That's great!! God bless you! If you have the little St. Joseph's Guide booklet, use it... if you are starting the LOTH now, during the octave of Christmas, it can be a bit more challenging. Take your time and you'll come to love the rewards of this prayer discipline! If you have any questions or need help, just ask!
Thank you for the detailed introduction (both in this video and in the whole playlist). My copy arrived in the mail this afternoon and I was feeling rather confused when I tried to set it up without guidance.
Because of the meticulous attention you paid to explaining this I now feel emboldened to start saying these prayers independently. Was introduced to them on retreat but didn't know how to start by myself. Currently doing them with an app, but very much looking forward to my books turning up in time for Lent. I cannot thank you enough. This was exactly what I needed.
That's fantastic! It's a very rewarding experience and you'll become comfortable with it as you pray the office regularly. God bless you and thank you for the feedback!
It really is not that hard. Ribbon placement: everything begins with the Psalter--place a ribbon there first. Place another ribbon for the Office of Readings and Proper. Place another ribbon for the repeated prayers (invitatory, our Father, different closing prayers). Place another ribbon at supplementary (afternoon) prayers (which are always the same except for very special days). Place another ribbon for Night Prayers which generally just repeats over and over. You can place a ribbon for special days. As you are learning---have an electronic version available. This will let you know the Week you are in and the day. It will also help you with the Sunday prayers I or II (remember Sunday begins Saturday evening). When you are in Advent-Christmas Time and Lent-Easter Tide--things can become tricky---but the electronic version will hold your hand, so you know that you are reading the right psalms and readings. Ordinary Time is rather straight forward. Once you place your ribbons correctly you will see that the Psalter for a specific day leads you through each hour, one page after the next. Correct ribbon placement in the Proper (begins with Office of Readings and then the readings for the rest of the day)--everything is logically and expertly placed. Learn to pray from the physical Breviary. It makes a world of difference--and YOU can do it and will be richly blessed for learning to master the physical Breviary.
Thank you so much for your awesome video. It was so helpful. I am just getting started and was having a hard time trying to figure this out and then the Lord lead me to your videos. Praying the Liturgy of the hours doesn’t seem so difficult now. I have been searching RUclips for direction and you have the most helpful step by step videos out there! Praise the Lord, God bless you.
MATINS the Morning Service and than the 1st hour is read at 6.00, the 3rd at 9.00, 6th at 12.00, 9th at 3.00pm. Than Vespers and after dinner Compline. There is also the Midnight Service at Midnight. Holy and Divine Liturgy (Holy Mass) should be celebrated between the 3rd and 6th hour. If there is no Liturgy (Mass) another Service can be read.
What is a proper? What is an ordinary? What is a commons? What is an office? I am so confused with this terminology. I have the 4 books and the guide, but it is so confusing.
Thank you so much for your explenation. This is so helpfull. May the Lord bless you. When I start praying I know now I am not the only one doing it. May know that we are in Christ praying together. Best wishes from Maaike, Living in Amsterdam.the Netherlands.
@@JMJGETTY I suggest you watch ALL of the videos. In the interest of expediency, today is Wednesday, May 11th, 2022.. you should be working from psalter page 1550 and propers page 777.
Very concerned you are combining stoicism with Catholicism- you do understand that they are not compatible? Should read more ... St Thomas Aquinas included faith and reason. Faith is at odds with Stoic thought of self determination with reason. It seems however there is a recent internet push to combine these two opposing views of stoicism and Catholic theology. Aquinas, though he used Aristotle, called him a philosopher, not a theologian for a good reason.
I appreciate how this is a real person using the books in a realistic way just as we would. This series of videos is so helpful to me!
Thanks! In a very short time it will become second nature for you. The hardest part was getting started!
To day
Found where it goes. Gosh I'm slow 🐌
Thank you so much for making these videos, Chris. I’m going to be doing the LOTH on my own so these have been great resources.
That's great!! God bless you! If you have the little St. Joseph's Guide booklet, use it... if you are starting the LOTH now, during the octave of Christmas, it can be a bit more challenging. Take your time and you'll come to love the rewards of this prayer discipline!
If you have any questions or need help, just ask!
Thank you for the detailed introduction (both in this video and in the whole playlist). My copy arrived in the mail this afternoon and I was feeling rather confused when I tried to set it up without guidance.
Because of the meticulous attention you paid to explaining this I now feel emboldened to start saying these prayers independently. Was introduced to them on retreat but didn't know how to start by myself. Currently doing them with an app, but very much looking forward to my books turning up in time for Lent. I cannot thank you enough. This was exactly what I needed.
That's fantastic! It's a very rewarding experience and you'll become comfortable with it as you pray the office regularly. God bless you and thank you for the feedback!
New to all of this. Heard prayer is important so here we go... Thank you for these videos! Needed this explained in simple way. Very helpful!
