How to Start Praying the Liturgy of the Hours

[@russmode]

Started LOH as a lay person about 2 months ago, and during lent, made a vow to "attend a few more weekday masses.." well..I never missed a single weekday mass in 7 weeks, plus regular Sunday mass, and stayed with LOH, morning and evening prayer, nearly everyday. With lent being over, considered missing Monday weekday mass..I couldn't do it, I left late after rethinking and still made it just 10 mins late, the Holy Spirit is intensifying my passion for our beloved faith..glory be to God.

[@cyoungledesma]

2-25-23 started LOH for Lent. Daily Mass. Daily scriptural Rosary. Divine Mercy Chaplet at 3pm. 😅

[@PatrickSteil]

Inspiring, thank you!

[@TheAAnne123]

WoooooHooooo❣️❣️❣️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@WayneSorbelli]

God Bless 🙏🏻✝️

[@lulabella9249]

The KZbin channel Sing the Hours does an amazing job of the Liturgy of the Hours. I listen and sing along morning and night.

[@jamesupton4996]

Totally agree

[@ABB14-11]

Highly recommend this channel!

[@margaretinsydney3856]

I recommend Sing the Hours too. Their voices are so beautiful and they do the chant basically in a traditional way with enough modern touches to keep it exciting. They seem to do just Lauds and Vespers so it's a good place to start. They should have thousands and thousands of listeners.

[@cyoungledesma]

Thanks

[@PatrickSteil]

Thanks!

[@MissyPress]

Just paid for my subscription, I'm very excited! As a Jewish convert to Catholicism, I know this will continue to deepen my faith.

[@rhwinner]

I converted 40 years ago. It hasn't been an easy life, but it has been immensely rewarding and beautiful. Bless you! 🙏❤️🙏

[@ntmn8444]

Welcome home!

[@DarkAngel-cj6sx]

Welcome home

[@wilshirewarrior2783]

My conversion was when I was 49 years ols and I never have looked back.

[@lovelylady0]

Welcome Home!

[@joydurham5437]

Three years ago, after having my second child, i battled immense spiritual darkness. I went to a nearby monastery and learned from watching them what Liturgy of the Hours was and how they organized their lives around God. I began to pray along as best I could (as you said, Brandon, it was very complex). It was a powerful point of contact for Grace in my life that helped me wade through and come out of that dark time. Thank you for making this more accessible!

[@arryserrano4373]

🕊🙏🏼❤️

[@Desta4508]

Amazing

[@russmode]

A task to take the LOH all on at once, when learning, just start with one set, morning, evening, or office..then go from there..

[@JeepRide08]

I just started yesterday. I will do anything and everything to get closer to God. I want to remain on fire for Him. Thank you for this gift.

[@Bleu-en2bf]

Thank you Bishop! I am Greek Orthodox and I pray the Hours. I knew Catholic nuns that taught me these prayers many years ago.⭐

[@JohnR.T.B.]

Bishop Barron is a walking library, and we thank you for God's gifts to Bishop Barron and also to the other Bishops, Priests, religious brothers and sisters, and the faithful each with his/her own talent God has given for the building up of the Church. The habituation of virtuous deeds is true, we need discipline and the hearts and minds that have God at the center. In today's cultures people are being drawn away from a life of discipline, endurance, patience, acceptance for "shortcuts" into something else as part of an escape from duties, reality, and the cross that we need to carry.

[@johnpaul6983]

Been praying the Liturgy of the Hours for 2 years. Beautiful prayer. Praying on behalf of the Church, for the sake of the Church and with the Church.

[@bahavamoss8372]

I am a lay person and i do the Liturgy of the Hours because i find it beautiful.

[@CatholicChickAZ]

Me too, I love it. I haven’t had any success with getting my other parishioners to get into it. I told them I would teach them and they just gave me a no thanks.

[@shaineyj]

I am from Orthodox Church and we do the 5 hours everyday as laity. In the morning we do morning, 3rd & 6th before leaving the house. We do vespers & compline in the evening. It’s indeed a blessing and gives a lot of comfort & strength to recite the Psalms & prayers

[@MLuisa]

I have prayed the Vespers since I was 14. Now I am more than 40 and I pray the complete office. I thank this video because we are always in the beginning.

