Praystation Portable: Your Daily Call With God
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Welcome Back Jeff!
It was great of all those volunteers to pitch in while you were away (Thanks to all!), but we’re glad you are back home safe and sound and helping us pray every day.
Let’s keep praying for all servicemen stationed in Iraq and for all who have to live the horror of violence on a daily basis.
Winner! Great Job one and all!
Congratulations on the Podcast award! Well deserved!
congratulations on the win!!
This is a very important podcast, a great way to start the day!!
I subscribed to this podcast and am trying to follow along with a book my mother gave me called “Christian Prayer”, which I believe is the bound book containing the Liturgy of the Hours.
I am finding it incredibly difficult to follow the podcast using this book, but believe it should be possible. Could you provide the outline that you use to pray the Morning and Evening prayers for this podcast? Perhaps that would make it easier to follow along.
Absolutely tremendous! A real blessing!! Thank you so much for providing this podcast - it is a fixed part of my daily routine.
Thank you for your great job.
This podcast has become an important part of my day.
I’m finding hard to switch to the new Spanish Podcast even tought it is my Native Language.
Maybe i’ll use both feeds… Having more options to help us pray shows how God is constantly serching for us trought the work of faithfull men and women willong to become His instruments.
Thanks so much for this podcast. I was having trouble saying the hours each day but this has helped me tremendously. Thanks so much. Please keep up the good work.
I love these and use them daily … I, too, try to follow along with the Liturgy of Hours books, and on some days, have difficult determining which of the options are going to be used. If there is a way that you could post either in the description or somewhere online, what options are used it would help. (For instance, Tomorrow is October 15, Memorial of Teresa of Avila .. I played the first moments to get that, but in setting my ribbons in the book, I see that you can take most from the office of Pastors, or Doctors, or Virgina), and I didn’t know if tonight would be Evening Prayer I of that memorial or Evening Prayer II for Sunday etc.)
Thanks again … and I’ll udnerstand if you can’t do this.
Lavona–
Thank you for your comments. Most of the time, memorials of the saints are taken from the daily psalter (main section of the book). Usually, the only exceptions are the invitatory antiphon and hymn. On feasts, the morning prayer comes from the Week I Sunday readings, and evening prayer from commons (back section). At the beginning of the recording, I try to clarify whether it will be Evening Prayer (EP) I, EP II, etc. If you really want to stay on top of things, though, I recommend getting a copy of the St. Joseph Guide for the Liturgy of the Hours, an annual (have to get a new one every year) pamphlet which costs a couple of bucks.
The ‘play’ link on the SQPN home page takes one to a feedburner save bookmark rather than opening an mp3 file. I just gave out the site information to someone thinking they could listen from here …
Thanks for the great work, it is so wonderful to have this to pray with when doing Morning and Evening prayer.
Having trouble downloading the files for 16 January - tried unsub and resub to no avail. Any ideas?
Thanks for helping me to pray on the go!
I’m having the same problem. Tried everything. Are Heather and I the only two having problems?
Our host Libsyn has some problems delivering the files. There’s nothing we can do than wait until they’ve solved the issue, we apologize.
It’s fixed!!!!!!!
subscribing via itunes since it i have a new one.
the downloads are erratic (not in order) and only evening prayer coming in.
You may want to hook up with these guys. You both seem to be doing the same thing!
First, and foremost, thank you. A good friend of mine turned me on to this site and it is the inspiration that has provoked me to start praying the morning and evening prayer everyday. Following your recordings along with some “cheat sheets” I made has truly helped me to understand the complexities of these prayers.
I have one question, however–one that my friend and I could not explain. Several times, you will say a different Hymn than what I have in my red “Christian Prayer” book. For example, this morning called for 14 or 5–but you did 47 (I believe). Also, over the weekend (and this was new to me–as during other days there isn’t a note on the “Lenten Season” side of the book that I flip to for readings that tells you what Hymn to use–but once I saw that, it helped–but you didn’t use the Hymn there–I believe it might have been Saturday–it called for 96 - you did 97). Is there some guide you use for Hymns?? Am I not doing it right if I am using a different Hymn?
Again–Bless you for the time you take in doing this–it is so dear to me!
Robert–
Thank you for your kind words. To answer your question: I use the hymns from the four-volume Liturgy of the Hours. I happen to have a Shorter Christian Prayer book (different from Christian Prayer book), so I often say the corresponding number for those using the SCP book. Since I don’t have the CP book, I can’t list those numbers.
On weekends not in Ordinary Time, the four-volume set specifically recommends appropriate seasonal hymns (although you could really do this throughout the week). I just typically use hymns from that section in sequential order, avoiding Latin ones so as not to embarrass myself too much.
Please let me know if this doesn’t answer your question,
Jeff
Jeff,
Again, thank you for your help and time. I have to be honest, this is all new and, at first, was extremely confusing. It was my friend that actually suggested following along with your podcast that helped me to understand.
I guess my only question is this… (and this is based upon the Christian Prayer Book)
I understand that the book is split in two (probably more as I only go back to the Lenten section) parts. You have the ordinary “4 week” section. I follow this up to the reading and then go to the suggested other part depending upon special events (in this case - Lent). Now that I am writing this, I guess I have a few more questions–so, assuming you have the time–not sure if you’d rather do this via email.
1) Assuming that I only look at these two sections for my prayer–I assume it is OK to pick the Hymn from either section–preferably the “special” section (in this case Lent). What I mean is–there isn’t anywhere else or some special circumstance that would require a different Hymn?
