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 to do when the Liturgy of the Hours becomes–due to our own defects–routine and boring.
Daria Sockey is a freelance writer from western Pennsylvania. Her articles have appeared in many Catholic publications. She authored several of the original Ignatius Press Faith and Life catechisms in the 1980s, and more recently wrote five study guides for saints' lives DVDs distributed by Ignatius Press. She now writes regularly for the newly revamped Catholic Digest. Her newest book, The Everyday Catholic's Guide to the Liturgy of the Hours, will be published by Servant Books this spring. Feel Free to email her at thesockeys@gmail.com