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My New Icon Corner

by David Clayton January 19, 2013

I have recently created an icon corner in my home as a focus for our family prayer. I try to sing the Liturgy of the Hours every day. We didn’t have a lot of room and the place I live…

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LIFE’S LIKE A MOVIE: THE SIMPSONS

by David January 17, 2013

Okay, so this is actually a scene from The Simpsons television show and not the movie, but hey, blogger’s privilege or something like that. Anyway, I don’t know about all of you out there who probably have perfect families, but…

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Venus and Mars at Prayer

by Daria Sockey January 16, 2013

Yesterday at the National Catholic Register blog, Simcha Fisher (a really fun and wise writer) linked  my personal  blog in an article on “Praying as a Couple.”  One of her suggestion for couples was to do part of the Divine…

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Where Have All the *!*?ing Psalms Gone?

by David Clayton January 15, 2013

The cursing psalms are not in the modern divine office  - how does this omission affect the psychology of  those in the Church? I was recently given a copy of the St Dunstan’s Psalter. It contains a 16th century arrangement…

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Ordinary Time Not Dull

by Daria Sockey January 14, 2013

First Monday in Ordinary Time. One of two Mondays in Ordinary Time with no ordinary Sunday to precede it. Trivia question: when it the other?
I’ve said it a couple of times, but it bears repeating.”Ordinary” in this context does…

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The Church Breathing

by Daria Sockey January 11, 2013

Please check out this short,  eloquent video about the Liturgy of the Hours by the Dominican Friars of the Western Province.  The testimony of the young friars about what they are learning form the Divine Office is powerful, and should…

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Economics and Culture – Catholic Social Teaching, Taxes and Art!

by David Clayton January 11, 2013

What should I read to understand this? In my last posting I suggested that I think that social and economic conditions need not be such an influential factor on the culture as some suggest. My sense is that the form…

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The Missing I App – Integrity

by Marisa Pereira January 10, 2013

I attended a funeral recently and noted a couple of things that seem routine at such events but had me thinking (nothing new here!) – For instance:

As I listened to several people speak about the deceased person’s life, I…

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Redpolls, Book Blahs, and Apocalyptic Inklings

by Daria Sockey January 9, 2013

 

It’s monthly Q&A day. For recent newcomers to this blog, that means there is no question or comment about the Liturgy of the Hours, breviaries, psalms, or the liturgical year that is too dumb to put in the comment…

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Does Mass Production and Industrialisation Automatically Mean Ugliness?

by David Clayton January 8, 2013

A look at British china and porcelain from the 18th and 19th centuries might suggest otherwise Since the period of the industrial revolution in the mid-17th century and in the 19th century when it took hold in society, I would…

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