Jan 22 2009
iBreviary and Prayer Life
Usually I do not do posts like this, but this the exception.
Due to losing my cell phone over the weekend, I got my new iPhone a couple of weeks before I was going to. The thing that clinched getting the iPhone was the endorsement of iBreviary by the Pope.
The first thing I did after buying the iPhone and updating the firmware was to download iBreviary. Since it only cost 99 cents USD, I figured if it was not what I wanted, it was not much of a price to pay. Saying that, it has exceeded my expectations.
Yes the hymns and Psalm Prayers are not there, but everything else for Morning, Evening, and Night Prayers. It even has the alternate prayers for certain Saints (even though you cannot choose to do the regular prayers as an option), Office Readings, Mid-Day Prayers, Daily Mass Readings, and other important prayers.
For me, it is easier than reading the 4 volume set of the Liturgy of of Hours which it is based on since only a small portion of the prayers are visible at one time and I can concentrate on that one small area.
It has been a boon to my prayer life which has been suffering due to work and other obligations. Since getting iBrevary and setting my iCalendar for prayer times, I have only missed one Prayer time (and that was mid-day because I was in a meeting).
Now if I can find a way to get my other prayers that I want to do on the phone.
