Praying the Divine Office on Holiday When You Haven’t Got Your Breviary With You

The Way of Beauty ^ | JUNE 16, 2012 | David Calyton

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Praying the Divine Office on Holiday When You Haven’t Got Your Breviary With You

by David Clayton on June 16, 2012

How do you pray the Liturgy of the Hours when the books are too heavy to put into your suitcase and your normal routine is disrupted? I have just returned from a visit to England and Spain to see my family. For various reasons I haven’t been able to leave the US for a couple of years. I couldn’t wait to see everyone again and I had a great time. Lots of time spent with family and friends, walks in the countryside in both countries, visits to English gardens and even a pilgrimage site in North Wales. There was plenty to report on and I will be writing about it in the coming weeks.

First though, how to keep going with the prayer routine while travelling? The quickest answer is to use your smart phone and access the Office online. This was too expensive for me when going to Europe, so I had to go low-tech.

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"The Way of Beauty is managed, maintained, and, unless otherwise stated, written by David Clayton. David is an Englishman living in New Hampshire, USA. He is an artist, teacher, published writer and broadcaster who holds a permanent post as Artist-in-Residence and Lecturer in Liberal Arts at the Thomas More College of Liberal Arts. The Way of Beauty program, which is offered at TMC, focuses on the link between Catholic culture, with a special emphasis on art, and the liturgy. David was received into the Church in London in 1993."

[Mercat]

I have a lot of apps and kindle books on my iPhone and iPad. None of them require accessing data so I plan on using them as my prayer source while I’m in Europe in November.

[Salvation]

Or people can always key into the Daily Readings at Free Republic, that’s to markomalley, sayuncledave and annalex!

I’ll have to read the whole article to find out his low tech solution, though.

[sayuncledave]

I like Father Frey’s My Daily Psalm Book. It fits in my suit jacket pocket. Just the psalms themselves, arranged for the major and minor hours, from 1947. Two ways to easily pick it up:

http://www.amazon.com/My-Daily-Psalm-Book-Arranged/dp/B001KGW5W4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1340292622&sr=8-2&keywords=My+Daily+Psalm+Book

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=7542430030&searchurl=bsi%3D30%26tn%3Ddaily%2Bbook%2Bof%2Bpsalms

If I had web access, I’d go here: http://www.divinumofficium.com/