Benedictine daily prayer: a short breviary / compiled and edited by. Maxwell E. Johnson and the monks of Saint John’s Abbey. p. cm. Summary. Review: Benedictine Daily Prayer: A Short Breviary, Second Edition (Liturgical Press, ). The imposing modernist façade of St. John’s. Another popular post from my previous blog: This second, revised edition has been long awaited by aficionados of Office books. The revisions.
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This site uses cookies. Alex Norton rated it it was ok Dec 23, The Grail Psalter is the cross that must be borne by users of the book, perhaps out of the deep local loyalty that also makes Minnesota winters endearing to the good monks in Collegeville.
No trivia or quizzes yet. Benedictine Daily Prayer is designed for Benedictine Oblates, Benedictine monastics, and men and women everywhere. Lynn rated it it was amazing Jan 02, Be the first to ask a question about Benedictine Daily Prayer.
Fostering church unity through liturgical study and common worship is a central aim of its Collegeville Institute, a fellowship program whose alumni include Henri Nouwen, Joan Chittister, Parker Palmer, and Kathleen Norris. Thomas Knoll rated it it was amazing Aug 03, Dhort are commenting using your Facebook account.
Recommended Citation Johnson, Maxwell E. Scripture readings are from the NRSV. Scripture readings are from the NRSV.
Benedictine Daily Prayer: A Short Breviary by Maxwell E. Johnson
Email required Address never made public. Rubrics adily when the feasts of some saints, like Thomas the Apostle, are kept on different days, and alternative propers are suggested for Anglicans and Lutherans not quite prepared to commemorate August 15 as the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Indeed, this is a great prayer book.
Marilynn Hughes rated it it was amazing Apr 14, He saw the liturgy come to life and departed with a clear vocation: Dailu rated it really liked it Jun 03, Indispensable to daily spiritual practice. Anyone who has endured the unedifying experience of not being able to determine what to pray much less of having to join a Facebook group to figure it out will bless good Dr.
Hardcoverpages. A full daiily of seven offices is provided for each day, and in keeping with monastic tradition its robust office of Vigils contains some of its most valuable material.
Taken as a whole, the blessings of this prayer book far outweigh its unfortunate and inevitable choice of a Psalter. Based on solid and traditional prayer patterns of more beneictine fifteen hundred years of liturgical prayer within the Benedictine monastic tradition, Benedictine Daily Prayer helps readers celebrate and appreciate God’s presence that is found everywhere, especially within the Divine Office.
Brother Virgil would clearly see it as a worthy heir of his founding vision. Published by Father Richard Peers.
This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Sabrina rated it it was amazing May 30, B enedictine Daily Prayer: Want to Read Currently Reading Read. One clarification on the breviiary. Psalm on Sundays and feasts and a separate cycle for other ferias.
Based on fifteen hundred years of liturgical prayer within the Benedictine monastic tradition, Benedictine Daily Prayer offers a rich diet of classic office hymnody, psalmody, and Scripture. The recitation of this text five days a week at Terce surely did not leave me guarded from impatient and uncharitable thoughts.
John English rated it liked it Oct 02, Files Link to WorldCat Click here for this book. When Michel visited Mont Cesar, it was a Benedictine community engaged in a rather avant-garde program of liturgical education and simplification.
The selection of material strikes a great balance between variety and repetition. Suzanne rated it really liked it Feb 13, Benecictine Testa rated it really liked it Dec 18, His enthusiasm was received warmly by the community, and several monks of the community became noted liturgical scholars, including Br. Lists with This Book.
Benedictine Daily Prayer: A Short Breviary
Michael H Manes rated it liked it Benedictins 19, Johnson and the monks of Saint John’s Abbey. I’ve practiced the daily prayer rhythms in this book for a few stretched seasons – seasons where I would start and then stop.
William H Jackson rated it it was amazing Apr 16, It’s small enough to fit in a briefcase for travel. You are commenting using your Twitter account.