Tracing the origins of daily prayer from the New Testament and Patristic period, through the Reformation and Renaissance to the present, this book examines the development of daily rites across a broad range of traditions including: Pre-Crusader Constantinopolitan, East and West Syrian, Coptic and Ethiopian, non-Roman and Roman Western. Structure, texts and ceremonial are examined, and contemporary scholarship surveyed. Concluding with a critique of the present tenor of liturgical revision, Gregory Woolfenden raises key questions for current liturgical change, suggests to whom these questions should be addressed, and proposes that the daily office might be the springboard for an authentic baptismal spirituality. The author explores how prayer and poetic texts indicate that the thrust of the ancient offices was a movement from night to morning - from death to resurrection.

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Daily Prayer is the trusted resource that has deepened Catholics’ faith and prayer life. Rewritten annually to reflect the Lectionary year, this prayer book provides a simple order of prayer for each day, a scripture passage, a reflection, intercessions, the lord’s prayer, and a closing prayer.

Daily Prayer is the perfect companion for your spiritual journey. Versatile and easy to use, this trusted resource has assisted Catholics in deepening their faith and prayer life for over a decade. Focus on Scripture each day of the year with Daily Prayer 2020. This easy to use resource for group and individual prayer centers on a scripture reading each day, along with a reflection, a psalm, intercessions, and a closing prayer. The e-book provides an introduction to Catholic prayer for those involved in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults and an easy-to-use format for Catholics of all ages. It draws on the long tradition of lectio divina, providing a simple order of prayer for each day of the liturgical year from the First Sunday of Advent, December 1, 2019, through December 31, 2020. As the perfect gift for parish volunteers, teachers, and catechists, it will aid each person in the parish to foster a practice of prayer and can be used to begin or end parish meetings.

Daily Prayer is the perfect companion for your spiritual journey. Versatile and easy-to-use, this trusted resource has assisted Catholics in deepening their faith and prayer life for over a decade. Focus on Scripture each day of the year with Daily Prayer 2019. This easy-to-use resource for group and individual prayer centers on a scripture reading each day, along with a reflection, a psalm, intercessions, and closing prayer. The book provides an introduction to Catholic prayer for those involved in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults and an easy-to-use format for Catholics of all ages. It draws on the long tradition of lectio divina, providing a simple order of prayer for each day of the liturgical year from the First Sunday of Advent, December 2, 2018, through December 31, 2019.

Versatile and easy-to-use, this trusted resource has assisted Catholics in deepening their faith and prayer life for over a decade. Daily Prayer is the perfect companion for your spiritual journey. Versatile and easy-to-use, this trusted resource has assisted Catholics in deepening their faith and prayer life for over a decade. Focus on Scripture each day of the year with Daily Prayer 2021. This easy-to-use resource for group and individual prayer centers on a scripture reading each day, along with a reflection, a psalm, intercessions, and closing prayer. The book provides an introduction to Catholic prayer for those involved in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults and an easy-to-use format for Catholics of all ages. It draws on the long tradition of lectio divina, providing a simple order of prayer for each day of the liturgical year from the First Sunday of Advent, December 1, 2020 through December 31, 2021. As the perfect gift for parish volunteers, teachers, and catechists, it will aid each person in the parish to foster a practice of prayer, and can be used to begin or end parish meetings.

All the evidence for daily, sabbath, and festival prayers in the Qumran scrolls is analysed in detail, document by document. On the basis of formal features and social-liturgical setting, these prayers are compared with each other to uncover divergent prayer traditions. Comparative material beyond the scrolls is used to reassess their place in the development of Jewish prayer. Evidence for prayers of different origin found at Qumran is important for reconsidering the nature of the scrolls, the community(s) which used them, and the history of Jewish liturgy. For several texts significant new reconstructions are offered.

Daily Prayer is the perfect companion for your spiritual journey, offering a thoughtful order of prayer for each day. By reflecting on Scripture and the liturgical year, you will gather the wisdom and strength to live out your day as a disciple of Jesus. Equally useful for group or individual prayer, Daily Prayer center’s each day’s order on a Scripture reading, along with a reflection, a psalm, intercessions, and closing prayer. Daily Prayer 2024 provides an introduction to Catholic prayer for those involved in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults and an easy-to-use format for Catholics of all ages. It provides a simple order of prayer for each day of the liturgical year from the First Sunday of Advent, December 1, 2023, through Saturday, November 30, 2024.