Comments on: Prayer…What’s Going Through My Head http://www.jeremiahotis.com/quiet-thoughts/prayerwhats-going-through-my-head/ My mind doesn't wander, I...Look, a butterfly! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:51:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: joe http://www.jeremiahotis.com/quiet-thoughts/prayerwhats-going-through-my-head/#comment-1477 joe Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:19:44 +0000 http://www.jeremiahotis.com/quiet-thoughts/prayerwhats-going-through-my-head/#comment-1477 OK, good, I'm not the only one who laughs when I hear Phyllis Tickles' name... Natty, I would LOVE any resources you would be willing to share! That would just plain rock! OK, good, I’m not the only one who laughs when I hear Phyllis Tickles’ name…

Natty, I would LOVE any resources you would be willing to share! That would just plain rock!

]]> By: Natty http://www.jeremiahotis.com/quiet-thoughts/prayerwhats-going-through-my-head/#comment-1474 Natty Thu, 13 Dec 2007 03:53:10 +0000 http://www.jeremiahotis.com/quiet-thoughts/prayerwhats-going-through-my-head/#comment-1474 Yeah, Phyllis Tickle's stuff is all really good. (But I still giggle at her last name...) I also like "The People's Companion to the Breviary" published by the Carmelites of Indianapolis. It's a 2-volume set, but, just trust me, really good stuff. Also, I did Nan Merrill's "Praying the Psalms." Merrill's got a few other titles out there along the prayer and contemplation lines that I bet are just as good. My Groovy Sisters use a really awesome original translation of the Psalms along with many of the other congregations of Dominican Women around the country in our own specifically Dominican (Order of Preachers) office book. I have to give my prayer book back when I leave the Order at the end of the month, and I am going to miss having it!! But, unless ya take vows, you no keepa da book! ;) Kudos on your successful foray into the liturgy of the hours. It really does "hem" one's day in prayer. Though my spirituality is most definitely Dominican, if I'm going to "do" religious life, I'd rather be more monastic than apostolic, so as to be able to participate in at least morning, noon, and evening and/or night prayer in community each day. I've got a bunch of really good resources about planning morning/evening prayer from my Dominican Volunteer year. If you're ever interested, I can make you copies. I'm all kinds of bad at extemporaneous prayer, so these were my lifeline in the beginning, and before everyone had these new Office books. Plus, all of the resources are based more or less loosely around the same format as the Divine Office, so that's neat. You can be as creative or as routine as you feel on any given day. Yeah, Phyllis Tickle’s stuff is all really good. (But I still giggle at her last name…) I also like “The People’s Companion to the Breviary” published by the Carmelites of Indianapolis. It’s a 2-volume set, but, just trust me, really good stuff. Also, I did Nan Merrill’s “Praying the Psalms.” Merrill’s got a few other titles out there along the prayer and contemplation lines that I bet are just as good.

My Groovy Sisters use a really awesome original translation of the Psalms along with many of the other congregations of Dominican Women around the country in our own specifically Dominican (Order of Preachers) office book. I have to give my prayer book back when I leave the Order at the end of the month, and I am going to miss having it!! But, unless ya take vows, you no keepa da book! ;)

Kudos on your successful foray into the liturgy of the hours. It really does “hem” one’s day in prayer. Though my spirituality is most definitely Dominican, if I’m going to “do” religious life, I’d rather be more monastic than apostolic, so as to be able to participate in at least morning, noon, and evening and/or night prayer in community each day.

I’ve got a bunch of really good resources about planning morning/evening prayer from my Dominican Volunteer year. If you’re ever interested, I can make you copies. I’m all kinds of bad at extemporaneous prayer, so these were my lifeline in the beginning, and before everyone had these new Office books. Plus, all of the resources are based more or less loosely around the same format as the Divine Office, so that’s neat. You can be as creative or as routine as you feel on any given day.

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