Liturgy of the Hours and the Psalms – May 30, 2023

Fr. James Kubicki joins Patrick for a conversation about the Liturgy of the Hours and Praying with the Psalms.

  • (2:35) – What are the psalms?
  • (8:28) – How has the liturgy of the hours anchored your life of prayer?
  • (12:12) – Ann – I pray the liturgy of the hours because if the readings that day does not touch me in particular it touches someone on the world, and I pray for that person.
  • (15:59) – Advice for how to get started with the Liturgy of the Hours
  • (20:57) – Fr. Bill – I have a handout of how to do the liturgy that people can use and is available.
  • (25:25) – Father Kubicki’s favorite psalm.
  • (30:12) – who wrote the Palms and how to approach them at Mass?
  • (34:22) – Teresa – Favorite Psalm 104 – God is playful.
  • (38:53) – How can people learn more about the palms?
  • (41:38) – Phone Calls Al – 1st Psalm helped me through a tough part in life and gets my day start off right. Tom – Favorite Psalm 89
  • Michael – Daniel 52-90 Bless the Lord and exalt his name.
  • (49:11) Email about finding comfort in the palm that says “thought shalt not want.”
Patrick Conley was born, raised, and baptized in Wisconsin in a Protestant tradition. After meeting his wife, Kendra, through an Evangelical ministry at the University of Minnesota, they entered the Catholic Church in 2010. They listened to Relevant Radio, specifically The Inner Life, while preparing to enter the Church. Conley now holds a degree in theology from Oxford University and has served the Church in both academic theology and grassroots pastoral ministry. Conley teaches religion classes in a Catholic elementary school, serves as his parish Director of Religious Education, and is in formation for the permanent diaconate. He also hosts Practicing Catholic on Relevant Radio, exclusive to the Minneapolis area’s airwaves, and is a traveling presenter for the Catherine of Siena Institute apostolate. He lives in rural Wisconsin with his wife and their bulldogs, Georgie and Bingley.