The
Daily Office Project
The
Daily Office is actually a series of volumes to aid individuals
and/or communities to order their prayer through the traditional
canonical "hours" of the day. Here are downloadable
versions of the basic liturgies, as well as an overview to the
Daily Office, commentaries on each office, and indices to the
psalms and hymns.
Each
day begins with Evening Prayer, (also known as Vespers or Evensong)
marking the liturgical commencement of the daily cycle at sundown.
- Compline
(or Night Prayer) is the ancient office at bedtime and marks
one’s self-commendation to God for the night that is
at hand.
- Morning
Prayer ( or Lauds) greets the dawn and prepares us
to face the active tasks of the day.
- Mid-Morning
Prayer, Midday Prayer, and Mid-Afternoon
Prayer are brief offices which mark the sun's progress
and the passage of the day.
- In addition
to the daily hours, the office for a Vigil
(also called Mid-Night Matins) is included.
The
“Prayer Book” Volumes
These
contain all the liturgical and hymn texts necessary — including
a modern setting of The Great Litany — for regular use.
With these books, one needs only a Bible to make full use of the
offices, thereby avoiding the juggling of multiple books. The
offices are structured so they may be used equally effectively
by an individual praying the office alone or a gathered community
of two or more persons.
Then,
each book in the series is focused on a period of the liturgical
year, gathering all of the seasonal resources into a single volume. |
Volume
One – Advent through the
Season After Epiphany
 Beginning
with Advent, this volume carries the reader/pray-er through Christmas
Day, the Twelve Days of Christmas, the Feast and Season of Epiphany,
and conlcudes with Shrove Tuesday. Other seasonal resources include
those for the observance of:
- Andrew,
Apostle (November 30)
- Thomas,
Apostle (December 21)
- Stephen,
Martyr (December 26)
- John,
Evangelist (December 27)
- The
Holy Innocents (December 28)
- The
Holy Name of Jesus (January 1)
- The
Confession of Peter (January 18)
- The
Confession of Paul (January 25)
- Feast
of the Presentation (February 2)
- Matthias,
Apostle (February 24)
ISBN 1-878009-35-4 – Issued November 1998
348 pages – $21.95
Volume Three
– The Great Fifty Days (Easter)
 This
volume begins with the Great Paschal Vigil and concludes with
the celebration of Pentecost. Other seasonal resources include
those for the observance of:
- The
Annunciation (March 25)
- St.
Mark the Evangelist (April 25)
- Sts.
Philip and James (May 1)
- The
Visitation (May 31)
- St.
Barnabus the Apostle (June 11)
ISBN 1-878009-39-7 – Issued April 2000
222 pages – $21.95
Volume Four
- B – Ordinary Time (Second Half)
 The
volume begins with the Sunday between September 4 and 10 inclusive,
and concludes with the last Sunday of the Church Year, known as
The Feast of the Reign of Christ, or Christ the King. Other seasonal
resources include those for the observance of:
- Matthew,
Apostle(September21)
- Feast
of Michael and All Angels (September 29)
- Luke,
Apostle (October 18)
- James
of Jerusalem (October 23)
- Simon
and Jude, Apostles (October 28)
- All
Saints (November 1)
- Andrew,
Apostle (November 30)
ISBN 1-878009-33-8 – Issued August 1997
188 pages – $21.95
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Volume
Two – Lent and the Triduum
 The
second in order of this series will provide the seasonal resources
for the season of Lent and the Sundays in Lent. Commencing with
Ash Wednesday, this volume will conclude with the offices for
Holy Saturday, leading toward the Great Paschal Vigil. Other seasonal
resources include those for the observance of:
- Matthias,
Apostle (February 24)
- John
Wesley (March 2)
- Joseph
(March 19)
- Feast
of the Annunciation (March 25)
- Charles
Wesley (March 29)
ISBN 1-878009-51-6 (perfect bound rather than spiral)
246 pages – $21.95
Volume Four
- A – Ordinary Time (First Half)
 This
book begins with the Vigil for Trinity Sunday and continues through
the week of the Sunday between August 28 and September 3. Other
seasonal resources include those for the observance of:
- Barnabas
the Apostle (June 11)
- The
Nativity of John the Baptist (June 24)
- Peter
and Paul, Apostles (June29)
- Mary
Magdalene (July 22)
- James
the Elder (July 25)
- Mary,
Theotokos (August 15)
- Bartholomew
the Apostle (August 24)
ISBN 1-878009-32-X – Issued May 1997
232 pages – $21.95
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The
Reference Volumes
In addition to the “Prayer Book” volumes, The Daily
Office includes two books of additional materials to enhance and
enrich the use of the series.
Volume
Five – For All the Saints
 Subtitled
A Calendar of Commemorations for United Methodists, this
books expands the understanding of "saints". It builds
upon the historical sanctoral calendar of biblical saints, and
presents men and women of faith from more recent times who have
lived lives "with unusual purpose and clarity, utterly transparent
to a reality beyond themselves." Here, the editor brings
together the work of numerous scholars who offer the reader a
rich collection of "prayable lives" to offer encouragement
and to bring hope into our daily existence.
ISBN
1-878009-25-7 – Issued April 1995
268 pages – $21.95
Volume Six –
A Daily Lectionary
 This
last contribution to the series offers two approaches to a regular
discipline of daily scripture reading.
The
first is a daily lectionary which is tied to the Revised Common
Lectionary. Based on the three-year cycle of readings, this directory
compiled by Hoyt L.Hickman, connects the daily rota of lessons
to those which will be the texts for the upcoming Lord's Day celebration.
The
second section of the book is a reprinting of the two-year Daily
Lectionary as found in the Book of Common Prayer.
Either
or both of these schemes will help the person or community using
The Daily Office follow a systematic plan to read through the
Bible in a two- or three- year period.
ISBN
1-878009-43-5 – Issued October 2001
272 pages – $21.95
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