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    It is Truly Right and Just
    STM House of Prayer
    • Jul 30, 2021
    • 4 min

    It is Truly Right and Just

    In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. He called forth light and darkness, waters and dry land, plants and trees, and...
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    TOP 10 REASONS to Pray the Liturgy of the Hours (in all times and circumstances!)
    STM House of Prayer
    • Jun 26, 2021
    • 4 min

    TOP 10 REASONS to Pray the Liturgy of the Hours (in all times and circumstances!)

    In the Spring of 2020, we were just beginning to feel the spiritual effects of the COVID lockdowns and restrictions. Churches were...
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    Pope Pius XII on the Divine Office
    STM House of Prayer
    • May 21, 2021
    • 7 min

    Pope Pius XII on the Divine Office

    What follows is one of the greatest Papal teachings ever given on the Divine Office. Much of what was said in Sacrosantum Concilium from...
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    Let the Praise of God be on their Lips and a Two-edged Sword in their Hands
    STM House of Prayer
    • Mar 29, 2021
    • 4 min

    Let the Praise of God be on their Lips and a Two-edged Sword in their Hands

    At the beginning of Lent, we hosted what may become our annual Men’s Lenten Retreat with the Desert Fathers. The conferences for the...
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    Blessed Columba Marmion on the Excellence of the Divine Office
    STM House of Prayer
    • Oct 23, 2020
    • 3 min

    Blessed Columba Marmion on the Excellence of the Divine Office

    For some time I have been reading the works of Blessed Columba Marmion, a Benedictine abbot who lived from 1858 until 1923. Marmion has...
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    Should I Pray with a Book or an App?
    STM House of Prayer
    • Sep 10, 2020
    • 3 min

    Should I Pray with a Book or an App?

    Occasionally I am asked for my opinion on whether we should pray the Liturgy of the Hours with a book or an app. I always preface my...
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    Changing Adam's Course
    STM House of Prayer
    • Aug 8, 2020
    • 3 min

    Changing Adam's Course

    In the Office of Readings for Friday in the Eighteenth week of Ordinary Time, we find these penetrating words of St. John of the Cross,...
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    Holiness of the Richest Kind
    STM House of Prayer
    • Jul 31, 2020
    • 3 min

    Holiness of the Richest Kind

    In the document Lumen Gentium, we read of the universal call to holiness – “that all the faithful of Christ of whatever rank or status...
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    Catechesis and the Liturgy of the Hours
    STM House of Prayer
    • Jun 24, 2020
    • 4 min

    Catechesis and the Liturgy of the Hours

    In the Catechism of the Catholic Church, it states, “The liturgy is the summit toward which the activity of the Church is directed; it is...
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    The Perfect Novena to the Holy Spirit
    STM House of Prayer
    • May 30, 2020
    • 8 min

    The Perfect Novena to the Holy Spirit

    It was on Monday or Tuesday of this past week that I started to see social media posts with links to novenas to the Holy Spirit....
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    Remember the Deeds of the Lord
    STM House of Prayer
    • Apr 23, 2020
    • 3 min

    Remember the Deeds of the Lord

    While praying Morning Prayer yesterday (Wednesday in the Second Week of Easter), I was struck by the words of David in Psalm 77, “Will...
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    TOP 10 REASONS to Pray the Liturgy of the Hours (in a time like this!)
    STM House of Prayer
    • Mar 21, 2020
    • 4 min

    TOP 10 REASONS to Pray the Liturgy of the Hours (in a time like this!)

    We are living in strange times. I think it is safe to say that very few Catholics in the West would have ever imagined living through a...
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    Pray with the Church this Lent!
    STM House of Prayer
    • Feb 25, 2020
    • 3 min

    Pray with the Church this Lent!

    Alas, Lent has arrived! This time of year we inevitably hear questions being asked such as, Why Lent?,What is the purpose of Lent?, How...
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    The Unsurpassable Greatness and Glory of the Sacred Liturgy (Part II)
    STM House of Prayer
    • Jan 18, 2020
    • 4 min

    The Unsurpassable Greatness and Glory of the Sacred Liturgy (Part II)

    Solemn Vespers of Easter, London Oratory (newliturgicalmovement.org) In our first post, we established how it is through the Mass that...
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    The Unsurpassable Greatness and Glory of the Sacred Liturgy (Part I)
    STM House of Prayer
    • Jan 16, 2020
    • 4 min

    The Unsurpassable Greatness and Glory of the Sacred Liturgy (Part I)

    This is part one of a two part essay on the relationship between the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and the Divine Office, and how together...
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    Pray with the Church this Advent!
    STM House of Prayer
    • Dec 7, 2019
    • 3 min

    Pray with the Church this Advent!

    Come November, Christians can often be heard expressing their intentions to remain focused this year on the “reason for the season”...
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    Guéranger and The Restoration of the Office
    STM House of Prayer
    • Nov 15, 2019
    • 3 min

    Guéranger and The Restoration of the Office

    In the preface to his monumental work, The Liturgical Year (1841), Dom Prosper Guéranger speaks of the supernatural quality of the...
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    The Praise of All Saints
    STM House of Prayer
    • Nov 1, 2019
    • 2 min

    The Praise of All Saints

    On this Solemnity of All Saints, we do well to remember that the Sacred Liturgy has as one of its primary aims to join all of us to the...
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    St John Paul II on the Liturgy of the Hours
    STM House of Prayer
    • Oct 22, 2019
    • 4 min

    St John Paul II on the Liturgy of the Hours

    On today' s Memorial of St John Paul II, it seems fitting to offer several of his quotes on the Liturgy of the Hours. In more ways than...
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    A Praise of Glory
    STM House of Prayer
    • Oct 20, 2019
    • 3 min

    A Praise of Glory

    During our fall retreat a couple of weeks ago Father Joseph Mary, CSJ gave several conferences on the Psalms. Drawing from St Elizabeth...
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