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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 264.15
EAN: 9780385497572
ISBN: 0385497571
Label: Doubleday
Manufacturer: Doubleday
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 672
Publication Date: September 19, 2000
Publisher: Doubleday
Release Date: September 19, 2000
Sales Rank: 676183
Studio: Doubleday
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
The second volume in a trilogy of prayer manuals compiled by Publishers Weekly religion editor Phyllis Tickle as a contemporary Book of Hours to guide Christians gently yet authoritatively through the daily offices.
The Divine Hours is the first major literary and liturgical reworking of the sixth-century Benedictine Rule of fixed-hour prayer. This beautifully conceived and thoroughly modern three-volume guide will appeal to the theological novice as well as to the ecclesiastical sophisticate. Making primary use of the Book of Common Prayer and the writings of the Church Fathers, The Divine Hours is also a companion to the New Jerusalem Bible, from which it draws its Scripture readings. The trilogy blends prayer and praise in a way that, while extraordinarily fresh, respects and builds upon the ancient wisdom of Christianity.
The second book in the set, Prayers for Autumn and Wintertime, provides prayers, psalms, and readings for these two festive seasons. Compact, with deluxe endpapers, it is perfect for those seeking greater spiritual depth. As a contemporary Book of Hours, The Divine Hours: Prayers for Autumn and Wintertime heralds a renewal of the tradition of disciplined daily prayer, and gives those already using the first volume the continuity they are seeking. The series will culminate in a third volume for springtime, completing the liturgical and calendar year with the offices for every day.
Amazon.com Review:
The Divine Hours: Prayers for Autumn and Wintertime by Phyllis Tickle draws on the Book of Common Prayer and the Church Fathers, as well as the New Jerusalem Bible, to provide daily readings and prayers (for morning, noon, vespers, and complin) for every day between October and January. Tickle's book of hours modernizes the ancient practice of fixed-hour prayer, as originally practiced by the Jews ("Seven times a day do I praise you" [Psalm 119:164]) and adapted by early Christians. The book's introduction provides a short history of this tradition of prayer, whose centrality in Christian worship was cemented in the sixth century, when St. Benedict fashioned the rule of his community according to the schedule of fixed-hour prayer. The introduction also encourages readers to experiment with sung and chanted prayer (the encouragement includes the tantalizing observation by Saint Augustine that "Whoever sings, prays twice"). The discipline described by The Divine Hours is demanding, but the rewards, as Tickle describes them, are great. Christians who practice fixed-hour prayer "find themselves filled with a conscious awareness that they are handing their worship, at its final 'Amen,' on to other Christians in the next time zone. Like relay runners passing a lighted torch, those who do the work of fixed-hour prayer create thereby a continuous cascade of praise before the throne of God."
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I use all three of Phyllis Tickles' "The Divine Hours" for my daily morning meditation. I can't start the day without it.
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I love this series of prayerful daily readings. The combination of Psalms, prayers and spiritual songs is almost always helpful and inspiring. Best of all -- I use it and it helps me. Wow!
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I was given the summer version of this devotional and prayer guide, and immediately bought the fall-winter volume! Being scripture-centered has guided me each day to consider the Lord FIRST and LAST, and has blessed me enormously. Most of the prayers are from the Psalms or from traditional Collects and worship service prayers, combined with scripture verses to bless each morning, noon and night. Highly recommended for beginning and mature Christian devotion and growth!
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Can't say enough good about this book. Whether you pray the Liturgy of the Hours, or if you just set aside a daily period of personal devotion, it is certainly a welcome breath of fresh air.
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Having been raised Lutheran and now a Methodist, the concept of "praying the hours" was new to me. However, I was looking for a good reference book of daily prayers when I stumbled across this series and I've been very happy with it. If you don't have the time or desire to pray morning, noon, vespers and compline, this is still a good reference and even doing one session per day is a good start to a more disciplined Christian prayer life. The only negative is that the entire series is not available ... Read More
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