continue this great work.
July 17th, 2009 at 16:02
I am so grateful for your ministry! Recently you have begun to add music under the reading of the psalms. Is this necessary? I find it distracting if words are being sung in the background. The sung canticles are a way of bringing in music but background music detracts from the words. My humble opinion:-)
July 14th, 2009 at 07:01
Hi!
I am new to this site and find it very very useful! I would love to be able to access an archive, if possible. I do not use itunes, just record directly to my mp3 player. I have a priest friend whose eye sight is failing and this would be a great gift for him.
I would like to thank you for your ministry in making these podcasts available, just awesome work!
Dane Reply:
January 8th, 2010 at 11:02
You can access any date by simply adding /?date=YYYYMMDD to our web site address. Eg. http://divineoffice.org/?date=20100109.
July 14th, 2009 at 05:24
Thanks so much for your Ministry. I have always wanted to pray the Office, but for starters is a little confusing. It’s wonderful praying it with you.
Alfonso
July 13th, 2009 at 07:40
Week III Monday Morning Prayer..you did not read the complete reading James 2:12-17
Thank you for you wonderful ministry!
July 10th, 2009 at 11:11
To follow up on my previos post. The files are available in the itunes store, but my subscription to the podcast does not show new productions when I update the podcast.
Thanks again,
Paul