Shorter Christian Prayer: Four-Week Psalter of the Loh Containing Morning Prayer, and Evening Prayer with Selections for Entire Year International Commission on English in the Liturgy

Liturgia Horarum

by United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (Publisher)

This shorter edition of Christian Prayer presents a selection of material for Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer in a format that is easier for the lay person to use that the complete Christian Prayer or the four-volume Liturgy of the Hours. vinyl

Genres: Religion, Faith, Reference, Spirituality, Nonfiction, Christian

672 pages, Leather Bound

First published May 1, 1988

About the author

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in the United States. Founded in 1966 as the joint National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) and United States Catholic Conference (USCC), it is composed of all active and retired members of the Catholic hierarchy (i.e., diocesan, coadjutor, and auxiliary bishops and the ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter) in the United States and the Territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands. In the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the bishops in the six dioceses form their own episcopal conference, the Puerto Rican Episcopal Conference (Spanish, Conferencia Episcopal Puertorriqueña). The bishops in U.S. insular areas in the Pacific Ocean – the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Territory of American Samoa, and the Territory of Guam – are members of the Episcopal Conference of the Pacific (Latin, Conferentia Episcopalis Pacifici).

The USCCB adopted its current name in July 2001. The organization is a registered corporation based in Washington, D.C. As with all bishops' conferences, certain decisions and acts of the USCCB must receive the recognitio, or approval of the Roman dicasteries, which are subject to the immediate and absolute authority of the Pope.

Reviews

[Eric · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've taken this of the "reading" list even though I use it every day. Great source for building a discipline of prayer. The psalms have a certain effect when you read them aloud every day. Like water polishing a rock. Not always easy, but it's been good.

[Angel7 · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Liturgy of the Hours is such a treat! It's wonderful to have a small part of that sacred prayer devotion in this slim book, which slips so easily in a pocket, briefcase, or purse. A very handy breviary. I'm so impressed with it I've given it as a gift to friends.

[Jessica · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a shortened version of Catholic prays for the Liturgy of the Hours. I read it because I had it, but as far as prayer books go, I did not think it was worth much and I have never been a huge fan of structured prayers like the Liturgy of the Hours.

[Sue · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very good prayer book if you like to pray the Liturgy of the Hours.

[Diego Rimando · Rating 4 out of 5]

This breviary is good, but it lacks the full texts of Solemnities and Feasts. Good for travel and parish use.

[Tom Willis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very simple breviary, for the recitation of the major hours and Compline. You may as well get the standard, larger "Christian Prayer" breviary.