The Liturgy of the Hours, part IV – Roadmap & Terminology

My screenwriter professor once commented that every culture has its own nomenclature.  And so does Divine Office.  This website is a great resource on the basics of the Divine Office. It offers the actual moment-by-moment outline of what the hours … Continue reading

The Liturgy of the Hours, part III – Where did the Liturgy of the Hours come from?

Where did the Divine Office come from?  Was it something that just happened?  Dropped from the sky like a meteor?  Something that the dolphins and dinosaurs did so we had decided to emulate? In the psalms, we read, “Seven times … Continue reading