The Daily Office: Marking God's Time
Marking the hours of each day with prayer is a practice that
originated in ancient times. The
Rule of St. Benedict
set forth that the monastic community was to gather every three hours to
pray together. This practice was carried over into the Book of Common Prayer
in the Daily Office of Morning and Evening Prayer.
Many Episcopalians pray these services on a daily basis. The
office services include a psalm, canticles, and readings from scripture. Saying
the Daily Office allows one to follow the contours of the Church Year as it
unfolds through daily bible readings.
Below are links to online resources containing the office,
the readings of the day, and reflections on these readings.
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Daily Office
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This link contains the entire text of the Daily Office, updated
daily, in both English and Spanish.
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Forward Movement Publications
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Forward Day by Day is a collection of reflections on the readings of
the day from the Daily Office published by Forward Movement
Publications, an Episcopal publishing house.
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