National Catholic Register

Liturgy of the Hours: A Meditative Dialogue on the Mystery of Christ

The Liturgy of the Hours — that sleeping giant among the laity — is starting to wake up for Catholics in the pews, says Oblate of the Virgin Mary Father Timothy Gallagher, author of A Layman’s Guide ...
National Catholic Register

Amid Revision, Liturgy of the Hours Remains Important for Laity

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has bought the copyrights to a new translation of the Psalms and canticles from Scripture that will be incorporated into the Liturgy of the Hours (LOTH), as ...
Crux

Opening up the Liturgy of the Hours helps us learn to pray

The life of prayer of the Christian disciple is not a disorganized, loose act of personal whim or preference. Christian prayer is born from a personal encounter with Jesus Christ. It is grounded upon ...
Crux

Bishops consider Liturgy of the Hours, penance, Marian translations

Father Wesbee Victor smiles as he celebrates his first Mass as a priest May 29, 2021, at St. Catherine of Genoa Church in New York City. Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Father Victor, 31, was one of 10 ...
National Catholic Reporter

Bishops approve new hymn texts for the Liturgy of the Hours

The U.S. bishops voted to approve close to 300 new hymn texts for the Liturgy of the Hours. The Nov. 12 vote was 205-5 with two abstentions. The proposal needed two-thirds of the Latin-rite bishops to ...