Divine Office

I have only been introduced to the divine office prayers two times before I downloaded this app. It is laid out in a way that is very easy to understand, and there is an audio option that will say all of the prayers. There is an option to set reminders throughout the day. I got this because, i didn’t really know how to say the divine office, and I didn’t know what prayer books I needed to purchase to begin. During the shutting down of churches for covid :( this has been a wonderful resource. One cool feature is that you can tap on the “in prayer” link and see little specks of light around the globe lighting up in the area that someone else is praying. It’s so cool to see everyone praying with you and is a powerful reminder that we are all connected and unified in Christ’s mystical body.

Simply put, this app can help you build a disciplined, regular, daily prayer life. Those who excel in anything are disciplined and regular in their pursuit of their goal. It may be losing weight, it may be learning to play an instrument, it could be any number of things. So too with prayer. If you seek a true. personal relationship with Jesus, you can’t beat the official, daily prayer of the true church, the Catholic (Universal) Church that Jesus Himself established. The Psalms are the very prayers Jesus said, the Scripture readings are the inspired works of the early builders of the Mystical Body of the Church. Live now for eternity! All die, and all choose how they will spend eternity. It’s up to you; Jesus opened the door with the key of His Cross. Now, you need to walk through that door with the Divine Office. Do it!!

This app offers incredibly well-produced recordings to help you pray the Offices that have been prayed by monks, priests and women-religious for centuries. It makes it easy to connect with God in the privacy of your home, which is especially useful during a pandemic! Much more meditative than a parish mass. I have tried to do the Liturgy of the Hours with books in the past, and it’s confusing and hard to do on your own. This app makes it a breeze. The people who produced every liturgy (matins, compline, etc.) for every day in a couple-year cycle have given the world an amazing gift. There is no secret cost, but a simple occasional request for a donation to keep the electronic resource going. I LOVE this! Best spiritual support ever.

Prayer and contemplation are so much easier when you have beautiful sacred music and a true prayer of the Liturgy. I am only sorry that I waited so long for me to finally submit my thoughts. It took this Virus for me to be locked up at home and finally get to the things that get pushed aside and this sadly was one of them. I want to give my thanks to the developers of this app and all who lend their voices to The Lord. I especially love how the hymns are sung, many times the songs bring me to tears. Keep up the great work and I look forward to praying with all of you who join our voices for the Glory of God!

I bought another app (the readings are taken from the Jerusalem Bible) but I returned to this app. I thought the other one was better but I realized I like the readings taken from the New American Bible. Sometimes I close my eyes while praying it but a guy and a woman do not pronounce very well the last syllables and got distracted and I ended up opening my eyes which I think decreases my concentration. Later on I got used to them although I still think I like to hear them pronouncing the last syllables especially when the letter “s” is the last letter of the word. Would you believe I can now sing the Te Deum with my eyes closed! All said, I strongly recommend this app. Thank you for helping us in getting closer to our God. May your thrive increase!