An Everyday Book of Hours

by Dorothy Day and William Storey

Book Overview

William Storey, compiler of some of the best-loved prayer books of our time, has selected the most beautiful elements from the full Liturgy of the Hours and other sources to create a simpler book for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156854278X
• ISBN13: 9781568542782
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Liturgy Training Publications
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Easy for a family to use!

We've had to order multiple copies, so we can use them over breakfast or dinner. I've been wanting to share the hours with my husband for years, but was daunted by the complexity of the other official hours. This one is do-able.I especially like the songs at the end. The words are deeply evocative and I was surprised to discover that that the words do indeed fit to many tunes.

A Rich Resource for Daily Prayer

William Storey provides here a brief but traditional form of the Roman Catholic morning, evening, and night prayer from the liturgy of the hours suitable for individual or communal praying. The texts for morning prayer and evening prayer are given in a four-week cycle. Each hour of prayer consists of introduction, hymn, psalm with psalm prayer, short scriptural reading followed by silence and response, a canticle, Lord's Prayer, and closing prayer. The Apostles' Creed is added after the canticle on Saturday evenings and Sunday mornings. A simple format of introduction, psalm, reading, Canticle of Simeon, intercessions, Lord's Prayer, closing prayer, and Marian antiphon-most elements involving several options is provided for night prayer. There are simple, straightforward directives for the leader of the prayer when a group uses this book. Other clear suggestions provide ways of praying the psalms, using appropriate postures and gestures, and engaging in silent prayer. An appendix contains suggestions for biblical readings during seasons of the liturgical year; a collection of hymn texts which can be sung to simple, well-known, traditional melodies and a section which discusses prayer and contains the texts of many traditional prayers with short commentary on them.Compared to other similar resources, this book is simpler to use than most and is suited to both individual and communal prayer.

Recovering biblical prayer

This is a fine introduction to the biblical form of prayer known as the Liturgy of the Hours. The Hours are a rich and time-tested way for Christians to pray with the whole community of faith and out of the source of its hope, the inspired Scriptures. This type of prayer immerses believers in the poetic word of God found in the psalms, scriptural canticles, and scriptural readings. It may be prayed in community, family gatherings, or by individuals seeking to pray in communion with others."An Everyday Book of Hours" offers an introduction to and spirituality of this prayer and shows how to do it. It presents a clear format of morning prayer and evening prayer over the course of four weeks. It also offers a simple form of night prayer for bedtime, a fine collection of basic Christian prayers, and newly translated hymns.William Storey has produced a number of highly regarded books for prayer over many years. They are sturdy guides to a fresh experience of the centuries-old tradition of Christian prayer out of the pslams and other Scriptures. He is one of the world's few experts in this long experience of lived prayer. This newest publication deserves a wide and heartfelt following!

My New Favorite Prayerbook

Bill Storey's revised prayerbook (An Everyday Book of Hours) is the most useful single book for daily prayer available. My wife and I now use it on a regular basis. I will also integrate it into courses I teach in liturgy in a Presbyterian seminary. The book offers a classic model of prayer for evening and morning, in a version suitable for individuals, two or three persons, or larger groups. It will find use in our chapel, with different levels of musical expression, and it will also serve as a model for developing regular prayer services in other settings. The genius of the book is to embody the wisdom of tradition in a very accessible form. The prayers are both poetic and succinct, there is a very helpful guide to reading the Bible daily, and there are immediately useful resources for seasons. The model for a night prayer is particularly fine. This is prayer for the people.

A Prayer Book That Really Helps You Pray

For nearly thirty years the forerunner of An Everyday Book of Hours served as my daily prayer book. For many of those years my family used it for our morning prayer time. Now I am delighted to have this lovely new prayer book from the man who taught me to pray and guided me in it. Anyone who yearns for a prayer book that will open them to God and help them sanctify their day should follow my example and choose this book for their personal worship.