Liturgy of the Hours

On March 18, 2012, an unlikely group of men gathered at 3:30 am in the Mormon town of Huntsville, Utah. They were Catholic Monks of the Order of Cicstercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists) performing a routine most of them have been doing for more than 60 years; rising in the middle of the night to attend Vigils and to pray together by chanting Psalms and doing the readings of the Divine Office. That night, an even more improbable person participated in the Liturgy of the Hours—a convinced atheist. I was that unbeliever. I felt completely at home, as I had participated in the same routine more than 30 years earlier when I had joined the Dominican Order as a young man beginning studies for the priesthood. On this occasion, I had made…

Michele Gelaude Friday, June 26, 2015 THEO 60250: Intro to Early Church Themes within the Martyrdom of Saint Polycarp Martyrdom, having its prominence during the third and fourth centuries, lasted for approximately 300 years under many different rulers. Emperors were intolerant toward Christianity and responded by putting Christians on trial, asking them to deny their faith or lose their life. The Christian martyrs who clung to their Christian faith showed the Spirit at work with…

Eucharist as a ritualistic task, it is significant to be reminded of the language that is typically referred to be as liturgy and, is spoken by the pastor during the Holy Communion hour. The liturgy is based on the historical narrative as contained in the gospel narrative in Luke 22:14-23 and also found in 1 Corinthians 11:23-26. The gospel narrative points out to the actions and words of Jesus, but Stookey makes a good case in stressing the importance of “do this,” and claims it something of…

Much of the world lives as a slave to exciting stimuli, which draws people into a cyclical pattern of falling into fleeting promises of happiness. Tish Harrison Warren explains this pattern and how to overcome this worldly trap in her book Liturgy of the Ordinary. Warren uses moments of difficulty in her own life to relate to the reader; for example, that she is able to find value through the mundane task of brushing her teeth or consuming leftover food. As a whole people, God created each…

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I used Habit 3 to complete the first part of this assignment by being a prioritizer, and doing something that was important, but not urgent, ahead of time. I went to church and made sure to get photo evidence of the Church to make it clear that I went. I also made a plan about when I would go, and when I would answer these questions. The comfort zone can be defined as something you do every day, security. While the courage zone is more about risk, and things you've never done. For me, this…

The life of a Benedictine monk is based on one thing necessary: quaerere Deum which means to seek God. Some of the first Benedictine monks where living in Monte Cassino in the middle of the 6th century, living under the Rule of St. Benedict himself. By the end of the 10th century, the Rule of Benedict was used mainly through England. The Benedictine monks where also called the black monks. A typical here day begins at 3:10 a.m. with the wake-up bell and after a small cup of coffee, we make our…

good enough that they could potentially beat Britain, but leaves much room for hope (Bach). He also adds a touch of religion and country pride saying that Britain may no longer exist if they lose (Bach). Lastly, “his rhetorical and literary gifts created a liturgy of hope and faith in a triumph for civilisation and freedom against barbarism. At the moment when Britain, and the idea of liberty, needed it most, he provided the leadership without which both would have been sunk. He drove a people…

Similarly within western liturgy this same consistency and daily routine of worship can be seen in the four cycles of prayer which all influence each other at some point. On a daily basis the way in which the Church worked was in a repetitive form, constituting in the Office and the Mass. The Office comprised of ceremonies during the evening and then six hours of worship between daybreak and dusk. A priest more readily practiced Mass by the 11th century on an individual basis. This meant that in…

resurrection or they were scoffing at it. Christians especially detested that both Celtic tribes of Northern Europe and Romans frequently reserved cremation for high ranking military figures. After the collapse of the Roman Empire, cremation dissipated form Europe before the seventh century. In the last quarter of the 19th century, European nationalists believed that bringing back the practice of cremation would create a stronger and more authentic individuality. They were also influenced by…