Welcome to Universalis
The Liturgy of the Hours (also known as the Divine Office) is the richest single prayer resource of the Christian Church. It provides prayers, psalms and meditation for every hour of every day. It has existed from the earliest times, to fulfil the Lord's command to pray without ceasing.
| “The purpose of the Divine Office is to sanctify the day and all human activity.” | “The Office is... the prayer not only of the clergy but of the whole People of God.” Apostolic Constitution, Canticum Laudis. |
The Universalis web site gives you quick and simple access to this resource, and to the liturgical calendar, and also to each day's readings at Mass.
Free web pagesThe free Web pages give you Universalis content for today, yesterday, and the week ahead. For today's Universalis pages, see the links on the left. Your current settingsCalendar: General Calendar Today is: Tue If you need to change these settings, click on them. The Jerusalem Bible translation is used for all the scripture readings. The translation of the Psalms is our own. For other translations, see the paid-for service. Other free servicesWAP pagesWAP is a lightweight Web for mobile devices with small screens - in particular, mobile phones such as the Blackberry. The Universalis WAP site gives a shortened version of the main site to fit in the smaller space. RSS feedsSelected parts of the Universalis site are available as RSS feeds, for you to view in a feed reader or incorporate into a web site. BannersYou can incorporate the Universalis banner into your web site as a way of informing your visitors and giving them quick access to Universalis. Catholic CalendarThe free Catholic Calendar application for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad is available directly from Apple in the iPhone App Store. It gives you a complete liturgical calendar for every day of every year, with lives of the relevant saints and essays on various feasts. For both Windows and the Mac, you can get a free Catholic Calendar by installing one of the Universalis downloads and never buying a registration code for it. |
Paid forBy agreement with the copyright holders, the paid-for services of Universalis have more translations. The Mass readings include the Responsorial Psalm for the English-speaking world. They are available in the New American Bible translation for America and in the Jerusalem Bible translation with the Grail psalms for the rest of the world. In the Liturgy of the Hours, the Grail psalms (as used liturgically in most of the English-speaking world) are included in addition to our own translation. The Jerusalem Bible translation is used for all the scripture readings in the Liturgy of the Hours. Buying a single registration code will give you access to all the services listed in this section, except for the Universalis application for the iPhone. Universalis downloadsYou can download a complete Universalis program from our web site. This contains the whole of the Universalis content, without time limits, and it gives you the benefit of all the additional translations. The downloads are available for both Windows and the Mac. These downloads work as a free trial version for a month before you have to decide if you want to buy a registration code to activate them permanently. For dates outside the trial period, the program will work as a simple Catholic Calendar, just like the free iPhone application. Entering a registration code adds no new features: it simply removes the date restriction of the free trial version. (Older, unsupported versions of the Universalis program are available as free downloads for Windows Mobile and for Palm OS, and do not require a registration code). Universalis app for iPhone/iPod Touch/iPadThis is available directly from Apple in the iPhone App Store. It contains the whole of the Universalis content, without time limits, and it gives you the benefit of all the additional translations. Because of Apple's rules for the App Store, there is no trial period, but you can always install the free Catholic Calendar and use it to buy just one month's worth of Universalis content to see if you like it. Buy only onceIf you have several computers of your own, you can use the same registration code on all of them. If you have several Apple iDevices, one App Store purchase of the Universalis app will cover them all. If you have a registration code and want to use the Universalis app as well, see this page. If you have the Universalis app, you can use it to unlock and use all the other paid-for Universalis downloads and services without needing a registration code. Automatic daily emailsYou can tell our web site to email you some or all of each day's pages to you, daily. To do this, you need either a Universalis registration code or the Universalis application for the iPhone. Create your own e-bookYou can put a day's, a week's, or a month's Universalis content into an e-book, to read on your Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader, Barnes & Noble Nook, etc. The e-books you create are for your own personal use only. To create e-books, you need to install the Universalis download for Windows or the Mac. Other devicesIf you have a device that runs a different operating system, such as Android, Blackberry, or Symbian, then you can't use any of our downloaded programs directly; but follow the links for suggestions. You could try setting up the daily email service, or you could try creating your own e-book to read on your device. |
