![]() ![]() ![]() Platforms: iOS, Android, Blackberry, and Web. “iBreviary: Pro Terra Sancta.” ****1/2* (out of five) (And by the way, these are unsolicited and uncompensated reviews.) iBreviary: Pro Terra Sanctaġ. Here is a quick run down on four solid apps: one Catholic, two Anglican, and one Presbyterian. Every prayer, psalm and reading comes up effortlessly, freeing you to pray the words. All the confusion, searching and page flipping are gone. Praying this ancient way on a smart phone, iPod, or tablet has a lot of advantages. Meanwhile, you are supposed to be praying. Then you have to figure out how to get through even one “hour” or service while flipping pages to as many as four different parts of the book. You have to find a prayer-book or breviary that has the office, and in a style that suits you. However, anyone wanting to try it out faces significant challenges. Or telegraphs for that matter.Īs I describe in my book, Kneeling with Giants: Learning to Pray with History’s Best Teachers(InterVarsity Press 2012) the practice of praying along with the Church, with a liturgy and on a schedule, can have enormous benefits to your spiritual life, even if it is miles from the experience of many Protestants. Benedict be surprised to find people praying the Divine Office on their smart phones? Okay, he would be surprised if he even heard about smart phones. If you don’t own either a bound copy of the Liturgy of the Hours or a smart phone, it may be reasonable to buy the Shorter Christian Prayer instead of the 4 volume set, and use the money saved to buy a smart phone and get one of the breviary apps.“Monk” with mobile phone, by palimphread, used under cc license If you can’t sing the office in community, this is the next best thing.This app has become my morning commute companion. The office was originally done in chant, sort of a call and response format. It includes texts and audio files for the office, including chants and music. The organization also offers the Divine Office App for iPhones, Androids and other smart phones. If you’re new to the Liturgy of the hours, this would be a good place to start. You can visit this site to find not only the approved texts for the Office of the day, but audio recordings of the office as well. ![]() I especially like being able to read the office at work without having to pull out my bound breviary.įinally, the application is free versus the hundred plus dollars for the 4 volume bound set.Īnother wonderful resource is. This is a wonderful introduction to the office and even those experienced will appreciate the portability of the application. The daily office is downloaded as a whole in a beautiful, easy to read presentation and you needn’t be concerned about all the page flipping required in the bound versions. Newcomers to the breviary will appreciate the simplicity of the application. iBreviary was created by Italian priest Fr Paolo Padrini. Versions are available for iPhones, Blackberrys, Androids and other platforms. The Vatican Council for Social Communications approved an iphone/smart phone application that brings the daily office to your cell phone. Call Lee at 20 or toll free at 1-80 and they can ship your purchase to you, if you are not in the area. The Shrine Bookstore is located across the street from the Dominican House of Studies. Joseph Guide to the Liturgy of the Hours, an inexpensive booklet that lists the readings and page numbers for each day of the year. The bookstore at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception always has a complete stock of the various editions as well as the indispensable St. The Liturgy of the Hours is a four volume set that includes all the hours and all the readings. It includes all that included in the Shorter Christian Prayer and many – but not all – of the Office of Readings. The next is the one volume Christian Prayer. It includes the “hinges” of the daily Office and some may find that this is the only version they ever need. The Shorter Christian Prayer is inexpensive and simpler to use than other versions. If you are new to praying the office, this may be for you. The simplest is the Shorter Christian Prayer, which includes the four week Psalter for the morning and evening office and the Compline prayers. The Liturgy of the Hours is published in several versions. Produced and recorded by the Immaculate Conception chapter.Īvailable at the National Shrine Bookstore (1-80) or from the Dominican Bookstore. The complete and official Evening Office for the Four Sundays of the Psalter sung by Schola at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. ![]()
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