Liturgies

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Catholic Links

From here, you can explore many other places on the web to get information, to feed your faith, to pray, and even to shop!

A guide to How to Pick Out a Bible
The Bible - from Biblia Clerus
Reading the Gospel of Mark over 75 days
Reading the Gospel of Matthew with a guide and reflection questions
Bible study with links to many useful articles - Daily Word of Life
The Word Among Us - Catholic periodical and web site reflecting on the daily Scripture readings.

The prayer of the Church

The readings for mass - daily and Sunday
The Liturgy of the Hours - the cycle of psalms, Scripture readings and prayers that is the official prayer of the Church
A summary of prayers and practices - that you learned as a kid - or should have!
Magnificat is a monthly periodical with the daily mass readings, daily prayer and reflections from throughout the church's tradition. They also have a great resource for kids called Magnifikids, with a weekly magazine that includes daily prayers, activities and articles and preparation for Sunday mass.
Give Us This Day also provides daily prayer, the readings for mass, and many short and longer articles for reflection.
Living With Christ is another option - an excellent periodical and web site based on the daily readings.
Reflections - Lectio, Liturgy and Living - connecting the Sunday Scriptures to our lives.
Living Faith is a quarterly publication now available on the Kindle app.

Spirituality Links

Pray As You Go - an excellent podcast for daily prayer. Download or listen online.
A guide to Lectio Divina - Sacred Reading
Using Ignatian Meditation to pray the Scriptures.
Creighton University Ministries has a wealth of online material.
Saint of the Day from St. Anthony Messenger. Also available as an iTunes app.
Sacred Space from the Irish Jesuits.
Three Minute Retreat from Loyola Press.
Daily Prayer Online from the Australian Jesuits.
Praying the Rosary
A beginner's guide to praying the Rosary
The Apostleship of Prayer is a way to consecrate your day to God, and to pray along with the Pope's monthly intentions.
The daily Examen of consciousness/conscience
The Examen as a downloadable mp3
Ways of Prayer - video series with Fr. James Martin, SJ
Praying Each Day is a compilation of a number of handy links.
Take Five Daily is a daily reflection on the readings and/or saint for the day. You can subscribe and get these in your mailbox, as well.

Apps you might like

iMissal - Gives you the daily readings, the liturgical calendar and other prayers.
Divine Office.org also has a very useful app
Beginning Contemplative Prayer includes steps, prayer, music sessions and ways to pray based on the book by Sr. Kathryn J. Hermes, fsp.

Shop in the online St. Alphonsus Bookstore on Amazon. The staff has preselected items just for you.

Subscribe to some good magazines. All of these have significant web content, as well.

America - Published by the Jesuits with news, opinion, articles on theology and spirituality
Our Sunday Visitor - A good 'middle-of-the-road' periodical with a practical focus.
U.S. Catholic - Opinion and articles on spirituality and the practice of the faith, published by the Claretians.
St. Anthony Messenger - Published by the Franciscans.
The Ligourian - Published by the Redemptorists

Conversion Diary - Jennifer Fulwiler went from atheist to Catholic. These are her reflections on that experience, as well as her daily life.
On the Square - Daily articles from many of the contributors to First Things
John Allen's blog - Commenting on events in the institutional church

Pauline Books and Media is downtown at Michigan and Randolph
Watra's is on the south side on Archer Avenue.
There are a number of online and local sources for Certified Fair Trade items and food.

Satellite Theology Program (STEP) at Notre Dame - non-credit online courses
Notre Dame also offers free online lectures by some of its professors.
Lumen Christi Institute - speakers and seminars at the University of Chicago
Catholic Theological Union - located in Hyde Park, offers a number of non-credit as well as credit courses, including online options.
The Chicago Catholic Scripture School offers a two year and a four year non-credit course in the Bible.
Boston College offers non-credit courses through its C21 Online program. Some 'mini-courses' are offered free of charge.
Boston College also offers webstreaming/podcasts of many of its past events and guest lectures.