Late one night David heard God prompting him to turn on the computer and order the full set of Liturgy of the Hours books. An unusual prompting, I know, but how can we question something that will inevitably make us holier?
The box came on Thursday and David unwrapped the books with delight when he got home from a 12-hour shift of his preceptorship. He found all the proper pages and we prayed Night Prayer together on the couch. It was lovely! Praying the Liturgy of the Hours brings me great peace and centeredness. I hope his new prayer regimen (as his nursing school schedule allows) brings David that same peace and deepening of faith. I look forward to joining him often!
Photo credit: bhsher
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Deo Gratias: Liturgy of the Hours
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4 comments:
Nice post and I'm glad you found the photo useful. Praying the divine office has changed my life. My wife and I try to pray Compline each night just before bed.
Pax.
I love the LOH! and wish I prayed it more often. I have the little shorter Christian Prayer books for Rebecca and I, but we don't pray it much. It's a powerful thing getting into the rhythm of the psalms. Thanks for the push to pray them again.
More resources here:
http://www.liturgy.co.nz/ofthehours/resources.html
That's awesome. I recently (just a couple days ago) got "Christian Prayer" and am trying to get down the construction of the hours.
I may end up getting the full LOTH set (*gasp*the price*gasp*), yet want to make sure I can stick with what I have right now.
I am loving it so far though and really excited about it. Once I get down how each hours prayer is constructed, it will be much easier.
God bless you both!
[found your blog post from the link on flickr, as I was searching for pictures on LOTH]
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