Benedictine Daily Prayer: A Short Breviary
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| Rating | : | 4.35 (804 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0814628338 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 2266 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Benedictine Daily Prayer includes "Introduction," "An Aid to Praying Benedictine Daily Prayer," "Monastic Calendar," "Sunday and Weekday Readings," "The Ordinary of the Liturgy of the Hours," "The Weekly Psalter," "Supplemental Psalms and Canticles for Vigils and Lauds," "Festival Psalter," "Common for Feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary," "Common for Feasts of Apostles," "Common for Feasts of Martyrs," "Common for Feasts of Holy Men and Women," "Office for the Dead," "Proper of the Season (Advent, Christmas, Lent, Triduum, Easter, Pentecost)," "Proper of the Saints," and "Appendix: A Selection of Benedictine Prayers.". People who desire to pray with the church can do so in a simple manner by following this Benedictine daily prayer model. It offers a richer diet of classic office hymnody, psalmody, and Scripture than shorter resources are able to provide. Based on solid and traditional prayer patterns of more than fifteen hundred years of liturgical prayer within the Benedictine monastic tradition, Ben
a nice alternative to LOTH Having prayed the official Liturgy of the Hours for four years, the general pattern of praying every morning and evening is built into me almost subconsciously. However, I do occasionally like to break with my routine to spice-up things a bit and come back to the LOTH fresh. Benedictine Daily Prayer is a nice way to do that. It's a fun way to keep my regular prayer habit whil. Good Alternative to Christian Prayer Red Rose Some different readings if you are used to using the Liturgy of the Hours. Very easy to use if you know the pattern of the Hourswill require some patience if you don't, though the instructions are clear. Recommend you log on to a BLOG Site called the Anchoress--Google the title, will take you right there. Her recommendation led me to the book initially.From the AnchoressThis . An old fashioned book lover's dream. The silky feel of the pages. The feel of the book in hand. Five ribbon markers. Plus, exactly the content I wanted. Borrowed first from library. Had to have it myself. Thank you for providing it!
"This one-volume Benedictine Daily Prayer does a remarkable job of bringing together the essential elements of the monastic Liturgy of the Hours so that the interested user can enter into that daily rhythm of prayer that lies at the heart of monastic life. The format is flexible and user-friendly, making this volume an invaluable vademecum for individuals, families, or small groups. Mitchell, Department of Theology, University of Notre Dame . A new expanded breviary for laity and religious has replaced the former volume that had become one of Liturgical Press s most popular books. " ---Cistercian Studies Quarterly"It s true that the best way to pray is the way one prays best. This volume can also function in a wider sense as a prayer book providing hymns and biblical and non-biblical readings for further reflection and prayer. That widely used volume is now out of print. Especially welcome are the choices of the Grail
He is professor of liturgy at the University of Notre Dame. Maxwell E. Johnson, PhD, is an oblate of Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota, and an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He is the author of Living Water, Sealing Spirit, The Rites of Christian Initiation, and Between Memory and Hope, published by Liturgical Press. . His articles have ap