Universalis is a missal and a breviary, and more besides. It gives you the Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) and the Mass for every day; plus valuable additional material.
Tens of thousands of people use Universalis daily. Come and join them!
• Single purchase: the app lasts for ever. It does not need a subscription to make it work.
• No Internet needed: everything you need is already built in.
• No cleverness needed: each day, Universalis works out exactly what you need to see.
• View any date: past, present and future.
• Use your own local calendar: USA, Canada, Singapore, Ireland, and every diocese in Australia, New Zealand and the UK.
• Easy to read and use: a choice of fonts; big or small type; dark or light theme; page-turning or scrolling.
• Optional add-on: spoken audio read by real human beings (this needs a subscription: see below).
• Latin if you want it: by itself or alongside the English.
• Help and support: tips and instructions are included; or press “Contact Us” to send us a message, and we will reply.
EXTRA MATERIAL
• The “About Today” page tells you what saints are being celebrated today, worldwide. It includes reflections, biographies and illustrations.
• “Mass Today” gives you the Order of Mass and today’s readings and prayers, all in one page. Bishops have been known to use it to say Mass from their iPads!
• “Spiritual Reading” gathers the patristic and hagiographic readings for all the saints and feasts of the day.
• “The Rosary” has a verse of Scripture for every Hail Mary of every Mystery. Spoken audio is included.
• Daily Books takes selected spiritual classics and presents them in daily instalments to focus and enrich your prayer life.
• Commentaries on the day’s Mass readings from a leading biblical scholar.
And more – Home Screen widgets; liturgical events for your iOS calendar; daily email service; copy and paste into other apps; reminders and alarms; Mass readings on your Apple Watch.
LITURGY OF THE HOURS (Divine Office)
The complete official Liturgy of the Hours of the Catholic Church, as used worldwide. Morning (Lauds), daytime (Terce, Sext and None), evening (Vespers), night (Compline) and the deeply reflective Office of Readings. Do as many or as few of them as you like.
• The psalms and canticles match the official English and American books. Scripture readings – United States: RSV. Elsewhere: Jerusalem Bible (with RSV as an optional add-on).
READINGS AT MASS
The exact prayers and readings at Mass for each day.
• England, Wales, Scotland: the official ESV version.
• United States: the official NAB version.
• Elsewhere: Jerusalem Bible readings and Grail psalms, as used at Mass in most of the English-speaking world.
OPTIONAL ADD-ON AUDIO (in-app purchase required)
Just press the button and listen! If you want to see what you are hearing, the text is highlighted to follow the sound. After an initial download, no Internet is required. Works with CarPlay too.
• Spoken English Liturgy of the Hours: every Hour of every day of every year. Monthly or annual subscription.
• Spoken English Mass Readings: First and Second Reading and the Gospel. Jerusalem Bible translation only. Monthly or annual subscription.
(You can listen to a sample before subscribing. Following App Store rules, subscriptions renew automatically but you can cancel auto-renewal at any time.)
• Sung Latin Compline (Night Prayer): by the boys of the Schola Cantorum of the London Oratory School. Single purchase.
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I love that I do not have to bring the heavy books with me ( not that I have bought the divine office books)😝 it can be used offline.I did subscribe to the audio but I think it can be made a little better. If the Divine Office recording is sung… it would be great. I am happy to offer help😬 lol in the singing partIts simple to use.
Good app!
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I bought this app mainly in view of Universalis' reputation in the area of making the Liturgy of the Hours accessible to computer users of the Internet. This is an excellent resource for integrating my spiritual life as an ordinary lay Catholic to the Liturgy of the Hours. Economic in the sense that the full texts of the daily public prayers of the Holy Church have been included. This means that in book form, it should cost hundreds of US dollars (and enormous physical weight as well). I appreciate especially the fact that for the part of Divine Office, Latin and English can be provided side-by-side. However this feature has not been available for the proper prayers and readings for the Mass. (I understand this may take much more effort, and thanks a lot for your great work!)No need to turn the pages across ribbons and ribbons. Thanks for making the praying of the Liturgy of the Hours into such a "convenient" and "comfortable" experience! With this app, one hardly has any more excuse not to pray ceaselessly!My little suggestion is to include some other traditional "elective" elements to this already awesome collection, e.g. Office for the Dead, some common intercessions, seven penitential psalms, little office of the Blessed Virgin, prayers before and after Mass, prayer before and after journeys, thanksgivings, etc. I hope I am not asking for too much!May God graciously reward your good works!
Some updates to the calendars for Singapore and the Discalced Carmelites.
