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The Night Offices. Prayers for the Hours from Sunset to Sunrise.
Phyllis Tickle
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Description for The Night Offices. Prayers for the Hours from Sunset to Sunrise.
Bringing together prayers, psalms, hymn texts, religious poetry and other readings, this work covers the offices for the hours from late evening (Compline) to early morning (Prime). It also includes a set of Matins, Lauds, and Prime specific to each day of the week and varied only by month. It is suitable for both Christian and non-Christians. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: HRCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 225 x 31. Weight in Grams: 688.
Phyllis Tickle's inspirational trilogy The Divine Hours™ was the first major literary and liturgical reworking of the sixth-century Benedictine Rule of fixed-hour prayer--an age-old discipline of saying prayers at certain times of the day. This highly regarded trilogy has become one of America's best-loved and most frequently consulted manuals for observing this ancient form of Christian worship. Now, in The Night Offices, Tickle offers the perfect complement to The Divine Hours™, bringing together prayers, psalms, hymn texts, religious poetry and other readings not included in the original trilogy, covering the offices for the hours from late evening (Compline) ... Read more
Phyllis Tickle's inspirational trilogy The Divine Hours™ was the first major literary and liturgical reworking of the sixth-century Benedictine Rule of fixed-hour prayer--an age-old discipline of saying prayers at certain times of the day. This highly regarded trilogy has become one of America's best-loved and most frequently consulted manuals for observing this ancient form of Christian worship. Now, in The Night Offices, Tickle offers the perfect complement to The Divine Hours™, bringing together prayers, psalms, hymn texts, religious poetry and other readings not included in the original trilogy, covering the offices for the hours from late evening (Compline) ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195306712
SKU
V9780195306712
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About Phyllis Tickle
Phyllis Tickle, founding editor of the Religion Department at Publishers Weekly, is a highly respected authority on religion in America, frequently quoted in publications such as USA Today, Christian Science Monitor, and The New York Times as well as on PBS and NPR. She is the author of the best-selling "Stories from The Farm in Lucy" trilogy, including What the ... Read more
Reviews for The Night Offices. Prayers for the Hours from Sunset to Sunrise.
"People who have become accustomed to using Tickle's trilogy The Divine Hours will appreciate this paperback edition."
Christian Century "...satisfying windows into the ritual of fixed-hour prayer."
Publishers Weekly Religion Bookline
Christian Century "...satisfying windows into the ritual of fixed-hour prayer."
Publishers Weekly Religion Bookline