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The Divine Hours: Prayers for Autumn and Wintertime

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The second volume in a trilogy of prayer manuals compiled by Publishers Weekly religion editor Phyllis Tickle as a contemporary Book of Hours to guide Christians gently yet authoritatively through the daily offices.

The Divine Hours is the first major literary and liturgical reworking of the sixth-century Benedictine Rule of fixed-hour prayer. This beautifully conceived and thoroughly modern three-volume guide will appeal to the theological novice as well as to the ecclesiastical sophisticate. Making primary use of the Book of Common Prayer and the writings of the Church Fathers, The Divine Hours is also a companion to the New Jerusalem Bible, from which it draws its Scripture readings. The trilogy blends prayer and praise in a way that, while extraordinarily fresh, respects and builds upon the ancient wisdom of Christianity.

The second book in the set, Prayers for Autumn and Wintertime, provides prayers, psalms, and readings for these two festive seasons. Compact, it is perfect for those seeking greater spiritual depth. As a contemporary Book of Hours, The Divine Prayers for Autumn and Wintertime heralds a renewal of the tradition of disciplined daily prayer, and gives those already using the first volume the continuity they are seeking. The series will culminate in a third volume for springtime, completing the liturgical and calendar year with the offices for every day.

688 pages, Paperback

First published September 19,2000
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The Divine Hours

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688 pages, Paperback
Published
September 19, 2006 by PRH Christian Publishing
ISBN
9780385505406
ASIN
038550540X
Language
English

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Phyllis Natalie Tickle was an American author and lecturer whose work focuses on spirituality and religion issues. After serving as a teacher, professor, and academic dean, Tickle entered the publishing industry, serving as the founding editor of the religion department at Publishers Weekly, before then becoming a popular writer. She is well known as a leading voice in the emergence church movement. She is perhaps best known for The Divine Hours series of books, published by Doubleday Press, and her book The Great Emergence- How Christianity Is Changing and Why. Tickle was a member of the Episcopal Church, where she was licensed as both a lector and a lay eucharistic minister. She has been widely quoted by many media outlets, including Newsweek, Time, Life, The New York Times, USA Today, CNN, C-SPAN, PBS, The History Channel, the BBC and VOA. It has been said that "Over the past generation, no one has written more deeply and spoken more widely about the contours of American faith and spirituality than Phyllis Tickle." A biography of Tickle, written by Jon M. Sweeney, was published in February 2018. Phyllis Tickle: A Life (Church Publishing, Inc), has been widely reviewed.

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sonyug
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April 16,2025
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I really love the idea of this book and I have enjoyed so many of the prayers and hymns. Definitely recommend. I did this along with my devotionals or sometimes it was my devotional. It's not really a book you need to read every day but some mornings it was the way I started my day. I really enjoyed and I'll be doing the others throughout the year and revisiting this one again towards the fall/winter time.
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littlefluffyegg
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A very helpful devotional tool. Each day has four prayers to use. They help give your day a real rhythm, and there is a context for each (e.g. the morning prayer contains a request to keep one from sin while the vespers and compline prayers contain words of repentance for the sins committed for the day). The book also follows (though a bit more loosely than other books) the liturgical calender (in this volume, for example, there are advent and Christmas prayers). Many elements remain the same each day, and they are noticeable when absent (such as the lack of the recitation of the Gloria Patri during Advent). All in all, I really appreciated this book, and it helped to remind me throughout the day whom I serve. On to volume three!
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AkaiOne-san
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April 16,2025
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Just finished. (I didn't read it in-line with the calendar.)

This is a great book for starting to pray regularly. It is a compilation of scriptures, hymns, and church prayers. Highly recommend
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Elfezen
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April 16,2025
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So, this isn't the kind of book you read straight through obviously since it is a daily prayer book, but I love it. it has prayer 3 to for times a day, and revives the ancient practice of keeping the daily office. Nothing I have read or done recently has helped my prayer life more!
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April 16,2025
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One of the finest novels in the English language, but unputdownable.
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Rikiia
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April 16,2025
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Phyllis Tickle has created such a beautiful resource for praying the Divine Hours. I did morning prayer and Vespers every day. So inspiring and comforting. Now on to Springtime and Lent.
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April 16,2025
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Another good collection of prayers. I appreciated the extra prayers for Advent and Christmas.
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The book is part of a three book set that covers the entire calendar year as well as providing special material for Lent and Advent. Please see my review for "The Divine Hours: Prayers for Springtime" by Phyllis Tickle.

Please see my review for "The Divine Hours: Prayers for Springtime" by Phyllis Tickle.
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