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Discovering Prayer (click to download now for free): Our updated easy-to-understand tutorial on the Liturgy of the Hours is now available for download and printing. This version includes a section that introduces basic chant. You can also purchase the book and audio CD direct from The Rosary Shop for $12.95.

2002-2003 Calendar for the Liturgy of the Hours (click to download now for free): This simplified calendar makes it easy to keep track of which page to be on in the Liturgy of the Hours. Free download. First draft. Your comments and corrections are welcome.

Q & A about the Catholic Church (click to download now for free): This double-sided 8 1/2 x 11 pamphlet is intended as a free evangelical tool you can give to friends, family or visitors. It answers 20 basic questions about the Catholic faith, and invites the reader to contact the local Catholic parish, references, or even you with additional questions.

Audio MP3 of Sample Chants from the Discovering Prayer book, above. We originally intended to make the entire CD available for electronic download, but at 30MB it was just too big. The complete 30-minute audio of the section on chant is provided on CD if you purchase the print book. Here are a few small excerpts from the CD (even though these are only about 45 seconds, they are almost 1MB and may take awhile to download). These are MP3 files and can be played on most computers.

• Sample 1: Clip from the introduction
• Sample 2: First group attempt after introductory exercises
• Sample 3: Incorporates some tone changes

Why charge for the hardcopy? About two years and $3000 in costs went into developing the tutorial and accompanying CD. Though we are happy to give away the electronic download for free, we have to find a way to recoup some of the development cost. Most of the development cost was the recording/mastering equipment for the CD.

Questions about Prayer or the Catholic Faith?

Please feel free to send us your questions or comments. If we don't know the answer, we'll do our best to refer you to someone who does. We will eventually compile a searchable database of questions and answers.

Coming in the Future

• Live database of prayer groups, locations and meeting times.
• Business success resource materials and online training.

Related Web Sites

Please send us a note if your site is directly related to The Liturgy of the Hours or the Lay Apostolate and you would like to be listed here.

• Universalis: Daily Morning and Evening Prayer
• Liturgy of the Hours: Distributes daily prayers as PDFs
• Magnificat: Monthly periodical that includes the readings for the Mass and modified Morning and Evening Prayers

Related Church Documents

• Apostolicam Actuositatem
• Christifideles Laici
• Lumen Gentium
• Gaudium et Spes

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Recommended Books

• The Art of Praying, Msgr. Romano Guardini, Sophia Institute Press, 1995, 192 pages. ISBN 0918477344
• Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2nd Ed., Hardcover, Our Sunday Visitor, 2000, 928 pages. ISBN 0879739770
• Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2nd Ed., Softcover, Our Sunday Visitor, 2000, 928 pages. ISBN 0879739762
• Christian Prayer, Catholic Book Publishing Company, 1999. ISBN 0899424066
• Christian Prayer (Large Print Edition), Catholic Book Publishing Company, 1986. ISBN 0899424074
• From Breviary to Liturgy of the Hours: The Structural Reform of the Roman Office 1964-1971, Stanislaus Campbell, Pueblo Publishing Company, 1995, 384 pages. ISBN 0814661335
• The Liturgy of the Hours: Complete Set, Leather Cover, Catholic Book Publishing Company, 1999. ISBN 0899424112
• The Liturgy of the Hours: Complete Set, Vinyl Cover, Moshy Brothers Publishing Company, 1980. ISBN 0899424090
• The Liturgy of the Hours: Advent and Christmas, Catholic Book Publishing Company, 1980. ISBN 0899424015
• The Liturgy of the Hours: Lent and Easter, Catholic Book Publishing Company, 1980. ISBN 0899424023
• The Liturgy of the Hours: Ordinary Time Weeks 1 to 17, Catholic Book Publishing Company, 1980. ISBN 0899424031
• The Liturgy of the Hours: Ordinary Time Weeks 18 to 36, Catholic Book Publishing Company, 1980. ISBN 089942404X
• Shorter Morning and Evening Prayer, John Brook, Liturgical Press, 1994, 562 pages. ISBN 0814619398
• Shorter Christian Prayer, Hard Cover, Catholic Book Publishing Company, 1999. ISBN 0899424082
• Shorter Christian Prayer, Leather Cover, Catholic Book Publishing Company, 1999. ISBN 0899424236