‘A gift from God’: Parishes encouraged to start Liturgy of Hours ahead of new edition

‘A gift from God’: Parishes encouraged to start Liturgy of Hours ahead of new edition

(OSV News) — Father Matthew S. Ernest still remembers when he oversaw evening prayer celebrated by Pope Francis at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City in 2015. “It was a beautiful event, and we were very grateful to welcome the Holy Father,” Father Ernest, director of the Office of Liturgy for the Archdiocese of New York, said of the liturgy, which is part of an ancient prayer called the Liturgy of the Hours. Ahead of a new English edition …

Parishes encouraged to start Liturgy of Hours ahead of new edition

Members of the Benedictine monastic community of Mount Angel Abbey pray the Divine Office in the Abbey church. (OSV News photo/courtesy Mount Angel Abbey) Ahead of a new translation of the Liturgy of the Hours, Father Matthew S Ernest, director of the Office of Liturgy for the Archdiocese of New York, and other liturgical experts are encouraging parishes and other Catholic communities to embrace this public prayer of the whole church. The Liturg…