[@mathieulachance3120]

Serouisly, i felt so honored and consoled, i just wanted to say thanks 🥺

[@catholicprodigal]

LOH is such a blessing I do all of them. Then at midnight I pray the rosary Novena with prayers to my birthday Saint John Joseph of the cross ❤ My life has changed tremendously! I was healed from a tumor.

[@CatholicChickAZ]

Awesome!! Do you have any suggestions or recommendations on how to help our friends in the church adopt this practice? I haven’t had any luck.

[@catholicprodigal]

@@CatholicChickAZ There is an app that you can set alarms for, this has helped me with holding me accountable. The app is called divine office.

[@leslie5161]

As a Secular Discalced Carmelite, we are required to pray Morning and Evening prayer. With Compline strongly encouraged.

[@Apriluser]

My husband and I, as converts to the Anglican Church (ACNA) several years ago, began praying the Daily Office, where we pray 4 times a day and read the daily lectionary twice a day (That takes us thru the OT yearly, NT twice a year, and the Psalms monthly). It has lead us to what we would call a “deeper conversion”. Prayers for your listeners to begin this liturgy of life and grow deeper in their faith and relationship with God!

[@engineer4god470]

I love the liturgy of the hours. A friend, also a layman, introduced me to it and now I pray the whole thing! I actually like using the ribbons. There's a sort of beauty in moving the ribbons.

[@CatholicChickAZ]

Yes there is. I love praying the LOTH also, I think we become addicted to it, best addiction Ever!😂

[@CatholicChickAZ]

This is fantastic for new people who are learning! It took me 5 months to learn it. I pray it every day, I love it and can’t start my day without Office of Readings and Morning prayers.

[@catlady7183]

When I was discerning religous life, I learned how to do loh and I still do it to this day after having had left, it's a great way to fuel my faith. It's lile my spiritual oxygen or food that gets me going

[@albertaowusu3536]

7 original hours then St Benedict added Compline. The Little Hours for various devotions are also very good.❤

[@alanbourbeau24]

Praying Liturgy of the hours was something new to me and I didn’t understand from the beginning but after talking to several Catholic clergy members such as priests and Deacons and even a seminarian student who’s in the process of becoming a ordained Catholic priest.

[@mariepeticca4789]

Christian Prayer is what I follow. It’s beautiful and I use the Guide for daily use. Thank you for your Words on Fire!

[@CatholicChickAZ]

Yes, the guides are a lifesaver!

[@elenaeich]

As a lay person I received the idea of praying the liturgy of the hours as a form of sacrifice. I had asked a priest to help me develop something more as an offering to the Lord. He asked me if I prayed the liturgy of the hours and I said no. But it never became clear to me until I heard Bishop Baron mentioned that as priests they are obligated to pray it for others. That really helps because that is the desire I have in my heart, to pray for others. There are so many that do not pray and that’s where my longing comes from. I want to thank you for helping me to understand that. It’s great to know that as a person I can do something like this for my brothers and sisters.

[@ntmn8444]

I’ve been trying to figure it out for months. It was put into my heart to pray it, but omg I don’t want to use my phone. It doesn’t look right to pray it from my phone.

[@lymphomasurvive]

@@ntmn8444 St Thomas More House of Prayer has a very simple guide of what pages in what order that you can print.

[@cyoungledesma]

Great comment!

[@mariasquarepants8532]

I love the youtube channel sing the hours. Paul does such an amazing job! ❤️ morning and evening every day. I don’t skip the ads to help him fund his wonderful work! I hope someone finds this helpful ❤️🙏🏼

[@Winston-op5de]

Thank you Bishop Barron for this beautiful presentation of the LOH. You have inspired the people watching this episode to really try the LOH. You are a blessing to our Holy Church. You have a way to inspire people to love our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, His mother and our Saints, at a deeper level. May God bless you.

