The Breviarian Hours

  "We are fools for Christ..." – 1 Corinthians 4:10 One Sunday service, we found a hate letter taped to the choir loft door as we entered. It said, “You don’t deserve to be called Breviarians.” They called us Xeroxians. Oof. We stared at it in disbelief. Not because we were deeply hurt (okay, maybe a little), but because we couldn’t believe someone was that invested in our crazy little group. Why “Xeroxians”? Because we photocopied our Midafternoon prayers. Breviaries were expensive, and we were just students. There were no digital apps yet, and we didn’t want to miss praying together before the Blessed Sacrament. We even printed 1,000 song sheets—every single Sunday —for the 5PM Mass so the congregation could join us in singing— long before PowerPoint ever entered a parish. (It was honestly a miracle how we pulled that off. God's provision at its finest!) Looking back, we should’ve laminated that letter. Framed it. Hung it in the Brev office like a batt...

The Gospel, the Fig Tree, and the Brevolution Within       Luke 13:1–9 is a sobering Gospel. Not the kind we put on mugs or post with flowery backgrounds. But sometimes the truth we need doesn’t come softly—it comes like a gardener with a shovel. And yet, even here, there is mercy.  🕍 The Gospel Recap       Jesus is told about some Galileans who were killed by Pilate. Then He brings up another tragedy—the fall of the tower of Siloam. In both cases, He doesn’t explain why it happened. Instead, He says: “Do you think they were worse sinners than the rest? No, but unless you repent, you will all perish as they did.” And then comes the parable: A man plants a fig tree in his vineyard. For three years, it bears no fruit. “Cut it down,” he says. But the gardener pleads: “Sir, leave it for this year also... I’ll dig around it and fertilize it. It may yet bear fruit.”   💥 The Brevolution Wake-Up Call       This G...

There’s something about moving to a foreign country that shakes you to your core. The comfort of home disappears. Familiar faces fade into the background. And suddenly, you find yourself surrounded by a culture, a language, and sometimes even a  faith  that feels different from what you’ve always known. Some let go. Some adjust. But some hold on even tighter. And that’s exactly what  Brev Jeff in Canada  and  Brev Patrick in Vietnam  did. Brev Jeff: The Rosary That Kept Them Rooted Canada wasn’t exactly a walk in the park for Jeff and his family. The struggles of settling down, the pressure of making ends meet, and the silent battles of being far from home—it was overwhelming. And yet, in the midst of it all, they never lost their center. They kept the faith.  Literally. Every night, as the world outside continued to test them, they turned to  prayer.  The Rosary wasn’t just a devotion; it became their lifeline.  It held them together wh...