Daria Sockey is a freelance writer and veteran of the large family/homeschooling scene. She recently returned home from a three-year experiment in full time outside employment. (Hallelujah!) Daria authored several of the original Faith&Life Catechetical Series student texts (Ignatius Press), and is currently a Senior Writer for Faith&Family magazine. A latecomer to the Catholic blogosphere, she recently launched 
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It's Not About You
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by DariaSockey in Faith on Thursday, March 10, 2011
Some people I know just can’t get into using the Divine Office. They don’t want to pray a Psalm of mourning when they are happy. Or vice versa. They don’t like some of the more violent or vengeful language that some of the Psalms use. Or they just prefer something more simple and consistent, like the rosary.
Here are some principles for praying the Psalms that will help you get around these difficulties.... READ MORE
Divine Office By the Book
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by DariaSockey in Faith on Wednesday, March 09, 2011
Starting to pray the Divine Office these days is a cinch thanks to online breviaries. Just click and there you are: all the antiphons, psalms and readings for the day.
But suppose you are like me, and like doing things the traditional way. Or you’d like your Divine Office time to also be a time to rest your eyes from the computer screen. Besides, there’s that breviary sitting on the bookcase that... READ MORE
Easy Online Ways to Try the Liturgy of the Hours
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by DariaSockey in Faith on Wednesday, March 09, 2011
I hope my last two posts about the Divine Office have whetted you appetite, and made you at least consider trying it out.
The good news is that you don’t even have to buy a breviary to do this. There several online breviaries that are just a click away. DivineOffice.org is one. And universalis is another. These two have all of the day’s prayers onscreen each day. Divineoffice.org also has podcasts of people reciting the prayers in community, so you can get a feel for how everything should flow.
It even sells an app for an iPhone. (Don’t ask me details on that, since all I do with my prepaid cell phone is talk to people!)
How I Do It
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by DariaSockey in Homemaking on Tuesday, March 08, 2011
When people ask me how I find time to do all the things I do (like write or pray the Divine Office), I usually tell them it’s because I have lowered some of my housekeeping/homemaking standards to a shocking level. My methods of doing laundry would probably be rated R by Martha Stewart. And my son’s recent “birthday cake” is another example.
If you are one of those moms who makes gorgeous birthday... READ MORE
Psalms Beyond the 23rd
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by DariaSockey in Faith on Tuesday, March 08, 2011
What I like best about praying the Divine Office is that is has made me familiar with many of the psalms. The Church says that the psalms give expression to every state of the human heart, And I’ve certainly found that to be true. Here are a few of my favorites:
“As they go through the bitter valley, they make it a place of springs (Ps.84) a lovelier version of “when life give you lemons ...” it reminds... READ MORE
Liturgy of the Hours for Lent
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by DariaSockey in Faith on Monday, March 07, 2011
Looking for a new devotion for Lent? Why not give the Divine Office a try? Long associated with clergy and religious, every Pope since Paul VI has urged the laity to ignore that stereotype and join in the Church’s Universal Prayer.
What exactly is the Divine Office? It’s a repeating cycle of psalms, scripture readings, and other prayers that follows the liturgical year. It is also called the Liturgy... READ MORE
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