The Liturgy of the Hours: According to the Roman Rite (4 vols.)

Where is the traditional Roman Breviary in Verbum? Also a pre-1955 Roman Missal? Folks, these are real resources.

Major disappointment - this is not easy at all to navigate for praying the daily Office. The description - "Flipping back and forth between different sections of a printed volume are streamlined into a single, easy-to-use interface" - is quite misleading. This is merely just a digital version of the LOH books....

October 22nd was the optional feast for St John Paul II. There was an optional second reading and optional prayer. This option was not presented in our online version. Yet, another source I have (Universalis) has it online. Of course you might say, "well then, Stephen, use Universalis" :) But I love the format you (we) have. So, my question is, can you update the product as new memorials are added by the Church? St John Paul II is not the only new one. Maybe you can find out how Universalis keeps their product updated.

October 22nd was the optional feast for St John Paul II. There was an optional second reading and optional prayer. This option was not presented in our online version. Yet, another source I have (Universalis) has it online. Of course you might say, "well then, Stephen, use Universalis" :) But I love the format you (we) have. So, my question is, can you update the product as new memorials are added by the Church? St John Paul II is not the only new one. Maybe you can find out how Universalis keeps their product updated.

October 22nd was the optional feast for St John Paul II. There was an optional second reading and optional prayer. This option was not presented in our online version. Yet, another source I have (Universalis) has it online. Of course you might say, "well then, Stephen, use Universalis" :) But I love the format you (we) have. So, my question is, can you update the product as new memorials are added by the Church? St John Paul II is not the only new one. Maybe you can find out how Universalis keeps their product updated.

October 22nd was the optional feast for St John Paul II. There was an optional second reading and optional prayer. This option was not presented in our online version. Yet, another source I have (Universalis) has it online. Of course you might say, "well then, Stephen, use Universalis" :) But I love the format you (we) have. So, my question is, can you update the product as new memorials are added by the Church? St John Paul II is not the only new one. Maybe you can find out how Universalis keeps their product updated.

I love this product, and here are the reasons: 1) the scripture text are hyper link to your Bible of choice. 2) It is easy to navigate by clicking to the table of contents tab. I can see the entire book (volumes) on one side and the selected items on the other. 3) I love the prayers and it is great to have it in an electronic format. Overall I think it is easy to navigate without all the interface items discussed in prior comments. Once you fall in love with the prayers, the small navigation items seem like a small sacrifice.

Completely unusable. The LoH has a set text - you should not be able to select a bible for some of its texts. The Canticles pull from the default bible selection, which is wrong, as the LoH is set to a standardized text. Also, some canticles simply aren't present, or they are not broken up into stanzas. Typos are absolutely everywhere. This is completely unusable and numerous corrections needs to be made before it becomes usable.

I expected the Verbum Liturgy of the Hours (LOTH) to allow me to replace the need for carrying a hard copy and with powerful integration into the Verbum Ecosystem similar to how the Roman Daily Missal is integrated into the dashboard. In my mind it was going to be superior to the various apps containing the LOTH hours by virtue of available cross references and study tools on a platform that can be utilized across most major mobile and desktop ecosystems. The Verbum Edition of the Liturgy of the Hours failed to meet my expectations. A lot of my confusion centers around the current product description that reads “Flipping back and forth between different sections of a printed volume are streamlined into a single, easy-to-use interface.” I like others thought this meant the readings and hours would be automatically rendered into a readable format without the need for flipping, clicking, or tabbing between the various sections of the books. Currently this is not the case. The only streamlined interface you have to use is Verbum itself. You can display the table of contents and flip between sections but if I am going to have to do that I would rather just have a book with ribbons. Its disenchanting on the desktop version and not remotely worth the effort if you have hoped to use it on a mobile device to pray the hours.

As it stands the Verbum Edition of the LOTHs might only be useful to you if you want to do a detailed study of a particular area or passage. If you got this version of the the LOTH in a package you might find it interesting to have. If you are contemplating buying the standalone you will need to seriously consider and manage your expectations. If Verbum updates this resource to create a streamlined experience where you can select which hour you want to read with a click and that be it I would drastically change my rating and review.

Unacceptable as released. It doesn’t easily flow and the Bible readings are links, not the text. You’re better off using an app or the actual books.