These are a few of my favorite things! (2nd post today)

Over the years I have found so many wonderful things online. Ocassionally, on He Equips the Called, I would like to highlight a few of these finds. Many of them have been beautiful and positive additions to my prayer life, home schooling life or life as a wife and mom.

My feature today is Divine Office. Org. This is an online resource for praying the Liturgy of the Hours. Divine Office.org has a podcast and iPhone Apps you can subscribe to. If you do not have an MP3 player or an iPhone do not despair! You can go right to their website and the prayers for each day are right at your fingertips and ready to listen to at your computer!
So here is why I love it. I am currently in the Aspirants program for the Third Order Carmelites and have been trying to faithfully pray the Liturgy of the Hours for months. I have really struggled with this! I struggle because I have the One Volume edition of the Hours and I can never figure out where I need to be each day...even with the Guide! The quiet times I steal each day for prayer are short lived before I am called back to my daily duties as mom, cook, teacher, etc.
I subscribed to the podcast, from the Divine Ofice.org site. Every week I download several days worth of prayers. In the morning, and through out the day, I can listen to the Liturgy of the Hours on my ipod. The prayers start with the sound of a church bell ringing, calling you to prayer. The prayers are read by several people going back and forth as you would if you were praying with a community. The hymns are absolutely beautiful and put you immediately into a prayerful state. By having this very useful tool I am able to follow along in my book and actually keep up! Instead of being frustrated before I even begin I am filled with the Holy Spirit and ready to pray. Also, those short, quiet times are put to their full potential!
If you have ever struggled with, or would like to start praying, the Divine Office this tool is a must!

Tammy