We may not always think of it, but the sequence of services which make up the Divine Office ... organised the 24 hours into eight three-hour segments, each one containing an Office – the first ...
When did Anglo-Saxon monks begin to recite the daily hours of prayer, the Divine Office, according to the liturgical pattern prescribed ... reformers such as Dunstan and Æthelwold decided that "true" ...
As we move through the hours of night and day ... That is the beauty of the liturgy of the Divine Office as it offers perspective on our hurried lives, and an opportunity to retune ourselves ...