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Death, the Daily Office, and Christian Formation

The Daily Office is waking, walking, and dying with Christ. From the day's beginning to its close, we lay down our life and death in him.

Are We Losing The Daily Office?

Praise, prayer, and the reading of scripture are essential for our daily lives as followers of Christ. The Daily Office offers the way.

Lord, Open Our Lips: A Manifesto for the Daily Offices

I have heard it said the monks of Mt. Athos, whose daily existence and lives are surrounded by the waters of the mighty Mediterranean Sea,...

Sunday Liturgy Without A Priest: Part Two (Morning Prayer and Antecommunion)

As increasing numbers of parishes are left without the services of a priest, decisions about how to celebrate the liturgy on Sundays loom ahead....

A Peaceful Night and a Perfect End

By Eugene R. Schlesinger When I first discovered the Book of Common Prayer as a young evangelical Christian, I quickly determined that Compline was among...

The Presence of Immanuel

By Thomas Kincaid It’s Day 11 of Christmas. These twelve days are almost over. Certainly our secular lives have mostly come crushing back (despite the...

A Third Article Reflection

By Daniel Martins Praying daily in the same form for years upon years is a repetitive endeavor that, in my case at least, invariably evokes...

God’s Name and Ours

By Jon Jordan Ira Glass, host of NPR’s This American Life, shares a family story about his grandmother who became ill at the age of...

A Scriptural Liturgy

By John Bauerschmidt In his book, The Love of Learning and the Desire for God, Jean Leclercq offers this reflection on liturgical worship: All the delicacy...

Walking Through Morning Prayer

By Jean McCurdy Meade We often think of the Christian life as a journey, a Pilgrim’s Progress to the Celestial City, in the words of John...

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