How to Pray the Liturgy of the Hours
What are the parts of the Liturgy of the Hours and how to we approach each with deeper intention?
What are the parts of the Liturgy of the Hours and how to we approach each with deeper intention?
Everyday we face numerous distractions that can take our attention and devotion away from God. This post explores how the Liturgy of the Hours helps us remain in relationship with God throughout the day.
The same Spirit that guided the prayer of the psalmist is the same Spirit that guides our prayer today. This post explores two types of psalms that afford us a model for praying for our needs and the needs of the world today.
If the Psalms help us copy the movements of the Spirit as we lift our needs and our experiences to God and the Liturgy of the Hours provides a structure for us to pray the Psalms, how do we identify intentions to bring with us to the Liturgy of the Hours?
Just as a child learns to write by copying the movements of a teacher, so we can learn to pray by copying the movements of the Holy Spirit. The Psalms offer us a way to discover the movements of the Spirit in our own prayer life.
Catholic clergy and most consecrated religious are required to pray the Liturgy of the Hours on a daily basis. Why should the laity also consider praying the Liturgy of the Hours?
Why do Augustinians pray the Liturgy of the Hours and how does that reason relate to the laity? The next series of posts will explore how Augustinian Spirituality invites all members of the Body of Christ to pray the psalms through the Liturgy of the Hours.
We all face difficult relationships. Do we give up on those we find difficult to work or live with, or do we remain hopeful that one day the grace of God will heal those relationships? Augustine invites us to remain optimistic.
Mass Incarceration impacts all of us as it perpetuates the root causes of crime. What can we do about it as a community of faith?
We are living in a time when people are very divided over complex issues in which there really are no easy answers. Scripture and Saint Augustine offer us the virtue of humility as a path to unity and our common search for truth.
We live in a time when our future seems more uncertain than ever. Where do we place our hope and trust?
Why does it seem we are always looking for more? Saint Augustine invites us to reflect on where it is we are looking for fulfillment.
What is stopping us from becoming our best selves? Augustine invites us to reflect on what it is that we are attached to.
Both Augustine and Monica found tremendous hope as they discovered how deeply God cared for them and those they loved. We too can find this same hope for you lives and the lives of those we love.
We all have the power to heal others. What gifts of healing have you been given?
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