Digital liturgy: daily gospel and live rosary broadcasts
The reading from Isaiah and the rosary are streamed live every day. A practice that brings together tradition and technology.
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Gospel and rosary live online: Catholic faith goes digital
The practice of praying the rosary and sharing the day's readings has not disappeared with the arrival of the internet: it has adapted. Every Thursday, communities of the faithful connect to trinc the liturgy in real time, with texts such as the passage from Isaiah 26, 7-9, where the prophet cries out: "My soul yearns for you in the night, my spirit rises early for you." The day includes the Chaplet of Divine Mercy at 15:00 and holy mass at 20:00.
Homily and saints' calendar, one click away
Alongside the reading, the homily of Father Santiago Martín, of the Franciscans of Mary, is shared, along with the saints' calendar of the day, linked from Vatican News. Participation is not passive: attendees respond with verses and words of thanks, creating a space for shared prayer. The "Apophthegms of the Desert Fathers", compiled by the Jesuit Rosweyde, are also part of the spiritual repertoire.
Tradition and technology: a pairing that endures
While the major television networks are cutting back their religious programming, these live broadcasts keep alive a practice that seemed to be fading away. The schedule is fixed: adoration at 18:00, rosary at 19:25 and mass at 20:00. The daily gathering brings together a group that, without institutional mediation, keeps the pulse of the hourly liturgy going.
To what extent does the digitalisation of faith transform its content, or does it simply amplify a ritual that was always communal? The question remains open.
The practice of praying the rosary and sharing the day's readings has not disappeared with the arrival of the internet: it has adapted. Every Thursday, communities of the faithful connect to trinc the liturgy in real time, with texts such as the passage from Isaiah 26, 7-9, where the prophet cries out: "My soul yearns for you in the night, my spirit rises early for you." The day includes the Chaplet of Divine Mercy at 15:00 and holy mass at 20:00.
Homily and saints' calendar, one click away
Alongside the reading, the homily of Father Santiago Martín, of the Franciscans of Mary, is shared, along with the saints' calendar of the day, linked from Vatican News. Participation is not passive: attendees respond with verses and words of thanks, creating a space for shared prayer. The "Apophthegms of the Desert Fathers", compiled by the Jesuit Rosweyde, are also part of the spiritual repertoire.
Tradition and technology: a pairing that endures
While the major television networks are cutting back their religious programming, these live broadcasts keep alive a practice that seemed to be fading away. The schedule is fixed: adoration at 18:00, rosary at 19:25 and mass at 20:00. The daily gathering brings together a group that, without institutional mediation, keeps the pulse of the hourly liturgy going.
To what extent does the digitalisation of faith transform its content, or does it simply amplify a ritual that was always communal? The question remains open.
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