Post graduation, Fidelis toured Europe as an aristocratic tutor and became known as ‘The Poor Man’s Lawyer.’ Ultimately though, he decided he longed to work for God. Prior to Holy Orders, Fidelis showed his brilliance by teaching philosophy while earning a legal degree at the University of Freiburg in Germany. Saint Fidelis was a Capuchin priest in the early 1600’s. “Woe betide me if I should prove myself but a half-hearted soldier in the service of my thorn-crowned Captain!” – St. It is my constant companion.April 24 Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Priest and Martyr I recommend this app to friends all the time, especially to those who’d like to pray the Office but feel intimidated by the size of the printed version and getting the ribbons placed properly. I don’t use the audio version much but the few times I’ve traveled, it is so comforting to not have to skip the Office in order to keep my hands on the steering wheel and my eyes in the road. It is so calming of any worries to pull out my phone, open the app, and be able to connect with Our Lord at those times I need Him most. Many times I’ve been sitting in a doctor’s waiting room at the time of Mid Morning prayer. It is such a blessing to have the Divine Office in my pocket. Now I don’t need to turn a lamp on as I use to when I used the Office printed volumes. Having the Divine Office on my phone is absolutely the best thing ever! The sense of community is so wonderful as I see how many others are praying at the same time as myself. When I discovered this app, all of my concerns of ribbon placement were gone.

I have prayed the Divine Office for many years. You can also help by sharing this announcement on you social media accounts or directly with anyone that might benefit from having another easy way to pray the hours. You can help them and our mission by leaving a 5 star review, it will make the podcast easier to find. Dennis Polselli, leader of the Catholic Guild for the Blind, Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts Alexa’s are being used more and more as a tool in the Disability community.” “Everything is working fine as long as you stick to the instruction: “Alexa start” and then the specific hour you want to pray. We made the Divine Office podcast available through Alexa especially with their needs in mind and we sought and received this feedback: ( As mentioned above, we have vision impaired and blind community members that rely on the accessibility of our work. ( The Invitatory Psalm and the Divine Office About Today (Catholic Calendar) posts are also available as separate Alexa skills. ( – Alexa, start today’s Office of readings Once the skills are enabled, you can use Alexa’s open phrases to start the playback of the Divine Office audio podcast for today. Just search for in the Alexa Skills store and enable them on your Amazon account to get the Liturgy of the Hours major hours: Morning, Evening, Night Prayer and Office of Readings ready to be played back on your Alexa-enabled devices. It’s yet another simple and convenient way to pray the hours and we hope it will reach and serve especially the vision impaired and the blind. Those of you in the United States can now pray the Liturgy of the Hours with Alexa.

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