The Daily Office
‘Seven times a day will I praise thee’ says the psalmist (Ps119v164)
The ancient monastic office is built up from this exhortation,
and comprises:-
Vigils (after midnight)
Lauds (morning)
Terce (mid-morning)
Vespers (evening)
Compline (night, last prayer of the day)
This sequence of prayer is also referred to as the divine office,
the liturgy of the hours, the ‘opus dei’, or simply, the prayer of the church.
If you would like to join in with the prayer of the church, then the
following links will access today’s services, which include the appointed collects and psalms from Common Worship.
Daily Offices for Sunday, July 4, 2010
Daily Prayer is provided by the official Church of England web site,
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