[Campion]

I stopped saying the Breviary (the Roman Catholic Church's official prayer for clergy) and the Rosary and began to pray using parts of the Bible itself.

Ever opened a breviary, TQC? (Go to a Catholic or well-stocked Christian bookstore. It's under the title "Christian Prayer" or "Liturgy of the Hours".)

It's about 90% Scripture. The two major hours, Lauds and Vespers, have 2 psalms, a canticle, a reading, a Gospel canticle, and the Lord's prayer -- all taken verbatim from Scripture. The only non-Biblical parts are a hymn, some intercessory petitions, and a brief closing prayer.

But I guess someone who thinks the Dominicans are monks probably doesn't know that the Breviary is full of Scripture either.

[RnMomof7]

Ever opened a breviary, TQC? (Go to a Catholic or well-stocked Christian bookstore. It's under the title "Christian Prayer" or "Liturgy of the Hours".)

The problem , just as it is with the scripture in the mass.. it is out of context ..unless one attends mass daily a catholic never gets the context , even then it is so separated by 24 hours it has little connection to yesterdays readings

[bronx2]

I would wager that some girlfriend/boyfriend was the main causative factor in this tale of woe.

[sueuprising]

Thomas a Kempis, Roman Catholic monk and mystic,was a very important source of inspiration to none other than John Wesley, the founder of Methodism. If Wesley, one of the most sainted men to have ever lived, found inspiration in the writings of a Catholic, then who am I to condemn an entire church for the follies of some.

[Salvation]

LOL! So true. All these people need to do is check out the Daily Readings threads. It’s all there.