The Brevarium or Breviary is a book containing the offices, hymns and prayers for the canonical hours, which are appointed by the Catholic Church to be recited daily by priests and members of certain ...

The Liturgy of the Hours — that sleeping giant among the laity — is starting to wake up for Catholics in the pews, says Oblate of the Virgin Mary Father Timothy Gallagher, author of A Layman’s Guide ...

Armagnac Breviary (one of two volumes). Late 14th century. Present-day France. Parchment, ink, paint, gold. Height of each leaf: 8 in (20.5 cm); width of each leaf: 5.4 in (13.6 cm). Wyvern Collection ...

What does it mean to pray “ceaselessly”? For Cardinal James Francis Stafford, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary, the answer to that question is the key to an “unspeakable joy.” ...

Father Wesbee Victor smiles as he celebrates his first Mass as a priest May 29, 2021, at St. Catherine of Genoa Church in New York City. Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Father Victor, 31, was one of 10 ...