[@ejavenger]

Yes. Solemnities, Memorials and Feasts can trip you up. I strive to pray the whole LOTH daily prayers but most times as a lay person I do my Morning, Evening and Night Prayers. But I understand how at first it seems overwhelming especially during those Solemnities etc. But it is well worth it spiritually and I look forward each day to praying the prayer of the church.

[@CatholicChickAZ]

I pray it too. I love it, can’t do without it.

[@breebeal3344]

I really appreciate this video and the discussion between Brandon and Bishop Barron. I especially appreciate that Bishop Barron said that we are really praying the Liturgy of the Hours on behalf of others in the body of Christ. I have a mission and a passion for women and children caught in the evil of domestic violence. And the idea of praying for these victims with the Liturgy of the Hours sets my heart on fire! Thank you Brandon and Bishop Barron for these booklets coming out. I've signed up and I'm excited to pray 🙏 :)

[@ritazimmermann2918]

I used a book called “The Divine Office for Dodos: A Step By Step Guide to Praying the Liturgy of the Hours when I started praying the office 10 years ago. Still available on Amazon.

[@MFV77]

I had this but gave it to someone. I wanted another copy but couldn’t remember the name. Thank you!

[@CatholicChickAZ]

That’s a great book, it helped me learn how to pray the LOTH and it helped with the ribbons

[@jjquinn2004]

Great book. Started out with instructions for LoH book “Christian Prayer”, but struggled. Then bought another book (can’t recall the name), and didn’t “get it”. Finally got the “Dodos” book. I studied it on a lesson-by-lesson session, making notes going along. Finally learned it and over the past years, I’ve prayed it faithfully.

[@brisingrtwilighter]

I do the Divine Worship: Daily Office because I am a member of the personal ordinariate. I try my best to do Compline every day (sometimes I fall asleep midway 😂) - it does offer a sense of "closure" to the day. Right now I am trying hard to also incorporate Prime, but the struggle to wake up 10 minutes earlier is real!

[@anastasiadunaway]

I subscribed a few weeks ago, and I cannot wait to receive my first book! I returned to my Roman Catholic faith a little over a year and three months ago, and although I make a lot of time for prayer each day, I’m greatly anticipating the focus that the Liturgy of the Hours provides and the depth that it will bring to my prayer life. Bishop Barron, God bless you, and thank you so much.

[@josephinegondwe8590]

Bishop. you really inspire me. Thank you for letting God use you.

[@josephinegondwe8590]

@Yagos Uoyyhw From this comment I can sense you don’t watch such videos to learn or be edified but to criticize. I suggest if they annoy you so much, perhaps refrain and watch something that better suits your needs.

[@josephinegondwe8590]

@Yagos Uoyyhw what do you profit from telling people the “truth”? Why does it matter to you if those who follow religion are fools?

[@rogath_silayo]

Tumsifu Yesu Kristo!!!nafurahishwa Sana kuona Swahili speakers wanajifunza pia...I am from Tanzania 🇹🇿...This was very insightful and I remember to have prayed the liturgy of hours way back at the junior seminary....This was very nice and I want to restart and pray again!!!!

[@rogath_silayo]

@@josephinegondwe8590 Don't bother with this guy he might be an atheist...and he is just there to draw people's energy and he will never succeed...He is in high level of cynicism...

[@CHICOB4261]

Your Excellency Bishop Barron, I truly enjoy maybe more appropriately hunger for each video you and your “crew” produce. I have begun praying the rosary and now I am going to start praying the liturgy of the hours or “Liturgia Horarum” this may not sound to amazing to most but for a 58 year old LEO and US Marine (retired) I have felt a calling or maybe a greater desire to know the Lord. Thank you for your faith. Your brother in Christ.

[@cyoungledesma]

Try the scriptural rosary. It adds meaning behind each Hail Mary 😊

[@brendamyc3057]

I love the liturgy of the hours because it puts one in the Roman calendar and the feasts of the Saints. The liturgy of the Hours gives a little blurb on the lives and ministry of each Saint. It also connects one with God through the psalms. It helps one talk to God and think like He does. It really does help one get into the order of the day. I do morning and evening prayer. So it helps one get a prayer life. I start with morning prayer, then mass, then rosary...do the work of the day then evening prayer and night prayer and the Divine Mercy Chaplet. Now it’s all good 😌👍🙏

[@tomgervasi4653]

This is great for the Church. I love the four volume set and the one volume Christian Prayer, but your version is going to be perfect for the average person. Great idea.

