A. Christian Prayer Introduction
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- Introduction to the single book version of the Liturgy of the Hours known as "Christian Prayer". This is NOT the comparison video. This IS a basic introduction to the book.
I STRONGLY SUGGEST YOU VIEW THE "1. Introduction to the Liturgy of the Hours" VIDEO FIRST!
This you made is my life savior. I cannot thank enough to uploading "How to" video. I have been reading and trying to follow but none helped me...but yours is a truly a life savior. Very easy to follow. Thank you and God Bless.
It brightens my day knowing I've been able to help someone grow in their prayer life. Good luck and God bless!
@@cmcnicholas helped me today a great deal as well. Thank you.
Thank you so much for putting this video together Christopher!
Thank you for this explanation. It was extremely helpful and fruitful. I plan on getting invested into the hours and than converting to the full Liturgy of the Hours. I really appreciate you taking the time to talk about something so necessary for people who are just starting out or are confused on how to proceed.
I'm happy to hear the video was useful for you! You are about to enhance you life of prayer forever!
Thank you so much for your video! It was very helpful in starting Christian Prayer. Your detailed video is a Godsend. I used to use the digital, but was led to buy the Christian Prayer Book. With you video, I am now able to use it with ease--no more confusion. May God continually bless you.
Thanks for the feedback! If you run into questions, I do try to help... just send a message!
I decided to learn to use my Breviary (“Christian Prayer: The Liturgy of the Hours” published by Paulines Media Center) without a guide similar to the Saint Joseph’s guide simply because it wasn’t available for my Breviary and from where I’m from here in the Philippines. I also didn’t want to rely on a guide just so I could talk to my Lord aka pray. Idk I guess my situation really is for convenience and is by choice. Also, Psalm 100 for the win!🤩
I have “approached” the LOTH and the Christian Prayer books about 50 times over the past two years. Each time I sit down, I feel optimistic and determined, find a nice video that promises to help me understand the “recipe,” and within about 30 minutes I have given up.
It’s like trying to follow a supposedly simple cookie recipe, except the recipe is impossibly dizzying:
You’re going to start by measuring out the flour, baking powder, and other dry ingredients. So, you’ll need 4 cups of flour for this particular recipe, which is for every third Wednesday after a full moon. The 4 cups should be all-purpose flour, unless you’re between the age of 26 and 53, in which case you’ll use whole wheat flour (and on Thursdays this is completely different, but I’ll get to that later, in minute 385,719 of video #16). If you’re male, the whole wheat flour should be organic, and you should mix it 50/50 with pastry flour, unless you’re a redhead. [Redheads should use self-rising flour, but you’ll have to adjust your baking powder by the square root of 1/3 the sum total weight of all ingredients, which you won’t know until you completely finish the recipe, which may never happen.] Females will actually use the same flour, but mix it with the other dry ingredients in a slightly different order, just because. For the baking power, if you wear a 28-34 size belt, you’ll use 1/8 tablesooon less per inch of waistline, and add yellow food coloring just after you mix the dry and wet ingredients. Now, if it’s summer, skip the last 2 steps and go to step 14, but do step 11 after step 23. . .
And now I’m just eating really crappy store-bought cookies again.
This comment is equal parts hilarious, relatable, and sad. Have you tried using an app like iBreviary or Universalis to help you rather than trying to navigate a book?
God bless you for making these videos! I’ve been struggling to figure this out for a year now and I finally understand it after watching these videos!
That's great to hear! If you have any specific questions, please feel free to contact me.. I try to help the best I can!
Stop all the veiled, or sometimes not so veiled, criticism of the Christian Prayer Book. The only difference between the 4-book Liturgy of the Hours and Christian Prayer is the length, which is not a measure of which is better. You should be aware that some religious communities use the book of Christian Prayer exclusively, the Order of Carmelites Discalced for one. This in no way means that these orders are inferior or not as much given to a prayer life as those that use the -4-volume version. Better to do the shorter version well than to do the longer version posthaste or inattentively. In prayer, quality is more important than volume. That being said, thank you for running through the parts of Christian Prayer for us beginners. It's something that is very helpful.
