Back to Ordinary Time

I had to go back to the first Ordinary Time volume in the breviary set today, and realized that I had made it all the way through the Lent/Easter volume.  That is the first time ever that I have made it through an entire volume of the breviary!  Actually, at Mass last week the priest [...]

Sing to the Lord

“My heart and my flesh, alleluia. –Rejoice in the living God, alleluia.” This was the verse from the Office of Readings yesterday, and I spent a while wondering about what it would mean for your flesh to rejoice. This morning, as I read in Psalm 144, “To you, O God, will I [...]

Breviary experiment working out so far

I have been saying Morning Prayer every morning this year, and that is a pretty ingrained habit by now. My husband and I say it together, first thing after we drink our morning coffee. That’s one key we have found to helping make something into a habit: attach it mentally to something [...]

Tuesday of Holy Week

“Wait for the Lord to lead, then follow in His way.”  This antiphon from the Office of Readings for today really struck me.  There are two parts here.  First, “wait for the Lord to lead”:  instead of making decisions without prayer, or considering whether this is the right thing to do, make your decisions based [...]