![]() Nowadays it consists of five individual “offices”, i.e. The Divine Office, or Liturgy of the Hours, sometimes known as the Breviary (a breviary is the name given to the prayer book containing the prayers), is the formal public prayer of the Church. (Photo by Evans/Three Lions/Getty Images) circa 1955: Ella Odegaard says her bedtime prayers on Christmas Eve at the family home in Petersburg in Alaska. The riches of the Divine Office have been a fantastic discovery. He urged us to pray more and to re-examine our priorities, suggesting to us than we could easily make more space for prayer if we cut out time-wasting and distractions. The final prompt for my resolution was a challenging homily from my parish priest last Advent. Many years ago a friend who was entering religious life gave me his three-volume set of the entire Divine Office, and since then they have often glared reproachfully at me from the shelf (I have never been one of those people to whom a good prayer life comes naturally or easily). At the start of 2020, I resolved not to lose weight or finish my novel or learn a new language – although I should do all of those things – but to pray at least one Office from the Divine Office every day. But I made one this year and it has turned out very well. I am not normally a great one for making New Year’s Resolutions. Niall Gooch From tiny acorns, mighty oak trees grow.
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