Liturgy of the Hours
Recovering the Rhythm of Daily Prayer Long ago, our ancestors in faith lived lives deeply rooted in daily prayer. Individuals and households praised and thanked God with a poetic richness expressed through morning and evening hymns and psalms—often known by heart. Over time, many of these practices faded. In more recent centuries, some new daily devotions emerged: the Morning Offering, the Act of Contrition, the Angelus, and other prayers tied to the rhythm of the day. But even these, for …