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The Divine Hours: Prayers for Summertime |
Author: Phyllis Tickle
Published: 2006-05-02 |
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 The Divine Hours triligy
Phyllis Trckle has a most wonderful resourse for daily prayer in the best Benedictine style. I have it on my desk and use it daily. Depending on the day I may read a whole days worth at one sitting, or read the morning part and then return later in the day for additional sections. If I am away for a few days, I may have to read more than one days worth at a time. But the daily praise and prayers are refreashing.
My only wish would be for a larger print format
 Really good!
I know some other reviewers mention it doesn't really follow the bcp, but it is still a really great collection to have in your library. The readings, morning, noon, night, and compline are short enough so that even the busies people can make time to pray.
My only complaint is the language, I would have liked to have seen a more inclusive text, especially in some areas where it would have really been helpful. I think Mrs. Tickle would have a better following if the language was updated. It is this way in all 4 of her books (Divine Hours - 3 books, and then the Evening Prayers). If you are sensitive to the male dominated text of the bcp, you probably will not like this.
Fresh prayers in a dry season
Phyllis Tickle has compiled daily Psalms, readings, and historic prayers of the Christian faith into this easy-to-use daily prayer guide. It includes morning, mid-day, and evening prayers, as well as a "compline" section for bedtime. This book of prayers has broadened and deepened my prayer life in a season of spiritual dryness. Personal times of spontaneous worship and prayer are wonderful when the worshipper can feel God's presence and the wind of the Spirit at his/her back. However, in seasons of dryness, it is easy to drift into a state of prayerlessness because the inspiration doesn't come so easily. These prayers have helped me maintain a daily rhythm of practicing God's presence in the midst of spiritual dryness. These prayers, spoken out loud, by faith, can become like "daily manna" and "water from the rock". Dry souls needs daily reminders that God is still the Great Shepherd and Divine Compass who will guide them successfully to the other side of the desert. Although there is an occasional Marian (Mary-focused) prayer that makes this Protestant soul slightly uncomfortable, the majority of the prayers are straight from scripture and/or are greatly inspired by passages of scripture and can be formational for Catholics and Protestants alike.
Liturgy of the Hours for non-Roman Catholics
This book is wonderful and subtle and changes your life!
If the discipline of daily prayer (let alone several times a day!) has ever been a struggle for you then YOU MUST BUY THIS BOOK and the rest of the series!
I cannot even begin to stress the importance of stoppping for a time-out with God four times a day. Ms Tickle has done a terrific job of putting together prayers, hymns and short Bible readings (OT & NT) that will guide and change you. She has managed to compile what we all need in order to put the hurry and worry and stress of life into perspective. It will encourage prayer for self and others and re-focus you on the truly important aspects of life.
Excellent Prayer Resource
Tickle's "The Divine Hours" is a fresh and yet strongly traditional approach to praying the divine hours. Having each of the offices laid out for each day allows the one praying to engage fully in the prayer without the distraction of flipping through a breviary trying to locate which piece belongs to each particular office. In a culture where our time is so often at a real premium, this book makes it much easier to stop at the appointed times, engage in the presence of God, then return to business with a renewed sense of what it means to be a part of the kingdom of God. By praying the hours, as Tickle describes it, we all become a part of the "cascade of prayer" that flows continuously around the globe as the hours are kept by people all over the world.
I have long wanted to find a way to keep the divine hours, and this book is a real treasure in helping make that a reality. Each office offers something new to engage me--a reading, a hymn, or a prayer. The Prayer Appointed for the Week, repeated three times a day for a full week, becomes more than just words addressed to God. It begins to take root in my soul, creating a theme for the week in my own relationship with God.
Thank you to Phyllis Tickle for the work you have done in creating this series!!
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