[@joedavis7692]

Well, I’ve enjoyed the one volume for several years. I think we may try this for ease of use. We are retired and proudly consider ourselves among the average readers as mentioned previously. I’m reminded of Lincoln’s comment that the Lord preferred the average person, that’s why he made so many of them!

[@tomgervasi4653]

@@joedavis7692 Anyone who has spent time and effort to learn Christian Prayer or 4 volume version has somewhat more dedication and/or intellectual courage than the average person, in my estimation. This definitely includes you my friend, you're no average Joe! I do not intend to disparage the regular person, but most people I know are more casual. Some barely if ever read books at all. Others I can picture are very dedicated personality types but might be intimidated and overwhelmed by trying to learn something like this on their own. Others might feel they are too busy in their day. I think these types I just described are the vast majority of people. This is the sort of target audience this new monthly version will be perfect for, and excited much more people will have a more accessible, user-friendly experience available to pray with us everyday!😄👍

[@CatholicChickAZ]

It took me 5 months to learn how to pray the LOTH, now it’s easy for me and my day can’t get going without Matins/Office of Readings to start it off.

[@cyoungledesma]

2-25-23 started LOH for Lent. Daily Mass. Daily scriptural Rosary. Divine Mercy Chaplet at 3pm. 😅 need to renew my faith this Lent-COVID shut downs got me into bad habits and attitudes

[@NextKingOfFootball]

How was it?

[@hardrockerfan1516]

I did my order today. I have been thinking about it since the announcement and decided that this will help me to have a deeper connection to God. God bless you all for everything your doing. Since joining the faith Easter Vigil 2017, ny life has changed.

[@donaldmartineau8176]

I do read the psalms/ proverbs/ and through the bible every single year with my wife. I have the ribboned filled 4 volume liturgy of the hours and have yet to read through 4 in one year. My goal is to do the 365 1/4!!!!

[@leslie5161]

My daughter-in-law was try3to learn to pray the Office. She walked into the. House with all the ribbons of her breviary hanging out. I smiled and said they belonged inside. No words in response but her face and body language was full of frustration and a little confusion. That was a couple of decades ago. Now she's using "Shorter Christian Prayer. Your monthly subscription will draw so many in.

[@wreloise1]

Thank you … it doesn’t depend on my feelings or my edification, I’m praying for the Church 🙏🏾❤️🙏🏾

[@STRENGTHFROMABOVE]

There’s a lot of noise these days, a lot of drama, things we can get pulled into: worry, offense, doubt, jealousy. That may be around us, but it doesn’t have to get in us. Pay attention to what you’re allowing in your spirit. Just because there’s strife, division, that doesn’t mean it has to get in you. Stay on the high road. Don’t take that bait. Maybe at work, you could be frustrated: there’s politics, people aren’t treating your right. It’s easy to let that sour your day, so you come home negative. No, clear out that clutter. Your time is too valuable to live it offended, upset. Life is flying by. We can never get this day back. Live it in peace; live it in faith. Thanks for reading this comment, I hope you are blessed and uplifted by it. We are a new and growing channel, your support and blessings is much appreciated. Thanks and God bless you. Amen

[@marytaylor5381]

So true! God help us!

[@HanNguyen-vg1fq]

God did amazing thing on me! Praise to You Lord Jesus Christ for your everlasting love not only for me but also for the whole world! Thy will be done! Thank you Jesus, Bishop Barron and Brandon! May God bless word on fire always!

[@TracyLalonde]

This video reminded me that it's time for my Evening Prayer!

[@erwindimitribourdettexavie9579]

You're praying on behalf of the church ⛪️. So powerful 🙏 .

[@henrys5582]

Lead kindly light

[@tomsaltsman]

A Protestant taught me this: "Your will is the engine that pulls the train. Your feelings are the caboose."

