Back in the fall of 2019, I bought the 2,000-page Christian Prayer: Liturgy of the Hours, with every intention of adopting the practice of stopping to pray five times a day (also known as the Divine Office) in 2020. I was just starting to get into this beautiful habit and then, well, covid. And I let the Divine Office go in favor of other prayers and readings that didn’t require a specific schedule. I’m embarrassed to say I let the world rather than God rule when I prayed.
But I want to recommit to the Divine Office, and I’m delighted my friend Barb Szyszkiewicz wrote this lovely new guide to help me get back on track. Barb’s a lay Franciscan (“held together by the grace of God, coffee, and crazy glue,” she says), and you may recognize her name because she’s also the editor of CatholicMom.com.
What’s on your nightstand?
