
Praying Like a Monk: The Liturgy of the Hours as a Family
This liturgical form of prayer draws us closer to God throughout the day, uniting us with clergy, religious and laity around the world in the praise of God.
This liturgical form of prayer draws us closer to God throughout the day, uniting us with clergy, religious and laity around the world in the praise of God.
I’m convinced that boredom is at the root of many of the Church’s ills.
Star designer-turned-tailor of the liturgical-garment world says, ‘God drew me in through beauty.’
‘In the liturgy of the New Covenant every liturgical action, especially the celebration of the Eucharist and the sacraments, is an encounter between Christ and the Church’ (CCC 1097)
COMMENTARY: Liturgical Christianity has given me everything my heart had longed for in prayer.
COMMENTARY: The central question, Pope Francis asks in his recent document, is how do we learn to pray and live the liturgy?
In the letter, Pope Francis called for liturgical formation beyond the academic environment to be accessible to all Catholics, in order to revive a sense of wonder at the mystery of the sacrifice of the Mass.
‘I emphasize again that the liturgical life, and the study of it, should lead to greater Church unity, not division. When the liturgical life is a bit like a banner of division, there is the stench of the devil in there, the deceiver,’ the Holy Father said April 7.
The lack of artificial lighting during the Easter vigil can be a powerful aid to prayer, raising the question of why this practice isn’t done more regularly.
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