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Monsignor Pope Ping!

[Dr. Sivana]

So, what could be the problem with using an electronic breviary? The problem is the loss of the “sacred.”

I had considered that, and thought there might be a niche market for a dedicated device that would be single use: only hold sacred texts. Possibly in multiple languages, and resizable for the visually impaired, and it would open up like a book, but also maintain the order of reading, perhaps using an internal clock. No browser. No ads. No user storage. No updates. No noise making of any kind. Just Office, Scripture, prayers, hymns, etc. It would be bound in black leather or buckram, activated by opening. Long battery life if using a Kindle style screen.

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Is It as Good to Pray the Breviary from Electronic Devices as It Is from Traditional Books?

[G Larry]

To me the question regarding the Ap applies to Leading the prayers.

We pray the Breviary on Wed. at Mass and the Priest leads from the book, but most parishioners use the Ap. to participate.

[NorthMountain]

1) I can either read the Liturgy of the Hoursfrom my phone, or not do it at all ... carrying the book around is a practical impossibility. For me. YMMV.

2) Far from profaning the Liturgy, I believe that my Divine Office app, Bible app, etc. have the effect of “sanctifying” my phone.

[Mad Dawg]

“If it's worth doing, it's worth doing badly.”
Pray. If you can pray some of the hours, pray some of the hours. If you can make a little shrine or prayer corner or whatever, do that. And so forth.

It seems to me that Catholics have always correctly understood prayer to be a “total body experience,” with postures and gestures and all.

But if the choice is pray with your “device” or not at all, the answer is clear.

[JoeFromSidney]

I wonder what it was like when the printing press was invented. Did people complain that a printed prayer book was somehow less "sacred" than one copied by hand? I still use a printed Missal at Mass, but my wife reads the day's liturgy on her iPad. Maybe I'll eventually switch to an iPad as well, since it's easier than flipping from one ribboned page to another.