![]() I should also note I am an international airline pilot, so my “workdays” never fall in the 9-5 category. I am not trying to “get out” of prayer time, but maximize the 1+ hour I can devote each morning and still maintain my family obligations. I also have the LOTH which I used to pray and even with Office of Readings it is much shorter. For those who have been in the habit of praying Roman Breviary, any suggestions on which hours you pray, especially in the morning? I very much enjoy the Lessons from Matins, but often wonder if the time it takes to pray the 9 Psalms each day is best use. Matins can take up to 45 minutes to pray and if I’m allotting an hour or so it doesn’t leave much time for mental prayer, rosary or any other scriptural readings. Curious what others pray in the mornings as a habit. It was my intent to pray at least an hour in the mornings. I purchased the Baronius Press 3 volume set of the Traditional Roman Breviary several months ago and though not perfect have started to figure it out. ![]() Regardless, I just don't want to give up on the spiritual good that V2 called for in joining with the Church's prayer, but I also think that the Baltimore Office is very well-made and a good fit for what I am looking for in daily prayer.Īny help or suggestions other than the Baltimore Office are much welcomed! Is that bad? I feel more at home with the variablility of the Baltimore, but it is on par with simply praying the psalms straight from my Bible, rather than joining my voice with the Church's public prayer. ![]() When I privately recite the Office of the BVM, I am still participating in the liturgical life of the Church, since the pre-V2 BVM is still the only authorized version of it, but were I to just pray the Baltimore Office, I would be detaching myself from the litugical aspect and moving into the purely devotional. My only hangup is that it is not an actual liturgical prayer. Don't get me wrong, the Gradual psalms slap every single day, but I miss many of my favorite psalms by their lack of inclusion in the BVM Office.Īll of this is to say that I am very attracted to the Little Office of Baltimore, since it is kind of crafted with all my concerns in mind. My only qualms with it, if one can say they have qualms with such a venerable tradition, is that I became very accustomed to the seasonal changes of the LOTH and the larger swath of the Psalms. Regardless, I began to pick up the Little Office of the BVM, and I very much enjoy it. It is more a translation thing for me, I think. ![]() I prayed the LOTH for two years now, and to be perfectly frank, I think I am too much on the traditionalist end of things to continue there. Ignatius of Antioch.So, here's the sitch. Catholicpedia: The Original Catholic Encyclopedia (1917) for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Hugh Feiss, OSB, The Martyrology of the Monastery of the Ascension, 2008. Richardson, (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1953), 89, Fr. Ignatius of Antioch, “To the Ephesians,” in Early Christian Fathers, ed. In them, he emphasized Christian unity- centered on the bishop and the Eucharist, and stressed the reality of Christ’s humanity and divinity. His letters are important witnesses to the life and thought of early Christians. On this grueling journey, he wrote seven surviving letters to various churches in modern-day Turkey, to Christians in Rome, and to his fellow bishop Polycarp. En route, representatives of many churches welcomed him. Ignatius held to the faith and was sent to Rome to be executed. According to tradition, he was the second bishop of Antioch, after St. Ignatius of Antioch was born in Syria around the year 50 A.D. “Yes, one and all, you should form yourselves into a choir, so that, in perfect harmony and taking your pitch from God, you may sing in unison and with one voice to the Father through Jesus Christ.” October 17 Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr Martyrdom of St Ignatius of Antioch By Anonymous, via Wikimedia Commons
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