Hello Fr Greg,it has been such a long time, I have thought of you so often.I am so happy to find you here although I'm 2 yrs late.I loved reading this.I will search for further info. Lorraine

Dear Raven,
I'm looking forward to hearing the harp sometime. Maybe bring it to the next Carmelite Institute convention?
Yours, in Carmel, fr. Greg

What a sensible way to proceed! I recently obtained a "Harpsickle" 26 string lap harp with a self-teach CD course, and am going to attack the need to regularize daily practice (the dreaded "P" -word!) only demanding of myself a minimum of 2 minutes in the way recommended--I have a butterfly brain and organization doesn't come easily.

When I first started saying the Liturgy of the Hours, I found it difficult; However, after a few years it has become part of my being; now saying the Divine Office structures my day, anchors my being, & is part of my identity. I understand now what the Little Flower meant when, near the end of her life, she was asked "what devotions" she found fruitful for her interior life--she said she found everything she needed in the Divine Office. I shall schedule my 2 minute- harp practice after Vespers and see if I can make it a solid habit that way. It's an instrument which has a strongly meditative quality to it, and I do fine once I just make myself sit down with it. The ultimate goal of the endeavor is to accompany the psalms with quiet background chords. . . Thanks for the hint !