Liturgy of the Hours

for the most part written either by monks or by men who belonged to the aristocracy or were men of great wealth. The importance of reading in the Middle Ages can also be understood relative to the performance of the liturgy which was an important part of religious duties. The liturgy consisted of memorising and reciting text in Latin and also the recitation of the psalter, all part of religious services that were carried out in these places. These practices were also based upon a fixed regimen…

The Eucharist as a Sacrifice On the night before Jesus suffered on the cross, He shared one last meal with his disciples. It is during this meal that the sacrament of His Body and Blood was instituted. It is now commonly known as the sacrament of the Eucharist. He did this in order to preserve it throughout the ages and to entrust to the church a memorial of his sacrifice for us through death. It is a memorial in the sense that it makes present the sacrifice which Christ offered to God, on the…

examination, and respiratory. These different approaches to practicing prayer help engage students in different ways to think about and relate to God through fresh approaches. King also suggest the use of prayer ropes, postures and signing, icons and hours as a physical means of practicing prayer. Presence-Centered youth ministry also approaches scripture differently through the practices of storytelling, sacred reading and Lecto Divina which encourage students to think about and engage the Word…

As a young mother who was very involved in apostolic efforts, I had felt the need to deepen my spiritual life, first by praying the liturgy of the hours and attending daily Mass, followed by beginning spiritual direction. However, I hungered for more and identified this as a call to participate in the structure and community enjoyed by members of third orders and lay movements. I was fortunate…

Personal Theology: A Garden of Community Lucy Atkinson Rose’s idea of the sermonic moment continues to strike me as a new and powerful method of developing relationships through sermons. Atkinson Rose proposes the following: “One form of preaching aims to gather the community of faith around the Word where the central conversations of the people of God are fostered and refocused week after week.” In suggesting that we rethink sermons as a shared experience of Truth, rather than truth from the…

Cathedrals have always been a part of religion. “A cathedral is a large church where a bishop has his seat” (Lehmberg 3). There are many different types of cathedrals out there. The two that really stand out are the monastic and secular Cathedrals. Although the monastic and secular cathedrals originated from the same idea, they had their own beliefs to uphold. “The monastic cathedrals were priories” (Lehmberg 262). This meant that it was governed by rich prominent men such as chief…

cement plants. The federal government began trying to desegregate Phoenix in the 1970s, but my parents stayed south. They didn’t have much of a choice: they were priced out of anywhere else. Right out of high school, my dad began putting in long hours driving a garbage truck for one of South Phoenix’s many landfills. My mom balanced full-time mothering with part-time work as a Spanish-language call center rep. Neither had the chance to go to college. Yet I went to Stanford and, in fact,…

Sophia Vietti Ms. Hickey, Latin 4-20-18 2nd Hour, Latin II The oresteia and the Athenian legal system The Oresteia, an Ancient Greek manuscript, is a follow up of the book “The Iphigenia” and follows his wife, Queen Clytemnestra’s, murder of Agamemnon after the Trojan war. The story of the Oresteia is a long Greek play made to explain the new Athenian legal system supposedly made by the goddess Athena in the third act of the play. The main idea of the Oresteia is that injustice and…

How did it all begin? I always prayed for health, protection, and wisdom for myself and others as part of daily devotions as long as I can remember. In college, we studied the liturgy for healing ministry even though I had never seen it practiced in the worship life of the Church. Shortly after arriving in my first pastoral assignment in northern Manitoba, our family acquired a beautiful Elkhound dog which turned out to be a wonderful…

Rasputin’s history revolves around controversy, mystery, and hypocrisy. Rasputin was known to be a self proclaimed religious man who held holy powers and was able to heal those who were sick. In the early 1900s, Russia was ruled by Tsar Nicholas II. Tsar Nicholas II had a son named Alexei who had hemophilia. There was no known treatment for hemophilia at the time, so the Tsar called upon Rasputin to come and heal his son. Rasputin came and magically healed Alexei, relieving him of his hemophilia…