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| The Divine Hours: Prayers for Autumn and Wintertime | 
 enlarge | Author: Phyllis Tickle
Publisher: Image
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (10 reviews)
Sales Rank: 16939
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 688
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.1 x 1.5
ISBN: 038550540X
Dewey Decimal Number: 242
EAN: 9780385505406
ASIN: 038550540X
Publication Date: September 19, 2006
Release Date: September 19, 2006
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Product Description
Phyllis Tickle, among the most respected authorities on religion in America today, is one of many modern Christians who observe the ancient tradition of praying the Divine Hours, also known as the Daily Offices. This final volume in paperback, The Divine Hours: Prayers for Autumn and Wintertime, provides four sets of offices?morning, midday, vespers, and compline?for every day from October through January. Each includes prayers, psalms, and Bible readings for each day of these two festive seasons which include the Feast of All Saints, the Season of Advent, the days of Christmas, and the Epiphany.
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. It blends prayer and praise in a way that respects and builds upon the ancient wisdom of Christianity?yet it is extraordinarily fresh and vibrant.
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 Great content - publishing format needs improving September 29, 2008
As many others have said, the content is great. The one drawback is the format. If if were published in a loose-leaf format that could be but in a three ring binder then it would be much easier to use. Rather than having to take the whole book, you could take just several pages with you as needed.
 My go-to series for daily devotions February 13, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Tickle has done a great service for everyone who practices daily devotions. Along with the "Prayers for Summertime" and "Prayers for Springtime," this book provides everything one needs to pray one or all of the Daily Offices (the night prayers of Matins, Laud, and Prime are contained in her "The Night Offices").
The book is broken into chapters by month, with daily Morning Prayer, Midday Prayer, and Vespers. Compline is the same from week to week within a given month, so Tickle provides the seven days of Compline readings at the back of each month. The Introduction also includes a history of the Divine Hours and some instruction in how the use the prayers. She encourages readers to chant or sing the psalms or prayers when appropriate, but affirms that silent reading, chanting, or singing is a matter of personal preferences.
Each day's Offices follow the structure of the Book of Common Prayer, although the old familiar Invitatories and Responses are replaced by other varied, often less-familiar, lines from Scripture. The readings are usually biblical, but may also be from Christian sources. All-in-all, each office takes only a few minutes to read to oneself, and is varied, accessible, and enjoyable. The book, itself, is easy to use (although a built-in bookmark or two would be great), the type is easy to read, and it's not so heavy I'm going to mind packing it for a trip (although it's not a small book, by any means).
I highly recommend this book and its companions for the Divine Office beginner or regular practitioner. Those new to daily prayer may also enjoy Brook's The School of Prayer: An Introduction to the Divine Office for All Christians.
Inspiring December 30, 2007
The Divine Hours was recommended in Philip Yancy's book, "Prayer". The daily readings are mostly from Scripture but has prayers from early Church Fathers and the Book of Common Prayer. After reading each day's prayers, praying became a joy instead of chore. I bought all three books!
A Prayerbook Trilogy for All Seasons November 3, 2007
As someone who has worked with a good number of prayer books over many years including the old Roman Breviary (in Latin), Phyllis Tickle has produced a true masterpiece through her trilogy. It is very "user-friendly" with all prayer materials appearing in tight sequence on each page, eliminating the need to flip all over a book searching for "what's next?" Thank you for making my life more simple, Ms. Tickle!! I now have more time for real prayer.
More importantly, the assigned prayers and reading selections for each day are very well chosen. They are all on the side of thoughtful brevity. This helps create that wonderful atmosphere prescribed by St. Benedict(father of western monasticism)who instructs "therefore prayer ought to be short and pure, except when it is occasionally prolonged by the inspiration of Divine Grace."
Beautiful Collection of Daily Prayers June 11, 2007
Phyllis Tickle has done all of us a tremendous service by updating the traditional prayer book format. Her compilations (This is one of three seasonally targetted volumes) take the best of volumes like the Book of Common Prayer and instead of making the reader flip to four or five various sections for each prayer time -- she collects them all in order on one page. Genius!
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