Benedictine Daily Prayer: A Short Breviary

ISBN: 0814637027

Author: the Monks of Saint John's Abbey

Condition: New

2021 Catholic Media Association Award first place award in backlist beautyBenedictine Daily Prayer provides an everyday edition of the Divine Office for people who desire to pray with the church in a simple manner. Based on fifteen hundred years of liturgical prayer within the Benedictine monastic tradition, Benedictine Daily Prayer offers a rich diet of classic office hymnody, psalmody, and Scripture.This fully revised edition includes: A new organization for the Office of Vigils, structured on a two-week cycle Daily Offices also arranged on a two-week cycle Patristic readings for each Sunday Concluding prayers for the daily and seasonal offices A more user-friendly layout Benedictine Daily Prayer is designed for Benedictine oblates, Benedictine monastics, and men and women everywhere. Small enough to fit in a briefcase for travel, it is arranged by date. Scripture readings are from the NRSV.