A Layman's Guide to the Liturgy of the Hours: How the Prayers of the Church Can Change Your Life
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St. Paul exhorts us to pray without ceasing - a beautiful goal that sounds daunting, even impossible. But wait! These pages break open an authoritative, time-tested method that countless laymen still use today to pray with constancy and thereby soar to the heights of holiness. It's called the Liturgy of the Hours. Also known as the Divine Office or the breviary, the Liturgy of the Hours is an important vehicle for advancing in the spiritual life a step that any serious Catholic, with the help of Fr. Timothy Gallagher, can take today. Relying on insights from popes and saints, as well as on his five decades experience praying the Liturgy of the Hours, Fr. Gallagher opens your eyes to this spiritual treasury and shows you how, by means of its sanctifying rhythm, it will help you progress on your spiritual journey. Soon, you will be among the multitude of Catholics who pray the Hours daily and are richly blessed by the flow of graces these prayers yield. From the wise Fr. Gallagher, you'll learn: The basic elements of the Liturgy of the Hours. How to incorporate them into your day, no matter how busy it may be. How the Hours will revitalize your daily prayers and prevent them from becoming routine. How they will extend the graces you obtain at Mass into your entire day. How praying the Hours with your family will link you more intimately to each other and to the universal Church. If you're looking to invigorate your prayer life and draw closer to Our Lord in friendship and holy contemplation, discover the Liturgy of the Hours. Review: Incredible Book for those Serious about Prayer - Fr. Gallagher has written a must-read for anyone new to Liturgy of the Hours or considering it as the foundation of their prayer life. The book is imminently readable and provides encouragement to pray the hours, a detailed breakdown of the parts of the prayer, its history, and above all how it unites us to each other as the Church and to Christ. I received the book today and am halfway through already. It has put a new perspective on the hours for me. I can’t recommend this book highly enough! Review: As described ~ - Great reference.
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M**I
Incredible Book for those Serious about Prayer
Fr. Gallagher has written a must-read for anyone new to Liturgy of the Hours or considering it as the foundation of their prayer life. The book is imminently readable and provides encouragement to pray the hours, a detailed breakdown of the parts of the prayer, its history, and above all how it unites us to each other as the Church and to Christ. I received the book today and am halfway through already. It has put a new perspective on the hours for me. I can’t recommend this book highly enough!
M**R
As described ~
Great reference.
G**Y
Great guide to help.one learn the hours.
Great guide to introduce you to praying the hours. Helping me through and improving my Faith displine.
D**N
Very helpful
Still reading the book
M**R
Informative and Helpful
An informative book and a good starting point to better understand the Liturgy of the Hours. I enjoyed the background on how praying the LOTH came to be, also the more practical aspects of application. Fr. Gallagher provided more than enough information to get me started and also added resources for deeper study. I walked away with a far better understanding and deeper appreciation of the LOTH.
B**E
Happy I found this book
I have been doing parts of the Liturgy of the Hours with Sing the Hours. This book is helping me understand it all better and appreciate what God has provided for us.
C**L
The Perfect Introductory Book on the LOH
I can’t recommend this book enough. Fr. Gallagher never disappoints in his writing. The deliberateness of his language and choice of words in writing is always compelling. This is so evident to me in this book on the LOH. I’ve come to a fuller understanding of this prayer and am encouraged to continue to have the LOH be a part of my daily life with greater consistency. There are recommendations for further reading in this book that I will certainly follow through on. As always, thank you Fr. Gallagher!
T**H
Great Product for the Money!
Very Satisfied!
R**.
Well explained - this will help to achive spiritual benefit
Though the book is expensive on Amazon, MRP on book shows $ 14.95 ( Rs.1239) cost on Amazon is more. However this book is very nice, this is written in a simple format which encourages a lay person to read without feeling tired. As a lay person I enjoyed it and at the same time acquired so much of knowledge on how to get the maximum spiritual benefit which is treasured in the "Liturgy of the hours" God Bless the Author and the publisher of this wonderful book.
C**N
Giving Lay People Permission
It was amazing to read testimonies of moms and dads like me who are still able to pray the Liturgy of the Hours. It gave me permission not only to pray them, but to pray as much as I am able as a father to a young daughter and another on the way. For example, I now listen to Evening Prayer on my commute home after work with the Divine Office app. Fr Gallagher painted a beautiful picture of this liturgical prayer and his own stories at times brought me to tears of consolation. This book has resurrected an old prayer habit of the Liturgy of the Hours and I am very grateful.
V**S
Liturgy of the hours
Good for everyone - not just priests!
T**Z
Good spiritual book
Very informative book
S**A
Informative and enjoyable
I'd been praying the Daily Prayer from Divine Office (Collins: It's TLOH without the Office of Reading) for 6 months when I read this book. I am glad I did, for it made my prayer life even richer. After reading, I bought the full 3 volume set of Divine Office. This book is certainly encouraging.
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