Benedictine Daily Prayer: A Short Breviary [by Maxwell E. Johnson, Paperback]

For those who want to grow spiritually, Benedictine Daily Prayer provides an everyday edition of the Divine Office. People who desire to pray with the church can do so in a simple manner by followi... more

For those who want to grow spiritually, Benedictine Daily Prayer provides an everyday edition of the Divine Office. People who desire to pray with the church can do so in a simple manner by following this Benedictine daily prayer model. Based on solid and traditional prayer patterns of more than fifteen hundred years of liturgical prayer within the Benedictine monastic tradition, Benedictine Daily Prayer helps readers celebrate and appreciate God s presence that is found everywhere, especially within the Opus Dei, which is the Divine Office. It offers a richer diet of classic office hymnody, psalmody, and Scripture than shorter resource are able to provide. 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. Benedictine Daily Prayer includes Introduction, An Aid to Praying Benedictine Daily Prayer, Monastic Calendar, Sunday and Weekday Read less