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09/10/2026

Join us in praying with the official prayer of the Catholic Church: the Liturgy of the Hours. Our prayer this evening has a very ancient history! The early Church gathered especially for shared Morning Prayer early each day, generally praying Psalm 63, the Canticle of the three young men in the fiery furnace (Daniel 3), and Psalm 150. These are still the Morning Psalms on every major feast day (solemnity), but over time additional psalms and canticles were added in a rotation. This way of praying allows for eventual memorization of a good part of the Book of Psalms.
Streaming from the bookstore chapel of the Daughters of St. Paul in Metairie, Louisiana.

09/09/2026

The saint of the day is St. Peter Claver, a Spanish-born Jesuit missionary who called himself “a slave to the slaves.” He courageously ministered to the African slaves who arrived to Cartagena, Colombia after having undergone traumatic and inhumane conditions in their slavers’ ships. He baptized over 300,000 slaves and lepers—teaching them about Christ and his perfect sacrifice that redeemed us all. May we also look to those in our community in most need of our compassion and assistance, drawing inspiration from St. Peter Claver. Join us in honoring him as we pray Evening Prayer with the iBreviary app.

We ask your prayers for two of our Sisters who are on parish outreach tonight! Feel free to share your special intentions with us in the comments.

Streaming from the Daughters of St. Paul bookstore chapel in Metairie, LA.

09/08/2026

Today we join the Church in celebrating the Nativity of the Mother of our Savior! Rejoice with us in the gift of our Blessed Mother, who loves and intercedes for all of humanity. May we all come to know her, love her, and pray to her. �

Please feel free to share your special intentions with us in the comments. You are in our prayers!

Praying with the iBreviary app and streaming from the Daughters of St. Paul bookstore chapel in Metairie, LA.

09/07/2026

Here in the United States, we observe Labor Day on the First Monday of September. It's hard to believe that 2026 has already advanced so far! And in the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time, we are just over 11 weeks away from Advent! Our daily prayer helps us prepare for the great Advent of Our Lord's final coming at the end of time.
Streaming Evening Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours from the Pauline bookstore in Metairie, Louisiana.

09/06/2026

The sisters are on retreat today. We will pray for you in our Evening Holy Hour, but will not be streaming from the chapel-cam this evening.

09/05/2026

Join us as we pray Evening Prayer I for the 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time using the iBreviary app.

From tomorrow’s Second Reading:
"Brothers and sisters:
Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another;
for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
The commandments, 'You shall not commit adultery;
you shall not kill; you shall not steal; you shall not covet,'
and whatever other commandment there may be,
are summed up in this saying, namely,
'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
Love does no evil to the neighbor;
hence, love is the fulfillment of the law."
Romans 13:8-10

Streaming from the Daughters of St. Paul bookstore chapel in Metairie, LA.

09/03/2026

Today's saint is one of the most influential Popes in history. A member of the ruling class in Rome as the Empire fell to pieces, he became a Benedictine monk, then Abbot, then Pope. With no functioning government in the city, it fell to Gregory to meet the most practical needs of the people during a period of invasions, famine, and the occasional plague. He used his family's to provide food for the hungry, sent ambassadors to seek peace (or strategic political relationships) in the face of threats, and arranged for the evangelization of Britain, sending the missionary bishop Augustine (of Canterbury) to preach the Gospel. Many of the hymns we sing at Evening Prayer are translations of Latin hymns attributed to the pen of Pope Gregory.
May he pray for us and for his successor, Pope Leo!
For the Pauline Family, today is not the feast of St. Gregory (that will be tomorrow for us). We observe today as the Memorial of Mary, Mother of the Good Shepherd. It is a major feast for our Pauline sisters, the Sisters of Jesus the Good Shepherd. This community came to the United States only ten years ago. Please pray that many good vocations will join them in their pastoral mission!
Streaming Evening Prayer from the Daughters of St. Paul bookstore chapel in Metairie, Louisiana.

09/02/2026

Join us for Evening Prayer using the iBreviary app. Feel free to add your special intentions in the comments.
Mid-week, it can be good to take spiritual stock of how we have spent this time since Sunday. Do any moments of special grace stand out? Perhaps there are old hurts that you are clinging to, but which Jesus has his arms open wide to receive so that you will be free from the burden, if not from the pain and its effects (which, after all, can be part of the cross we are told to "take up every day" in order to follow Jesus).
Every day can be a new beginning. And so can every evening, when we start it in prayer!

Streaming from the Daughters of St. Paul bookstore chapel in Metairie,

09/01/2026

Join us for Evening Prayer using the iBreviary app.

From today's Gospel:
Jesus rebuked him and said, “Be quiet! Come out of him!”
Then the demon threw the man down in front of them
and came out of him without doing him any harm.
They were all amazed and said to one another,
“What is there about his word?
For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits,
and they come out.”
And news of him spread everywhere in the surrounding region.

Streaming from the Daughters of St. Paul bookstore chapel in Metairie, Louisana.

08/31/2026

Steaming from the Daughters of St Paul Bookcenter chapel in Metairie, Louisana.

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