2) Is there a site out there that basically helps you figure out how to figure out what part of the cycle a certain day is? I know that they offer the yearly companions—but is there a rule of thumb to figure this out on my own–a web site that might teach me how to learn this?
3) I understand that this is a 4-week cycle, correct? So–is the special section a 4-week cycle too? In this case–does Lent/Easter run past the 4-week–so that I will finish the 4-week cycle and return to a week one in the ordinary–but follow along in the Lent cycle for the readin-on?
I am terribly sorry for all the questions–I am just very excited about this–and it has helped my prayer life. I was going crazy when I visited my in-laws this weekend and couldn’t download the podcasts to go along with.
You have been an inspiration!
Sincerely,
Rob
Robert,
Here is a site that gives page numbers for each day for The Christian Prayer book:
http://www.liturgyofthehours.org/todays_prayers_christian_prayer.htm
I did notice that it doesn’t give any help with the hymn issue, but it might help you with other issues you may be having.
Rob–hope this doesn’t confuse you, but here are some more answers:
- Typically, the prayers/readings are split in two only during the liturgical seasons. In ordinary time, they are together (except for the first prayer, the office of readings, which is always split up).
- For the most part, it is OK to pick hymns from either section. One exception: in the general section, some of the hymns have the word “alleluia,” and you can’t say/sing alleluia during Lent.
- Advent is easy: four weeks long. For Lent, Easter and ordinary time, use multiples of 4 to figure out which week to use (i.e., twelfth week in ordinary time uses Week IV).
- After Lent and Easter, return to the ordinary time sequence. For example, if there were three weeks of ordinary time before Lent, then after the Easter season resume the fourth week in ordinary time.
Please feel free to contact me directly at vista@medscape.com with any more questions. I do enjoy discussing these matters of our faith.
Jeff
I have been away for a while, praying on my own. I am sad to see the links gone. I don’t know a thing about subscribing. I have always come to the website and listened from there. I’m giving a talk on the Liturgy of the Hours tonight and plan to tell people about this site and ebreviary.com. Both now seem to require subscriptions. Hopefully people will still find them helpful. I’ll go back to my book I guess.
Katherine, we will look into this and come up with a solution asap.\
In the mean time, please read this short tutorial on how to subscribe to podcasts - it’s not as hard as it sounds!
http://www.sqpn.com/?page_id=12
WHERE IS THE FREE AUDIO LITURGY OF THE HOURS…MORNING & EVENING PRAYER????? CNA’T FIND IT IN YOUR NEW HOME PAGE?? IT USE TO HAVE A LITTLE CANDLE PICTURE IN OLD PAGE?? HELP I NEED IT:-)
In the article above these comments, click on the link that says
“CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF ALL RECENT PRAYERS”
That will bring you to a page where you can listen online.
as an FYI - http://www.catholicexchange.com/divine_office - may be helpful also.
Hi, this question may have already been asked and answered..so sorry if it has…I live in England and I would really REALLY like to listen to a praystation portable that uses the translation used in England and Wales. I know it was read occasionally when Jeff was away this summer and it really made a difference as I am so used to praying our translation here in England. Do you plan to offer an Anglo version in future? or do you need help? thx….Linda Jane
I hope Jeff is not ill … I’ve noticed that there have been relatively “last minute” updates and some “minor issues” that are not at all like Jeff - please know that I offer prayers for Jeff and all responsible for this unique offering. (and sincerely hope that he’s just too busy.)
I run a spirituality and worship site called “Liturgy”
http://www.liturgy.co.nz
with a growing focus on the Liturgy of the Hours at
http://www.liturgy.co.nz/ofthehours/resources.html
and a variety of online resources at
http://www.liturgy.co.nz/virtualchurch/chapel.html
I am hoping you will visit this site
and consider linking to these pages.
Let me know so I acknowledge this and link back if you wish.
Blessings on your venture
Awesome, Awesome, Awesome Podcast! Thank you so much! I tell all my friends about this podcast. I do have one request, and that is to please slow down a bit so I can pray with you a little easier, especially on the Our Father’s, Glory Be’s, the Magnificat, etc. The Psalms and such are at a good pace because when praying in my car, I just listen to those and meditate on them. But if you could slow down “group” prayers that would help me quite a bit. Thanks!
Hi Jeff,
I’m leaving for Sydney, Australia for World Youth Day very early in the morning on July 13 & I was wondering if the morning & evening prayers for July 13-22 will be available for download before then. I’d love to be able to put them on my iPod to have handy while I’m away. Thanks for all your hard work bringing PSP to our iPods
Hi Amy–
Thank you for your kind words! Starting today, I will double up on the recording. That way, they will be available for all PSP listeners who may be traveling to WYD or anywhere else.
God bless,
Jeff
Fantastic! Thanks so much Jeff!
I began praying the Liturgy of the Hours 7 or 8 years ago. I use Christian Prayer and the annual St Joseph Guide mentioned above. That first day it took me 2.5 hours to pray the morning office as I started from scratch, following “General Principles” at the front of Christian Prayer and using the annual guide.
I purchased an MP3 player a few weeks ago and the first things I searched for were the rosary and LoH. I must say that I absolutely love Praystation Portable! It has revitalized this prayer for me.
My advice for newbies — use the guide, your ribbons, and PSP while you’re learning and you’ll never be lost again.
I forgot to say thank you!!