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What’s in Your Prayer Book?

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If you’re interested in learning to pray the Liturgy of the Hours, the first step is easy: buy a copy of Christian Prayer. Once your prayer book arrives, however, you’ll find that it contains a lot of stuff: calendars, instructions, prayers, readings, songs and more. Let’s learn about what’s in your prayer book. I. Introductory Materials At the beginning of the prayer book, there are a number of helpful resources worth reading through when you get some time. These include: General Instructions Liturgical Calendar General Principles II. Proper of Seasons On page 39, we find the beginning of the first … Continue

What does “Lead us not into temptation” mean?

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In the Lord’s Prayer, we are taught to say, “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” St. Matthew 6:13 What does this actually mean? We know that it cannot mean that God would not tempt us to sin, because Scripture teaches us that God never tempts anyone: “Let no man, when he is tempted, say that he is tempted by God. For God is not a tempter of evils: and he tempteth no man.” James 1:13 That much is clear. So, what does this mean? One of the best ways to learn the meaning of a passage … Continue

TRV-221 Lesson 04. Of Nouns

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In this lesson, we begin the study of the first of the eight parts of speech: Nouns. To complete the objectives of this lesson, complete the following tasks: Read through the lesson from beginning to end. Study the lesson carefully a second time, taking notes. Master the translation of the Latin Grammar rules. Complete any assigned Memory Work. Review the lesson, making sure you know all of its content. Complete the lesson assessment. Lesson 1. Nomen est pars orationis, quae casus habet neque tempora adsignificat, ut musa, dominum. A Noun is a part of speech, which has case and does … Continue

How to Order Your Home around Prayer

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There is an incredible amount of pressure on Catholic parents. Children are born into our homes and they need to be brought under order and good discipline. Without this, no virtue or devotion can develop. Fortunately, the Church has provided us with an excellent tool for ordering our lives: the Divine Office. Start the Day with Morning Prayer When the children wake up, it is common for families to move to “breakfast” or to just start the day’s activities. This is a bad habit that needs to be prevented (or broken). Rather than this, make the family’s first activity of … Continue

Lesson 07. Noun Cases

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You must complete the following assignments for this lesson: Read through the Memory Work below. Begin Memory Work. Read through the entire lesson once. Study the lesson as you work through the memory work. Complete the Lesson Assessment. Lesson In our readings, we have seen words in different forms, like Deus, Deum and Deo, or homo and hominem. We don’t yet know what these different forms mean. In this lesson we will begin to learn about the meanings of different forms of words. Let’s consider a bit of basic Grammar. Every sentence consists of two parts: a subject and a … Continue