[@suzannebickford4253]

Please consider making WOF LOTH available in Canada - so many of us want and need this!

[@wrenlittle8826]

I have lapsed quite a bit and I hope this can help me start over again praying the breviary. I have the one volume Christian Prayer one.

[@brendamyc3057]

Ribbon your day!!!

[@speech4969]

Laudate is also an amazing app that has the Liturgy of the Hours😊 speaking of which I’m going to start praying it again thanks for the reminder!

[@JuanMartinez-xl2oj]

I got myself a copy of the Liturgy of the Hours, got one of the guides to help me figure it out, but have been overwhelmed and confused. I can't wait to get this in the mail, I think it may prove to be a learning tool for me, thanks for your work!

[@CatholicChickAZ]

Yes, this will help, it took me 5 months to finally get the hang of the rubrics.

[@alinacash786]

I have been confused about this topic. Father Mike spoke of it but didn’t expand. Thank you so much for speaking about this topic/practice.

[@jeffrendell]

I started doing this naturally as a way to get back to sleep at night. Interested to learn more thank you.

[@ig9038]

St. Margaret of Castello, knew all the Psalms by memory and she was blind.

[@MargaretUIUC]

One of my favorite saints!

[@albertaowusu3536]

That's what I like about the moslems. I wish I had been made to memorize the psalms as a child.

[@saveamerica423]

Awesome video. I just recently started dabbling in the Divine Office. Still a bit confusing but this helps alot. God Bless

[@hemsty2]

I have the iBreviary app on my iPhone which is a good place to find the Liturgy of the Hours and its always correct for the day

[@fabibtncrt2]

I received my first monthly LOH book today, and it is precisely what I have been looking for online and at catholic bookstores and had not been able to find. I am looking forward to getting started!

[@ronnestman4696]

I can really use this resource. I signed up and can’t wait to get started. God bless Bishop Barron and Word on Fire ministries 🙏🏻❤️✝️

[@cyoungledesma]

So how did it go? I’m doing them this tear 2-25-23

[@lornavaughan1684]

Thank you Bishop Barron and Brandon. I always enjoy listening to both of you on Word on Fire show. Bishop Barron, tell me some of the prayers you say every day, because i want to say the same prayers that you are saying every day. Thank you and GOD bless you both. Stay safe. ➕❤

[@samrogers9515]

I will to start the liturgy of the hours.

[@sstritmatter2158]

I miss praying this in a community. It reminds me of being in a sailboat as it pitches and descends along the waves as one side prays a stanza then the next and together the response. The sea has many moods just like where we are in life on any particular day. Maybe you are elated to pray it and the Office of Readings were speaking just for you and other days it's the routine of things then other days you'd rather finish reading another book and not get off the couch. Well there are tropical seas, stormy seas and fair seas. It's all an adventure no matter what and worth the trip - It's great!

[@CatholicChickAZ]

Great analogy!!

[@anthonylangford7797]

I once mentioned to a priest I try and pray some of the LOTHs and he seemed less than impressed as if it's for clergy only. I love praying the office!

[@karinaeichmann1595]

Subscribed, thank you for creating an easier way for more catholics to pray the hours!

[@michelelewis5666]

“That must be a good book!” You bet it is!!😇

[@sara505sings]

I had been praying the morning liturgy of the hours sporadically for a few years and then for Lent 2021 I made the commitment to chant Lauds every morning, in fact I made the commitment to record it and make a video each morning, combining my photography with my music. It was life-changing and helped to take me out of a very dark place, as many of us were during 2020 and 2021. I went on to record the morning prayers for all of lent, the octave of easter, Eastertide, the four weeks of ordinary time, Advent, and Christmas. I'm also working on recording Compline. To me, the Psalms are among the most powerful words in the Bible, expressing and affirming every human experience as well as the existence of and our relationship with God Almighty. I firmly believe that if humanity were to immerse itself in the Psalms on a daily basis, all the psychotherapists would go out of business. I taught myself how to chant the office from the Mundelein Psalter by Samuel Weber. I highly recommend it. And now that I have most days recorded I can pray along with the recordings in the morning and listen through the day as I walk or ride my bike or do housework.

[@CatholicChickAZ]

Wow fantastic! I love the LOTH too , I wish I was like you and could chant it, how fantastic.

[@sara505sings]

@@CatholicChickAZ not that difficult to learn . There are lots of resources out there.

[@eltesto]

This book looks really good, i use my phone whenever i pray my office...wish it was available in South Africa.

[@florencedcosta8295]

Thank you Archbishop Baron.

[@harryoesep3086]

Hi Brandon, do you have an electronic copy. I am in Sydney.

[@constancemartin933]

I was sad to find out WOF LOTH subscription is not available in Canada..maybe it will be eventually. Years ago I bought the 4 book set, but it baffled me with all the page flipping and having to keep track of the multiple ribbons. Please make your LOTH accessible to Canadians.🙏🏻

[@BrendanMCorkery]

And from Europe I echo the hope that this will be made available internationally soon too 🙏

[@blindknitter]

Just to let you know, there's a Saint Joseph booklet from Catholic Publishing Company which will give you the 2024 dates, which makes it easier.

[@1984SheepDog]

The little office of the BVM is good as well

[@CatholicChickAZ]

Yes it is, I love that one also especially during Advent and Christmastide.

[@katpellot7646]

Been using iBreviary and Sing the Hours podcast/KZbin. It’s been a wonderful way to deepen my prayer life. Thank your for this video!

[@teresalau9845]

thank you.

[@byrnedegrandpre8884]

Excellent discussion Answer to question on prayer was weak this week

[@MrColinwith1L]

It is not a huge barrier of entry, nor that complicated. It simply requires one to take the time to understand its basic structure. You can find various guides in print, online and even on KZbin. Once you learn the ropes its very easy. Not to discount those who never attended college, but if you could complete a bachelors, you could figure out the ribbons and understand the readings. I started myself when I was still halfway through college.

[@marchand5223]

I’m sold. Subscribed!

[@moirapetroni8131]

Thank you Bishop Baron I can finally pray the Liturgy of the Hours without getting myself in a tizzy! I have my first book and cannot wait to start it in June 🙏❤️🙏

[@ea6577]

Started reading mine today!!❤️‍🔥

[@peterpham6110]

I really love to praying the liturgy of the hours by English but in my country so difficult to buy this books .

[@CatholicChickAZ]

There’s an app called the Divine Office and it even has sound, so you get to pray it with other people. And it’s a free app!!

[@petergreen8477]

A number of my fellow Anglicans use the Divine Office - as do I. I value it immensely. I suspect that the USA uses a better translation of various parts of the Office than is standard in the UK/Ireland. I find it hard saying Compline shortly before going to bed - I’m usually too tired, so it say it mid evening. I find it helps to sing the hymn. I also look at the Mundelein Psalter with some reverence. At some point I will gather the confidence to integrate it into my recitation of the Office. However, one of the things I emphasise to those who come to sample it is that it is NOT an expressive form of prayer - it doesn’t start from where I am emotionally. This (amongst other things) makes it a major exercise in empathy. I might be feeling cheerful, but a psalm expressing agony is set as part of the Office for that hour: if I’m not experiencing that agony, it reminds me that there are others who are. My fellow Anglicans would call the more complicated Offices (almost invariably on major feasts), “Roman knitting”!

[@banditnip0345]

What Bishop Barron's saying about habituation sounds about like faking it until you make it, sort of which helped me.

[@rhwinner]

Conversion is not a one time event. We are either turning toward God or toward our own devices at every minute of every day.

[@rebeccagunasekera2078]

Is Liturgy of the Hours available in Australia

[@Goody2ShoesRebecca]

Thank you.

[@aldente131]

When I express in prayer my needs to God I find that I can concentrate more. I have moments of clarity but after a while I forget. I don't know why. Does it ever happen to you ? I mean, cristal clear as long as you are praying. But when you stop. You lose the tuning....Is like what was that ??...

