#Divine office app android update#

We have been asked, understandably so, to close off our ministry to new people while we go through the lengthy process of acquiring all permissions. In that zeal to serve and naivety we acquired some licenses and permissions for, but we are missing some key ones. I have dedicated more than 10 years in God’s service to this work. We grew out of an RCIA Committee to become facilitators of thousands of people who pray together. We have been a ministry dedicated to bringing the Liturgy of the Hours to everyone everywhere for many years. Many of you may already know, but for those of you who do not, has come to a point that has to have their registrations closed (hopefully just for a short time).

#Divine office app android update#

There is an update that you need to be aware of. It is my constant companion.In a previous post we reviewed the App. I recommend this app to friends all the time, especially to those who’d like to pray the Office but feel intimidated by the size of the printed version and getting the ribbons placed properly. I don’t use the audio version much but the few times I’ve traveled, it is so comforting to not have to skip the Office in order to keep my hands on the steering wheel and my eyes in the road. It is so calming of any worries to pull out my phone, open the app, and be able to connect with Our Lord at those times I need Him most. Many times I’ve been sitting in a doctor’s waiting room at the time of Mid Morning prayer. It is such a blessing to have the Divine Office in my pocket. Now I don’t need to turn a lamp on as I use to when I used the Office printed volumes. Having the Divine Office on my phone is absolutely the best thing ever! The sense of community is so wonderful as I see how many others are praying at the same time as myself. When I discovered this app, all of my concerns of ribbon placement were gone. I have prayed the Divine Office for many years. Kathleen Jones (Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1997), 22-24. Charles Lwanga and Companions, June 3, 2013.

Paul VI, in “Letter of his Holiness John Paul II to Cardinal James Knox,” January 17, 1979, Catholic News Agency, St. John Paul II, Apostolic Blessing during Pastoral Journey to Uganda, February 7, 1993. Charles Lwanga is the patron saint of African youth. Charles and his companions were beatified in 1920 and canonized in 1964. Those martyred by Mwanga included both Catholics and other Christians.

One of their executioners reported that the young men prayed softly as they died. When they said they intended to remain Christians, they were burned to death. One morning the king assembled the pages and told those who were Christians to stand apart. Charles Lwanga, also a Catholic, was appointed to succeed him. When Joseph Mkasa, the master of the pages and a Catholic catechist, tried to protect the younger pages from the rages and sexual advances of the king, Joseph was beheaded. He became mentally unstable and increasingly hostile to Christians. Mwanga was young and his country was under many outside pressures. Charles Lwanga was a page in the royal court of Mwanga, the king of the Baganda in the south of what is now Uganda. Charles Lwanga and Companions, the martyrs of Uganda. June 3 Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs