I don’t use the audio version much but the few times I’ve traveled, it is so comforting to not have to skip the Office in order to keep my hands on the steering wheel and my eyes in the road. It is so calming of any worries to pull out my phone, open the app, and be able to connect with Our Lord at those times I need Him most. Many times I’ve been sitting in a doctor’s waiting room at the time of Mid Morning prayer. It is such a blessing to have the Divine Office in my pocket. Now I don’t need to turn a lamp on as I use to when I used the Office printed volumes. Having the Divine Office on my phone is absolutely the best thing ever! The sense of community is so wonderful as I see how many others are praying at the same time as myself. When I discovered this app, all of my concerns of ribbon placement were gone. I have prayed the Divine Office for many years. as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray When at Meriba and Massah they challenged me and provoked me, The dry land, too, for it was formed by his hands.īending the knee before the Lord, our maker,ĭo not grow stubborn, as your fathers did in the wilderness, He holds in his hands the depths of the earth Let us approach him with praise and thanksgiving And my mouth will proclaim your praise.Īnd shout with joy to the Rock who saves us.
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Most important volume of the Liturgy of the HoursPodcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:56 - 3.7MB) I can't imagine living without these books now, and I recommend them without hesitation. (See the photos I uploaded for a better idea). This one is beautifully produced, crisply printed with six ribbons and a deep blue hardback cover - I don't agree with other reviewers' comments that the cream paper is too thin, it's not particularly opaque but actually feels quite a bit sturdier than most Bibles and Missals I've owned. You also get alternate (extra) readings for the Proper of Saints for England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Australia, many of these readings providing very useful biographical or autobiographical material on a given saint as a complement to that day's Mass.įor me, these readings are among the best parts of the whole breviary, and so these books are absolutely worth getting.
The main draw here over the cheaper single-volume "Daily Prayer" is the fantastic Office of Readings, which gives a scriptural reading (different from the readings at Mass, drawn from a variety of different English translations and sometimes featuring selections from books which don't feature at Mass at all) and a non-scriptural reading, often a homily or commentary on the preceding scripture reading, for every single day of the year. As a result, this is the most important of the three volumes if you're new to the Office. It's not particularly easy to grasp at first but with a little patience, it'll become second nature.
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All three contain many hours of prayer for each day of the year, as well as a healthy sampling of hymns, poems and prayers for specific purposes this one has an added bonus in the form of the fifty-page introduction and user guide, the General Instruction, which takes you step by step through how to use the books if you're unfamiliar with how the Liturgy of the Hours works.
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Between them, they contain everything that's in the smaller volumes, plus a lot of extra material. This, the three-part Divine Office set, is the full-length version, the biggest of the lot. There's no need for anyone to own all seven of these books, as the Divine Office contains everything in Daily Prayer, which in turn contains everything in Morning and Evening Prayer, etc etc each time you step up, it renders the previous step redundant. In ascending order of size, it goes:Įach of these is effectively a step up, an expanded version of the last. These volumes are the pinnacle of a whole range of Collins books featuring content from the Liturgy of the Hours in the same style. Volume 2 covers Lent and Easter, and volume 3 the rest of the year - I've posted very similar reviews on each of those pages too. This is the first (of three) volume of the "full" modern Catholic breviary, the Liturgy of the Hours this one covers Advent and Christmas, as well as containing the overall introduction and instructions for the series.
(I've added some photographs (under "Customer images") of the book you actually receive.)
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