Psalms

Educators take note! Here is the greatest source of wisdom. When writing about Jean Leclercq’s Love of Learning and the Desire for God, I referred to his description of the tension that exists between the  different educational approaches of the…

Finding Joy Everyday

by Daria Sockey on January 30, 2013 · 0 comments

You know those days when some verse in the day’s Divine Office jumps out at you, as if your guardian angel had gone over it with a highlighter? You notice a verse that you’d read many times before, and suddenly,…

Our brilliant Pope Benedict has given his last few general audiences on the topic of the liturgy. What he says applies equally to the Mass and to the Liturgy of the Hours. The paragraphs below are from last week’s audience.…

Catholic Calisthenics

by Daria Sockey on September 13, 2012 · 0 comments

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St. Pius X on the Divine Office

by Daria Sockey August 21, 2012

In case you missed it, today’s Office of Readings has this lovely excerpt from Divino Afflatu. It’s everything you need to know about why the psalms are just about the best prayer in the world.

Last week we discussed what…

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The Earliest Road to Prayer

by Daria Sockey August 11, 2012

From today’s Midfternoon Prayer:
Stand beside the earliest roads,ask the pathways of oldWhich is the way to good, and walk it; thus you will find rest for you souls.
Jeremiah 6:16a
There was never a time when the psalter was…

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In search of Meredith and Melanie B!

by Daria Sockey August 10, 2012

You won copies of the Night Prayerbook in the giveaway drawing.…

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The Ancient Author and You

by Daria Sockey April 11, 2012

Today’s second reading from the Office of Readings is a sermon from “an ancient author”. I always find these anonymous selections a bit frustrating, because there is no way to find out how ancient. When it’s Chrysostom, Melito of Sardis,…

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Any Divine Office Head-scratching?

by Daria Sockey March 14, 2012

 
 
 

It’s weekly Q&A time.
Anything that has you scratching your head, frowing, or slamming your breviary on the table and saying, “I just don’t get it” should be shared here. I’ll do my best to figure it…

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Blissful Justice, New Songs, Arrows

by Daria Sockey March 14, 2012

Trying to get back with the blog after a week of first world problems, mainly involving the death of my cute little netbook.I mean, having to wait my turn at the family computer–what a drag! And then, once I’m on,…

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