Liturgy of the Hours Retreat

For the second time this year, Brother Aelred and Andrew will be leading a retreat on the Liturgy of the Hours on September 12 - 14 at the Palisades Retreat Center in Federal Way.

• Learn more about the Liturgy of the Hours,
• Pray them individually and in community, and 
• Discover ways and ideas to bring the Hours to your parish or school.

Andrew recently shot a promo video at the Palisades. The result is pretty amazing:

Anything but Ordinary...

Yesterday, the Church returned to Ordinary Time, but this liturgical season is anything but what we may consider "ordinary."  The recent issue of Liturgy Line, published last week, which includes many resources, liturgical formation opportunities, and information about feasts and rites during this liturgical season, signals toward that reality.  This is a time when we experience order in the liturgical year, a time when we experience Christ walking among us and transforming our lives. Anything but Ordinary.

Liturgy of the Hours

I have a confession to make as somewhat of a foreword to this post. I am not familiar with how to pray the Liturgy of the Hours (LotH). Not because there is no interest on my part, indeed quite the opposite. But yes, one who ministers in the Liturgy Office and is called to serve as a liturgical resource for the Catholic Archdiocese does not know how to pray the official public worship of the Catholic Church (aside from the Mass, of course.)
 
On that note, here's my new read that arrived a few days ago! I’m pretty excited about what seems to be a great yet simple resource that is more of a practical handbook rather than a theological guide on the LotH.

I hope and pray that this walk-through step-by-step handbook will allow me to become more familiar with the LotH, in hopes that we all may be able to “…live as we pray…” (Catechism of the Catholic Church,  # 2725)