I have posted before on the Liturgy of the Hours. I just saw something related at one of my Anglican/Emerging Church blogs on my links that Bryan Sherwood runs. He is a big Thomas Merton fan and finds a lot of benefit from his writings, the Divine Office, and Monastic principles and prayers
He writes:
All I can say to that is Amen.
I say Amen too. My life is not what I have envisioned it would be. I have been through a lot of ups and downs, good times and intense pain.
I have kept the faith, I have sinned, I have sinned against others I love, I have had joy, and had despair. It is through God's grace and nothing I did that kept his Church and his teachings in my mind. I mentioned earlier that as for me I had a hard time praying the Hours when I converted because I vould not relate to the Psalms. That is so different now. The above quote by Merton really strikes me how God uses them to speak to me.
By the way
One Other Great Liturgy of the Hours link that has a ton of resources is here.
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