Thank you for the love and care devoted to teaching the liturgy of the hours.
Thank you! I hope the rest of the videos help you through it!
It really is not that hard. Ribbon placement: everything begins with the Psalter--place a ribbon there first. Place another ribbon for the Office of Readings and Proper. Place another ribbon for the repeated prayers (invitatory, our Father, different closing prayers). Place another ribbon at supplementary (afternoon) prayers (which are always the same except for very special days). Place another ribbon for Night Prayers which generally just repeats over and over. You can place a ribbon for special days. As you are learning---have an electronic version available. This will let you know the Week you are in and the day. It will also help you with the Sunday prayers I or II (remember Sunday begins Saturday evening). When you are in Advent-Christmas Time and Lent-Easter Tide--things can become tricky---but the electronic version will hold your hand, so you know that you are reading the right psalms and readings. Ordinary Time is rather straight forward. Once you place your ribbons correctly you will see that the Psalter for a specific day leads you through each hour, one page after the next. Correct ribbon placement in the Proper (begins with Office of Readings and then the readings for the rest of the day)--everything is logically and expertly placed. Learn to pray from the physical Breviary. It makes a world of difference--and YOU can do it and will be richly blessed for learning to master the physical Breviary.
I like praying the hours, but this just seems unnecessarily complex...
This is great! Thanks for being so thorough and going through a real-world example!
Thanks 🙏
This was extremely helpful. Thank you!
Thank you for making these videos, Chris. They are making the process of setting up a disciplined prayer plan/activity sooo much easier.
Thanks for the positive feedback! I love to help people, so if you need any help or guidance, just hit me up and I'll try to get you sorted!
Christopher McNicholas Thank you!
Watching on August 19th 2024 and its the same.
Thank you so much for your awesome video. It was so helpful. I am just getting started and was having a hard time trying to figure this out and then the Lord lead me to your videos. Praying the Liturgy of the hours doesn’t seem so difficult now. I have been searching RUclips for direction and you have the most helpful step by step videos out there! Praise the Lord, God bless you.
MATINS the Morning Service and than the 1st hour is read at 6.00, the 3rd at 9.00, 6th at 12.00, 9th at 3.00pm. Than Vespers and after dinner Compline. There is also the Midnight Service at Midnight.
Holy and Divine Liturgy (Holy Mass) should be celebrated between the 3rd and 6th hour. If there is no Liturgy (Mass) another Service can be read.
So every day 9 Services are celebrated. Every Service has its special parts. Matins is read in dark and during the 6 psalms the light is lit.
Strong work, Christopher! +Blessings...
Thank you
What is a proper? What is an ordinary? What is a commons? What is an office? I am so confused with this terminology. I have the 4 books and the guide, but it is so confusing.
Did you view the first video in the series? I believe I cover that.
@@cmcnicholas I may have to watch the first video again.
Coming from The Book of Common Prayer this is similar, yet different. Thanks for the explanations!
How I wish I could someday afford the four volume set of the Liturgy of the Hours so I can really get serious with my faith…🥺😅
Thank you so much!!! Bkesdings, so helpfull.
Thank you so much for your explenation. This is so helpfull. May the Lord bless you. When I start praying I know now I am not the only one doing it. May know that we are in Christ praying together. Best wishes from Maaike, Living in Amsterdam.the Netherlands.
Thanks for the feedback! It truly is the "prayer of the Church" and unites us all!
Thank you so much for these videos
Thank you God Bless you
How long does it usually take to say the Morning Prayers lets say? Or evening...
Once you get into the rhythm, and with some experience, 10-15 minutes maximum. Probably closer to 10...
I am still confused where my yellow ribbon goes.
Yellow goes in the Night Prayer section... it's before the red
Thank you SOOOO much!!!!
In what book are we rigth now?
#3 - Ordinary Time
Can I used green ribbon for ordinary time and blue ribbon for night prayer?
You can set the ribbons any way you'd like! I just do mine that way because I don't like seeing my ribbons crossed at the spine of the book!
@@cmcnicholas I’m so lost. On page 1046 volume II Where are the Hymms to sing and Palmsomody, Verses and readings?
@@JMJGETTY I suggest you watch ALL of the videos. In the interest of expediency, today is Wednesday, May 11th, 2022.. you should be working from psalter page 1550 and propers page 777.
@@cmcnicholas I so love that you respond even though you made this video several years ago. Thank you! I will watch ALL the videos.
Very concerned you are combining stoicism with Catholicism- you do understand that they are not compatible? Should read more ... St Thomas Aquinas included faith and reason. Faith is at odds with Stoic thought of self determination with reason. It seems however there is a recent internet push to combine these two opposing views of stoicism and Catholic theology. Aquinas, though he used Aristotle, called him a philosopher, not a theologian for a good reason.
Shut up, fool.