Analyzes the breviaria parva, or little hours, based on the Divine Office but adapted for the laity and "active" orders. Presented in order of appearance, compared with the complete Office.

Essay by the late Cardinal Spellman says that the publication in English of the official prayer book of the Church offers a tremendous opportunity for anyone who wishes to grow closer to God in prayer.

Evolution of the book, or set of books, containing the texts and rubrics of the canonical hours.

Essay on the practice of reciting the Divine Office according to set hours.

Scholarly essay on what is essentially a bedtime prayer, often recited privately.

Brief essay on the historical development of the Liturgy of the Hours.

Article on the canonical hour once known as Matins, then as Lauds, now as Morning Prayer. One of the two principal hours.

Not Morning Prayer, but a nighttime prayer, which has now been replaced by the Office of Readings.

Applies especially to the cathedral Office, i.e., the Liturgy of the Hours in a parish setting.

The convoluted history of this nighttime prayer.

Essay on the daytime hour recited in mid-afternoon.

Historical article on a special set of prayers for the deceased.

Article on the office of Prime, now suppressed.

Article on the 1911-1913 revamping of the breviary so as to allow recitation of all of the Psalter each week. Feasts were also ranked according to liturgical importance, and some offices were no longer obligatory or were even suppressed.

Article on the midday office.

Essay on the office of Terce, the earliest of the "little hours" in the day.

Historical article on Evening Prayer, one of the two principal canonical hours.

Published by the Congregation for Divine Worship in 1971.

By William J. Lallou. Written in 1950, so the four books he mentions do not correspond to the four-volume set in use today.

About evening and night prayer and psalmody.

About daytime prayer and psalmody in fourth-century Egyptian monasticism.

Apostolic Constitution, on the promulgation of the revised book of the Liturgy of the Hours, in 1970. By Pope Paul VI.

Demonstrates that the custom of praying at the third, sixth, and ninth hour is of very ancient origin in the Church.

Chapters 8-20 are the liturgical code in the Rule of Benedict. On praying the hours.

Source for praying the Liturgy of the Hours. Once you have entered your time zone and country, you can bookmark pages for daily prayer. (This site does not use the official Liturgy of the Hours translation due to copyright issues).