[@factotum2883]

I began praying the liturgy of the hours by muddling my way through the Christian Prayer breviary. I use the St. Joseph guide to help me find the right pages for the day but it's still easy to forget an ending antiphon or a Glory Be, or to realize that you've read the wrong reading. I found the Divine Office website really helpful to stay on track. But after a couple of years of praying the Divine office (off and on during the week) I feel like I finally have the hang of the breviary. Also I gave up on fretting about whether I was following the daily office perfectly. As long as I'm praying, I'm on the right track. Even though I don't think I need the Word on Fire Guide at this point, I still ordered a subscription to try it for at least a month. For those just starting out, the monthly books will likely be a great help, then when you've got the structure down you could revert to Christian Prayer breviary.

[@ntmn8444]

Yes!! This is what I want to do.

[@09bamasky]

I just subscribed to Word on Fire’s monthly LOTH. I’m really excited. Though, one question: How many months of this subscription will I go through before the end of the “cycle”? If my first month is September 2023, will I be able to “start over” with that Sept/2023 book eventually? Thank you!!

[@CatholicChickAZ]

Because we have a 3 year cycle, you will need to have a subscription for at least 3 years. Keep in mind if you just use those 3 over the monthly date will not match up with the week day.

[@JohnVianneyPatron]

Suggesting that a Pastor introduce the Office of the BV Mary before any masses he may say is a good idea too.

[@Coco2345ful]

I can hardly wait to get my book!

[@katpellot7646]

Great video and explanation on LotH! Thank you 🙏🏽❤️

[@marlongaciman2877]

As a baptised Catholic laity, can the Liturgy of the hours be read at my own prayer time? I often hear it chanted inside our parish. Thank you.

[@kenmcdaniel8179]

Sure it can Manu

[@cyoungledesma]

It becomes your prayer! YES!!!

[@joseorihuela8785]

Father. What's your opinion on the Little Office Of The Blessed Virgin Mary?

[@susanparker767]

Thank you 💯 God Bless you Bishop Barron and all at Word on Fire ✨🙌🏼✨ … Amen 🙏🏼

[@pan_nekdo]

22:10 That's actually not the case, Liturgy of Hours is prayed only in the Western (Latin, Roman Catholic) church. The Eastern churches have their own "Liturgy of Hours" like the Byzantine Horologion.

[@iwattguitar]

Even within the Western rite, there is a large variety. The modern Liturgy of the Hours is quite radically different from the longer Roman Breviary, which itself went through a major revision in the early 20th century. The Monastic (Benedictine) Office was/is different from the Roman Breviary (in terms of psalm distribution) and, since the modern Liturgy of the Hours, there is huge variation from monastery to monastery, with some using the old, pre-conciliar office, some using the LotH, and others using bits of both (Pluscarden Abbey, for example, maintains the old structure, including the suppressed hour or Prime, but adapted to the new calendar etc). There have been many other uses, according to religious order or place, some of which are still prayed by the Church in certain places (Mozarabic, for instance). That the Church's official liturgy is 'one prayer' or the 'prayer of the Church' does not imply one rite or one use. This has simply never, in the whole history of the Church, been the case. The psalms, of course, a central to all.

[@CatholicChickAZ]

@@iwattguitarWonderful explanation, thank you!

[@albertaowusu3536]

Everything is truncated for modern use. Vigils used to be the whole 150 hours divided into three nocturns 1st, 2nd, and 3rd vigils until lauds.

[@petergrey4151]

Personally I found the complexity of the Liturgy of the Hours so difficult that my prayer was continuously lost in trying to figure out the what, where to find it and when. So, I wasn't praying because I was so tied up in the task of navigation.

[@JohnVianneyPatron]

I like to use the print version and have now gotten used to it. (Though I've added a few extra ribbons that didn't actually come with the books). If you are struggling you can always read it off the net or from an app. It's much clearly laid out there. I am a busy priest and find that I can't say the prayers at the times I'm supposed to, so I tend to add hours when I do have the time. I say daytime and mid morning prayer together and afternoon and mid-afternoon prayer together. I normally leave the Office of Readings for my holy hour. It's more manageable that way. (I also sometimes substitute Gregorian chant for a hymn (it's the only place where flexibility is allowed).

