Divine Office

The Liturgy of the Hours on paper can look like a puzzle: hymns, psalms, antiphons, readings and intercessions, all in a specific order. Divine Office solves it with sound. Its site offers free audio of daily Scripture, psalms, prayers and music, and invites you to pray along.

Instead of reading silently and alone, you listen and join recorded voices, often with music. Hearing the Hours prayed aloud teaches the rhythm naturally, the way you learned songs as a child. The app shows the text too, so you can follow along, and it covers the major hours of the day. There's something stirring about joining voices you'll never meet in praising God at the same hour.

It suits inquirers who want to learn the Liturgy of the Hours, commuters, people who pray better aloud, and anyone who feels alone in prayer. Try Morning or Evening Prayer for a week and see what it does to your day.