Excellent!
I use this app everyday to follow along at Holy Mass (Mass of St. Paul VI). The additional features, e.g. saints of the day, spiritual reading, and scriptural commentary, are wonderful to keep me attentive during mental prayer. While I do not regularly pray the Divine Office, it is a blessing to have it available within the same app. The layout of the entire app is beautiful and conducive to prayer. While there is little I can suggest to make this app even more useful, I would say that the widgets could use a facelift, and readings and prayers for the Mass in the Extraordinary Form (Mass of St. John XXIII) would be a much appreciated addition. All in all, I’m grateful I purchased this app over ten years ago!
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Matthew Newman
Wonderful faith enhancing would love the whole Bible to be incorporated even with extra cost
Good value, easy to use
I’ve used the Universalis app for about four years. For travel, it’s easier than carrying the breviary, but the best thing is that all the Liturgy of the Hours and readings for Mass are easy to access. I also appreciate “About Today,” with its sketches of the saints of the day. Heavy on British ones, but after all, I believe this app originated in the UK. I can also check the calendar to verify which week of the psalter we’re in when it’s my turn to plan our convent liturgies. Well worth the cost, roughly a dollar US per month.
Update, two years later. Still like to his app for all the reasons cited above. Still a good value.
Update, two years later. Still like to his app for all the reasons cited above. Still a good value.
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Hymns
The site is most useful but the selection of hymns is poor. During seasons such as Lent and Advent the same hymns are used day after day. Some are long and use archaic language. Since I pray the Office of Readings and Morning Prayer one after the other - as I suppose other people also do - the same hymn is used for both hours. There is a very rich hymnody in the English language, both older and newer, so I believe that the choice of hymns should reflect that tradition. Thank you.
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Universalis - a way of life
I have been using Universalis for a long time & love that it is being constantly updated, both liturgically & sensitively. As a Permanent Deacon I am grateful that it has covered the whole prayer of the Church (replacing the need to hunt through 3 volumes of The Office, not to mention both Sunday & Weekday Missals).
I generally turn first to ‘About Today’ & have learnt so much about the saints of the Church, which otherwise one would not learn of.
Commentaries by Dom Henry Wansborough & access to books about the Catholic faith are a source of inspiration & encouragement to take up ‘sacred reading’.
By the grace of God, my wife is able to join me in reciting Morning, Evening & Compline prayer, & I love the Scriptural Rosary.
May the Lord continue to bless Martin Kochanski & his team, and May many people be brought to a loving & close relationship with the Lord Jesus through your work.
I generally turn first to ‘About Today’ & have learnt so much about the saints of the Church, which otherwise one would not learn of.
Commentaries by Dom Henry Wansborough & access to books about the Catholic faith are a source of inspiration & encouragement to take up ‘sacred reading’.
By the grace of God, my wife is able to join me in reciting Morning, Evening & Compline prayer, & I love the Scriptural Rosary.
May the Lord continue to bless Martin Kochanski & his team, and May many people be brought to a loving & close relationship with the Lord Jesus through your work.
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Lovely apps with a few small quirks
This app is an indispensable part of my routine as a Priest. The only fault I can find is that within the order of Mass not all the rubrics are there. I also dislike being charged more to have audio when I’ve already paid a lot just to have full use of the application. I find it odd that there is not the option to choose Fransiscan as an option for religious order.
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What a joy to use
This has been a game changer for me in terms of opening up the Liturgy of the Hours to me as a lay person. I tried to learn how to do it with all the ribbons in a print version…but I just didn’t have enough brain space available to pull it off. Universalis has made it all easy so I can focus on the actual prayer. It’s such a relief. Also, I just paid once and I’m always up to date. I couldn’t be happier with my purchase.
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Great Bible App
This app has all the bells and whistles, literally. All the daily readings you need, all the saint days, Catholic Art resources, audio if you want it. Awesome! Highly recommended!
God bless you, Universalis!! 😇
I had been using the Divine Office and now deciding their Hymns to be like a cookie cutter…same authors/music and other generic qualities that I’ve noticed over time. Now I’ve paid for Universalis, and never happier I be now!! It’s more than worth the price. These folks have gone the extra mile with ease of operation, as well as the marvelous user friendly options. The best part…I don’t need to activate the web to use this. Simply FANTASTIC!! I wish to thank ALL the folks who’ve made this app possible for all of us.💫
THANK YOU!!!
THANK YOU!!!
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Just Beautiful
This may very well be the most wonderful and beautiful app ever made for the prayer life of believers. I never knew I needed this app until I got it. I downloaded the free trial and purchased it within the hour of using it. Thank you Universalis.
