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western spirituality tom s digest tom s digest whatever things you find christ s image in join yourself to them erasmus of rotterdam search menu skip to content home category archives western spirituality catholicism divine office liturgical reform liturgical spirituality ordinary form western spirituality loth second edition final update posted on october 9 2025 by tom 4 comments one of the original goals in starting this blog was to track the development of the then new project of the liturgy of the hours second edition the massive undertaking by the u s conference of catholic bishops to overhaul the current breviary in force for the roman rite in the u s and several other countries last continue reading catholicism devotions divine office liturgical reform liturgical spirituality ordinary form western spirituality this is how to do public divine offices in the roman catholic church posted on september 15 2025 by tom 2 comments pastors of souls should see to it that the chief hours especially vespers are celebrated in common in church on sundays and the more solemn feasts and the laity too are encouraged to recite the divine office either with the priests or among themselves or even individually sacrosanctum concilium 100 a friend of mine who continue reading catholicism divine office liturgical reform liturgical spirituality ordinary form western spirituality great news abbey psalms canticles back in print posted on february 6 2024 by tom leave a comment the new translation of the psalms and canticles that will be incorporated into the liturgy of the hours second edition called the abbey psalms canticles formerly the revised grail was first published upon its approval for optional liturgical use in early 2020 by usccb publications in an attractive hardcover format unfortunately with usccb shuttering continue reading catholicism divine office liturgical reform liturgical spirituality ordinary form western spirituality new breviary insert daytime and compline hymns for liturgy of the hours second edition posted on january 16 2024 by tom 2 comments i have written before about the new collaborative product of icel the usccb and gia publications the divine office hymnal published in 2023 and containing all the new translations of the liturgia horarum second typical edition s latin hymns in accurate clear crisp poetic modern english that will be included in the upcoming liturgy continue reading american culture catholicism liturgical spirituality personal western spirituality how to start a coffee hour in your parish posted on november 26 2023 by tom 3 comments part 3 of my wife s guest series on the challenges of catholic parish community building and hospitality focusing on practical tips for kickstarting your parish coffee hour in my first and second posts in this series i talked about the problems many catholic parishes are facing these days with lonely disconnected parishioners in their ranks there continue reading american culture catholicism liturgical spirituality personal western spirituality the hunger we feel along the way posted on november 25 2023 by tom 1 comment part 2 of my wife s reflections on the challenges of catholic parish community life and hospitality part 1 can be found here there are catholics among us who go to mass worship our good lord relish his presence in the eucharist are uplifted by being among so many faith filled people but then return home feeling continue reading american culture catholicism liturgical spirituality personal western spirituality if we have the eucharist why are we all so hungry posted on november 24 2023 by tom 2 comments this is part 1 of a multi part guest series by my wife mrs tom which she felt inspired to write regarding the challenges in catholic parish community life and hospitality some of us experienced the good of shared family or community life as children and maybe some people are blessed to still have that in continue reading catholicism divine office liturgical reform liturgical spirituality ordinary form western spirituality the divine office hymnal now available from gia posted on june 20 2023 by tom 1 comment great news the new collaborative publication between gia the usccb and icel titled the divine office hymnal is now available for orders on gia s website this is the fruit of many years work by icel in leading the translation into fresh accurate metrically matching contemporary but poetic english of all 294 office hymns in the continue reading catholicism divine office liturgical spirituality western spirituality make public offices normal again posted on march 25 2022 by tom 8 comments i have long ago come to think roman rite pastors simply have no legitimate general excuse not to either personally celebrate or make necessary arrangements with assistant pastors or deacons to have at least a monthly if not weekly or more public divine office in their parishes consider most offices including the major hours of lauds morning 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