"Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul." ~ Psalm 143:8 Lauds is a special part of the daily prayer ...
The whole of Christian life is meant to be permeated and marked by the liturgy and the sacraments. The hallmark of the daily Catholic adult life should be that it is a liturgical life. The graces ...
I was gazing into the visions of the night, when I saw, coming on the clouds of heaven, as it were a son of man. He came to the One most venerable and was led into his presence. On him was conferred ...
Until the twentieth century, all worship in the Church of England was governed by the contents of the Book of Common Prayer (BCP), which was first published in 1549. The Book of Common Prayer is still ...
Celebrated across cultures and spiritual traditions, the pre-dawn hour of 4 AM ... a voluntary pre-dawn prayer that is deeply personal and spiritual. Christianity: Early morning prayers have ...
He quotes a passage from Deuteronomy that everyone knew, as it was the profession of faith that the pious Israelites recited daily, morning and evening: "Hear ... The kind of love of which Jesus ...
Preserving authenticity in celebrations of the Sacred Liturgy has been a prominent concern of Pope Benedict XVI (formerly known as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger) for more than 25 years. He has ...
They have seen that the rubric in the service shows that they can use the Collect as a summing up prayer which draws together the intercessions and thanksgivings before the service moves on into the ...