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The Divine Hours completes the celebrated trilogy of fixed-hour prayer manuals edited by Phyllis Tickle. Where gospel and shared meals are known as the "food and sustenance of the Church," the fixed-hour prayer is the "work," according to Tickle, religion editor for Publishers Weekly. Fans of the previous Divine Hours books (Prayers for Summertime, Prayers for Autumn and Wintertime) applaud Tickle's uncomplicated format, her use of a modern calendar rather than a liturgical one, and the single ribbon in the binding, which is, amazingly, all that readers need to track the daily offices. Fixed-hour prayers (also called "keeping the hours" or "saying the offices") are listed for each calendar day--morning, midday, and evening. Almost all of the sacred readings are from the New Jerusalem Bible, and the psalms and psalm hymns are lifted from the Book of Common Prayer. Some readers may object to the occasional passages with traditional, patriarchal language ("Almighty God, my heavenly Father: I have sinned against you, through my own fault....") Be assured that Tickle chose these readings carefully, no doubt relying upon her extensive religious studies and strong feminine perspective, as evidenced in her excellent memoir The Shaping of a Life. --Gail Hudson
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This book brings to conclusion spiritual writer and Publishers Weekly columnist Tickle's substantial revival and revitalization of the medieval practice of fixed-hour prayer. Like her anonymous predecessors, Tickle draws from Christian Scripture and from the writings of the church fathers but she also avails herself of the Book of Common Prayer and hymn-texts, as well as religious poetry. Literary and profound, Tickle's work should be welcome to a broad readership, Christian and non-Christian alike. Highly recommended.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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This review is from: The Divine Hours: Prayers for Springtime (Paperback)
This book is so easy to use. Tickle has selected psalms,readings and prayers that really speak to every day life.
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A Literate Dialog With God,
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This review is from: The Divine Hours: Volume III (Hardcover)
This book of prayers (one of three volumes covering daily prayer for a year) taken in large measure from the Bible is a wonderful prompt in one's life-long conversation with God. It helps one come to words one didn't realize one meant or hadn't the aptitude to say before one began using it in one's daily devotions. In addition to Scripture, it employs prayers from "The Book of Common Prayer" and other standard resources. But one particularly delights in the additional readings taken from a wide range of meditative and inspirational literature. Examples are "Pied Beauty," by Gerard Manley Hopkins and "The Sacrament of the Present Moment," by Jean Pierre de Caussade. What a remarkable contribution to one's spiritual life!
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Just the book I have been looking for,
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This review is from: The Divine Hours: Volume III (Hardcover)
This book is wonderful, both as an aid to personal daily devotions and altar visits. I recomend this book to anyone wishing to start a habit of daily prayers
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