"some religious communities use the book of Christian Prayer exclusively, the Order of Carmelites Discalced "
I would have thought they'd be using the full LOTH?
I started with the Shorter version and have now moved on to the full one. I love the Christian Prayer book and feel satisfied with any cycle I like to pray. I do all the morning prayers as well as the evening and have now moved on to the Office of Readings and the Proper of Saints which are more complete on the larger edition.
Thank you again!!!
Love the Christian prayer book
Thank you for this video. Is there a particular brand of the 4 volume set you would recommend? I am finally getting started on praying the liturgy of the hours. Eventually I would like to step up to the 4 volume set. Thanks again.
As far as I know, there is only one publisher of the 4 volume set (at least in the U.S.) - Catholic Book Publishing Company: catholicbookpublishing.com
They have a vinyl covered version and a leather covered version (for an additional $22USD)
Hello, Mr. Christopher! Thank you for this wonderful tutorial. I have a question? Where have you ordered this Christian Prayer Book? Can I get the link? Thank you. Stay safe!
I order direct from the publisher:
catholicbookpublishing.com/product/100
For $5.00 USD extra, you can get a nicer leather covered version of the same text!
catholicbookpublishing.com/product/1088
I bought this book and I am confused! I appreciate your help very much. I do have a question though. The version I bought is programmed for last year's liturgical year. Is there a new version of these coming out every year??
I am not 100% sure of your question... the Christian Prayer book (and the full 4 volume set) are designed for year-round use for ALL years.
The new books usually come with a guide that DOES change from year to year. But the guide is not *required* although very helpful, especially when just starting out.
I am going to assume it is that small white booklet you are referring to as you probably got a 2021 version in your new book. Those you can pick up on Amazon or your local Christian/Catholic shop for under $5.00. Or you can order direct from the manufacturer for $2.50.
BE CAREFUL ORDERING.. there are four different versions: 2 for Christian Prayer and 2 for Liturgy of the Hours (4 volume). For each, there is a regular version and a large-type version. Your book has a code on the back cover and/or on the very first printed page in the lower left corner; most likely 406. Make sure the code matches the guide.
catholicbookpublishing.com/product/1590
There is only one version but yearly you have to buy the guide for about $2.50. It tells you what pages you will find the information you need for a particular day. That is what they are trying to teach us here. Below I have posted information, if you live in the USA. You buy a book monthly for $7.00 dollars and it is easy to use as you don't have to learn how to use it. Start with page one and all the prayers: Morning, Evening and Nigh are listed. So it is just like reading a book. Convenient but I little expensive. as you would have to buy that for 3 years. And then you would have all the prayers and can start on the 4th year using the book you bought on January the first year.
I am so glad to have found this video. Thank you for explaining things carefully. My St. Joseph manual didn't come with the prayer card so I had to write them down. I do appreciate you explaining and going through the days of the sections. I'm trying to work hard on my praying cycle.
Thank you so much! It's been a long time since I posted these videos, but it brings me great joy to know that they are still helping people develop a solid prayer regimen...
I always try to answer questions, so please don't hesitate to ask!
-God Bless
-c
Does your Christian Prayer skip from page 1440 to 1505 up to hymn 57 then next page is 1505 again?
No, mine does not and others that I have seen do not either. Sounds like you got one that was misprinted somehow. I hope you can get your money back. God Bless
This is so complicated and overwhelming. Little by little I guess is there an easy to follow user guide anyone can recommend?
Doctor Gadget. If you live in the USA see my recommendation above.
So bottom line is it worth buying ?
Chris...can the St Joseph guide be mailed to you each year? Like in a subscription?
It doesn't appear that the publisher has that option for *any* of their products!
@@cmcnicholas darn..okay. I wonder when you can grab the next years guideline? Maybe in Nov or Dec?
