The Wheatland Mission

The Divine Hours

All of us need a boost in our prayer life from time to time. In fact, it is important for us to regularly examine and evaluate our experience of prayer. It is one of the primary ways that we experience God's presence and there are times when we need to consider new options to direct us in our times of prayer.

The "Daily Office", sometimes known as "The Divine Hours" is an option for prayer that I would encourage all of you to consider.

"The Divine Hours by Phyllis Tickle is a manual for fixed-hour prayer. It presents the prayers to be prayed at the divine hours of every day: Morning prayers, for prayer between 6 and 9; midday prayers for praying between 11 and 2; and evening prayers to pray between 5 and 8, and help us gently close the day.

Praying the hours enjoins us to stop, let go of all that occupies us, and focus on the sacred at regular intervals throughout the day. Suddenly, every day becomes holy, for every day is laced together by our appointments with God."

Click on the following link, set your time-zone, this allows you to navigate to the right set of Scripture and prayer for your time of day and explore the value of praying the "Divine Hours".

http://explorefaith.org/prayer/fixed/index.html

posted by The Wheatland Mission @ 8:51 PM