Enriching Your Day with Prayer
“Pray As You Go” is an Irish Jesuit website and app providing a daily prayer podcast. Each podcast leads you in prayer with music for meditation, a selection from one of the Mass readings, a reflection question, and music for further meditation. Total time 10-12 Minutes. Highly Recommended. http://www.pray-as-you-go.org OR see your app store: Pray As You Go
“Reimagining the Examen” is an app by Loyola Press. It is a series of prayer questions following the outline of St. Ignatius’ Examen. What is so unique are the different themes it offers, some examples: Examples, Ask for Grace, A Relationship, Inner Wounds, My Daily Habits and much more. It also provides optional background music for prayer time. See your app store: Reimagining the Examen
Information about Ignatian Spirituality including audio retreats, prayer forms and more can be found on these websites
- http://www.ignatianspirituality.com/ignatian-prayer/prayer-online
- http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/online.html
“Echo Prayer” is an app for your smart phone. Set the date, the time, the topic and it will remind you. See your app store: Echo Prayer
Daily Mass Readings & Liturgy of the Hours
The website of the US Catholic Conference of Bishops is a treasure trove of resources. It has the daily readings which are linked to a footnoted Bible so that you can study the text’s context. The site also offers a podcast homily on the readings. http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/prayers-and-devotions/index.cfm
“iBreviary” offers both the daily readings and mass parts as well as the complete daily Liturgy of the Hours. See your app store for iBreviary