@@Cadpat07 The guides are out now actually
Depending on your version (1 vol or 4 vol)
catholicbookpublishing.com/product/1589
catholicbookpublishing.com/product/1590
John -Word of Fire offers a monthly book- see my recommendation above. It is the same book that St Joseph's guide use.
Is the Psalter missing psalms because it's only morning and evening?
I have just decided that I would like to pray the hours. I used "Daily Prayer 2019" as just a step in to see if I could keep the commitment. For 2020 I bought the "Christian Prayer" book and I am lost. Your videos are fantastic - but I still feel so lost...
Don't feel lost! You are working on improving your relationship with God. He is not going to zap you from on high for messing up... take it in stages. Get to know the layout of your book first... take a few days to thumb through cover to cover to get a feel for where everything is. Read the Ordinary section repeatedly... then read it again! Once you grasp the pattern and know where to go in the book, you're ready to conquer it! Hopefully your book came with the St. Joseph's Guide booklet. Use it. You're going to miss some things when starting out... don't give up. If you need to start out only doing 1 prayer a day, or 1 prayer every two days, that's just fine too... build up at your own pace and enjoy the journey!
If you need any help, I always try to respond to questions on here!
if i might suggest, you could contact your church (or other Catholic churches in your area) and see if they have a Liturgy of the Hours sessions for at least Morning Prayer. Many do, and they can help you, or someone in the church, if you leave a message, could help you out as well. God Bless
Hi Christopher. Which intro video do you refer to?
That would be the video playlist on the Liturgy of the Hours. It starts with an introduction and continues. Although that playlist covers the 4 volume set, the sequence and methodology are the same as in the Shorter Christian Prayer... just well... more thorough! Even if you are dedicated solely to the shorter version the video set on the 4 volumes will be an immense help to understand the entire structure.
Christopher McNicholas thank you brother. Thank you for all the vids. God bless you
@@glenfishing Good luck and God bless! Hit me up if you run into any problems... I love helping people get into the habit of this prayer discipline!!
I just can't understand how to use the A Shorter Morning and Evening Prayer little book. I don't know what's going on.
Are you referring to "Shorter Christian Prayer" or some other book? Send me an email if you need help!
Today is Saturday, 6th week of Easter. If it's Shorter Christian Prayer, you should have started on page 181 for the Saturday Week II psalms and then flipped over to page 485 to finish morning prayer with the readings, etc.
@@cmcnicholas thanks I think it's the even shorter book
I have shorter “Christian prayer” but I really want to buy “Christian prayer” do you think it’s worth it?
Absolutely! Many sworn to pray the Office choose to use the single volume Christian Prayer book due to its ease and not needing to juggle swapping out 4 books throughout the year.
So is my prayer book a misprint?
I'm not sure what you are referring to, but my copy goes unbroken from page 5 to 1506 then to the hymn section where the page numbers move to the bottom corners.
To be fair the title of this video is introduction. Not surprising it’s confusing to point to a different intro video.
What is this ordinary time you speak of. I have to use the shorter version of this and I'll be honest I dislike it. I get lost and its choppy. But my Oblates program uses it. I can't understand why to save my life
Wikipedia has a good description...
"In the liturgy of the post-Vatican II Roman Rite, Ordinary Time is that part of the Christianliturgical year that lacks the distinctive characters of the Paschal Triduum, Eastertide, Lent, Christmastide, and Advent.[1] and is divided into two periods: that between Christmastide and Lent, and that between Eastertide and Advent."
If you plan on buying the individual volumes that make up the 4 volume set, today you would need Volume IV, Ordinary Time Weeks 18-34. As of this writing, September 17, 2019, we are in week 24. Advent begins December 1st at which point you will need Volume I.
@@cmcnicholas Thank you for your answer. BTW Do you have a how to use video on the Shorter Christian Prayer. It is really confusing me.
@@nagaempress give me to the end of the week. I just ordered one from Amazon and I'll check it out!
@@nagaempress video is up. Hopefully it helps!
@@cmcnicholas God Bless you and thank you for your help!
PS they could have added more content if they would have deleted the Latin content and music