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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Punctuation can make a world of difference in our understanding of written communication. Consider, for example, the following sentences: “Let’s eat, Uncle Larry!” and “Let’s eat Uncle Larry!” Each ...

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 ...

A change in wording to the concluding doxology of orations in the Roman Missal, from "one God, for ever and ever" to "God, for ever and ever," took effect on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17.

Father Luigi Portarulo, left, a member of Athletica Vaticana, the Vatican's sports association, and Father Bonifacio Sarte Lopez VI of the Diocese of Rome elevate the Eucharist during a vigil Mass for ...

101 Proclamation: Blessed Be is Our God / Cathédrale Saint-Alexandre-Nevski (Paris, France). Choeurs 201 Hymn of the Cherubum / Cathédrale Saint-Alexandre-Nevski (Paris, France). Choeurs, Choir of ...