Daily Prayer Routine: The Divine Hours Pocket Edition
28 Aug 2007
I’ve written before about my use of the Northumbria Community prayers. I’ve used them online and in printed form. In fact I moved to the online version after trying the Divine Hours for a couple of months, and found the books to large to carry around with me.
Well I got a heads up from Paul Mayers, that there was a pocket edition for the Divine Hours. I got my review copy today, and it’s superb/lovely. In that it’s portable, usable, and simple.
So as I think about the resources I use for my prayer life they seem to fall into these categories:
1. Online: I use Sacred Space most often as it’s short, simple, and doable. I then also use the Northumbria Community online office. It’s longer but again suits my online life and is easy to follow.
2. Print/Books: As I mentioned I have used the full series of the Divine Hours, but found it too large to carry, and then have used the printed Northumbria Community prayer office, which I must admit, I have struggled to get my head around. That’s I’m sure, due to my lack of investment in reading and using the book.
So just a quick heads up on this new Pocket Edition of the Divine hours. I’ll write more about the book, and fixed hour prayers later. Meantime, what resources do you guys use?
Tagged: Celtic, Divine-Hours, Northumbria-Community, Phyllis-Tickle, Prayer, Resources
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Comment by Helen
3.51 pm on 28 Aug 2007
I just listened to a podcast which mentioned The Divine Hours:
The Nick and Josh Podcast with Karen Sloan
Karen is with Presbymergent; she is travelling around the US sharing with people about about new monasticism.
I think she says in the podcast that she’s is in the process of writing a new book about these ancient types of prayer, for people who want to learn more about them and start practising them.
Comment by dan brown
12.51 am on 29 Aug 2007
I like the term Presbymergent and will be comandeering that term into my vocabulary and bag of tricks. Thanks!
Comment by Paul
7.18 pm on 28 Aug 2007
grin, the divine hrs pocket guide ;)
Comment by Mark Van Steenwyk
10.58 pm on 28 Aug 2007
Our community developed a very simple breviary. It is actually available online (www.thebreviary.com). It is a 28 day, repeating cycle of morning and evening prayers.
Comment by Existential Punk
11.27 pm on 28 Aug 2007
The Divine Hours are awesome and i’m so glad to hear about this pocket addition! Phyllis is a FANTASTIC woman!
Comment by Helen
12.39 am on 29 Aug 2007
Silly me…I should have said that Nick and Josh have also done podcasts with Phyllis, the author of The Divine Hours!
See here
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