If you have been to the church in the morning hours recently, then there is the chance that you may have heard some strange sounds coming from my office. I have been using the book The Divine Hours by Phyllis Tickle as my devotional book. Ms. Tickle is the religious editor for Publishers Weekly. She has created a trilogy of books that cover the entire year. Each book contains three daily prayer offices for use by the church. The material is based mainly on The Book of Common Prayer and it attempts to integrate the monastic prayer offices into a daily format that can be used by laity and clergy.
The readings from the Psalms are pointed for chanting. So, I have been chanting the offices. Currently, I am only using the morning office, but hope to include the midday and evening office into my prayer/devotional life as the year progresses. If there is anyone that is interested in learning more about the prayer offices or about chanting the Psalms, I would be more than glad to talk with them about it.
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