tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post8896224551096967642..comments2024-03-25T11:09:41.538-04:00Comments on a minor friar blog: Christian PrayerBrother Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-79840461426310830992009-09-23T12:37:20.293-04:002009-09-23T12:37:20.293-04:00I also have had little instruction in praying the ...I also have had little instruction in praying the Liturgy of the Hours. I also have recently begun praying it. Thank you so much for explaining this prayer so well.<br /><br />Some of the psalms that are used could be my very words. Others psalms are words I wish I could say. Others don't seem to fit into my life at all. But looking at these psalm as Christ's prayer and not mine helps me to simply be a conduit for His prayer.<br /><br />Again, thanks... God bless you today and always...pennyantenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-84045146238322042612009-06-04T11:24:46.867-04:002009-06-04T11:24:46.867-04:00Great image, Ben. It's also freedom from the t...Great image, Ben. It's also freedom from the tyranny of the internal river of thoughts and self-dialogue!Brother Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-79678661217858652872009-06-04T11:21:22.821-04:002009-06-04T11:21:22.821-04:00A friend of mine compare prayer to a river that we...A friend of mine compare prayer to a river that we enter into that carries us along with it. I have found this to be particularly true of liturgical parayer and prayers of praise.ben in denvernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-47838005329618415792009-06-04T10:54:57.316-04:002009-06-04T10:54:57.316-04:00Everyone always talks about the GIRM, but the Gene...Everyone always talks about the GIRM, but the General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours is really worth a read. It's usually reproduced in the first volume of Liturgy of the Hours editions, or the most up-to-date version can be ordered from the bishop's conference: <br /><br />http://www.usccbpublishing.org/productdetails.cfm?sku=5-528Brother Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-4715280060827120382009-06-04T10:47:31.144-04:002009-06-04T10:47:31.144-04:00How can you pack so much insight into prayer in on...How can you pack so much insight into prayer in one blog post? I just favored the other blog too. Thanks for sharing it.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18217797935437208044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-40060940002549237572009-06-04T10:23:03.157-04:002009-06-04T10:23:03.157-04:00Thank you, Father. This makes so much sense! I...Thank you, Father. This makes so much sense! I've never had any real instruction in the LOH, just started praying it, picking up litte things here and there. Now I wish I'd asked these questions long ago!Adoronoreply@blogger.com