Benedictine Daily Prayer: A Short BreviaryMaxwell E. Johnson Liturgical Press, 2005 - 2266 pages For those who want to grow spiritually, Benedictine Daily Prayer provides an everyday edition of the Divine Office. People who desire to pray with the church can do so in a simple manner by following this Benedictine daily prayer model. Based on solid and traditional prayer patterns of more than fifteen hundred years of liturgical prayer within the Benedictine monastic tradition, Benedictine Daily Prayer helps readers celebrate and appreciate God's presence that is found everywhere, especially within the Divine Office. It offers a richer diet of classic office hymnody, psalmody, and Scripture than shorter resources are able to provide. Benedictine Daily Prayer is designed for Benedictine Oblates, Benedictine monastics, and men and women everywhere. It's small enough to fit in a briefcase for travel. Scripture readings are from the NRSV. Click here for an easy reference guide on how to use Benedictine Daily Prayer. Benedictine Daily Prayer includes "Introduction," "An Aid to Praying Benedictine Daily Prayer," "Monastic Calendar," "Sunday and Weekday Readings," "The Ordinary of the Liturgy of the Hours," "The Weekly Psalter," "Supplemental Psalms and Canticles for Vigils and Lauds," "Festival Psalter," "Common for Feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary," "Common for Feasts of Apostles," "Common for Feasts of Martyrs," "Common for Feasts of Holy Men and Women," "Office for the Dead," "Proper of the Season (Advent, Christmas, Lent, Triduum, Easter, Pentecost)," "Proper of the Saints," and "Appendix: A Selection of Benedictine Prayers." Maxwell E. Johnson, PhD, is an oblate of Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota, and an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He is professor of liturgy at the University of Notre Dame. His articles have appeared frequently in Worship. He is the author of Living Water, Sealing Spirit, The Rites of Christian Initiation, and Between Memory and Hope, published by Liturgical Press. " |
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... faith and labor of love and steadfast- ness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ . For we know , brothers and sisters beloved by God , that he has chosen you , because our message of the gospel came to you not in word only , but also in ...
... faith ; I was afraid that somehow the tempter had tempted you and that our labor had been in vain . But Timothy has just now come to us from you , and has brought us the good news of your faith and love . He has told us also that you ...
... faith is growing abundantly , and the love of everyone of you for one another is increasing . Therefore we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith during all your persecu- tions and the ...
... faith says , " Do not say in your heart , ' Who will ascend into heaven ? " " ( that is , to bring Christ down ) " or ' Who will descend into the abyss ? " " ( that is , to bring Christ up from the dead ) . But what does it say ? " The ...
... faith , to the Jew first and also to the Greek . For in it the righteousness of God is re- vealed through faith for faith ; as it is written , " The one who is righteous will live by faith . " Resp . The angel Gabriel was sent by God ...
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The Ordinary of the Liturgy of the Hours | 903 |
The Weekly Psalter | 935 |
Supplemental Psalms and Canticles for Vigils and Lauds | 1142 |
Festival Psalter | 1192 |
Common for Feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary | 1213 |
Common for Feasts of Martyrs | 1250 |
Common for Feasts of Holy Men and Women | 1272 |
Office for the Dead | 1299 |
Proper of Seasons | 1336 |
Proper of the Saints | 1676 |
A Selection of Benedictine Prayers | 2243 |
Index | 2254 |
Common for Feasts of Apostles | 1236 |