[@cyoungledesma]

IBreviary an app on smart phone. Try it. I follow along in the book to be sure I’m doing it correctly

[@MichaelBrooksmsb400]

I prayed the LOTH ever so regularly, including the OOR, then along comes Covid19, which I believe I had it early on,, with symptoms of Mild Bronchitis, and have been fine since. My taste for prayer, including the Office was almost gone with the wind during these past few years. Livestreamed Masses did nothing, which made me think that livestreamed Adoration had the same effect. My prayer Life suffered greatly. With that said, I do have both the 4 volumes and a single volume of the LOTH....the question is; how do I rebuild a shattered Spiritual/Prayer Life?

[@sebastiengermain267]

God Bless you Michael! I experienced something similar over the past few years as well. I stopped attending Mass and my prayer life also suffered tremendously. I've found that praying the Rosary was my constant companion. It was the one prayer that I was consistently able to recite each day. It has completely changed my life. Our Blessed Mother brought me back to praying the Office every day, after I too had abandoned it for so long. I would say start small, by praying the Rosary each day. Over time, Our Lady will obtain for you the grace to pray more and more, eventually getting back to what you were doing before. Put all your trust in her. She is our Most Merciful Mother, and she is always watching out for us, leading us closer to Christ. Don't get discouraged. Sometimes, all you can offer God is what you can each day, even a little thing. That is enough. With His grace, He will do the rest. May Our Lady be with you! Praying for you brother! =)

[@cyoungledesma]

Just start! It will ignite the ember. When I read your comment I thought…omgosh it is like I wrote your comment myself. Maybe there are a lot of us feeling this way. COVID shut downs took all the wind out of my sails. I’ve been adrift on an ocean for over 2 years!

[@mohansingh4166]

Give me the liturgy of the hours as I don't have any books to follow the prayer 🙏 🙌

[@paulamorgan9920]

I hate setting up ribbons all around the book every day. I like to keep them in sections but…there aren’t enough ribbons to do this so I’ve got sticky tabs for The Ordinary section, Week I Morning Prayer, and sections specific to the season. My ribbons stay in the sections…Seasons, Psalter, Night Prayer, Saints, Commons. Now I just need to go to the ribbon or tab and I’m just moving the ribbon to the next page. No more setting them up every day. (Except for Commons)

[@cyoungledesma]

Yes tabs work great

[@CatholicChickAZ]

Great suggestion!!

[@billivanhunnik4456]

I’m trying to find this episode on the WOF podcast…can anyone share a link or an episode number?

[@billivanhunnik4456]

Found it! Episode 332 for anyone else who might be looking for it.

[@ZeniaLarsen]

I use the Universalis app as well as a few other apps. I've never used a book so I have this sense of awe about the "real thing". Anyway, I try to pray all the hours - usually it only happens once or twice per week. But I really recommend praying them - whether you use the booklets mentioned in the video or something else. It really does frame your entire life :) Loved the idea that praying with the psalms connects us to millennia of history :)

[@peterdosmith6608]

This is a marvellous talk. I had already started practising the liturgy of the hours, but only somewhat sporadically. Now I am motivated to practise it regularly. But there was no mention of the Daily Examen? I find the Daily Examen to be just as powerful a practise.

[@CatholicChickAZ]

Yes, it is in Night/Compline prayer.

[@jeanlanz2344]

Great. Thank you.

[@mariesinnecker4450]

I love un Venezuela: How can I get those books? I hace the complete liturgy of the hours from a priest, but it's a three volumes version! I would like your versión, but how do I Buy the books from here? And Bishop Barron talks on prayer, the Trinity, etc.??

[@mariesinnecker4450]

Please, Brandon, when You help us saying" World on fire, dash, etc., Coundnt You Say it more SLOWLY, please? ( after all, My native languege (?) si Spanish?

[@SuperLarisso]

​Good day! is it available only in USA? what about soft copy purchase? Thank you. I am in Guyana-Georgetown , South America!