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Liturgy of the Hours

6–14 min
Hour

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About this prayer

The official daily prayer of the Church, with today's texts for all seven canonical hours — from the Office of Readings to Compline — provided by iBreviary.

History

The Liturgy of the Hours is the public, daily prayer of the Church, sanctifying the whole course of the day and night with psalms, hymns, readings, and intercessions. Rooted in the Jewish hours of prayer kept by the apostles, it grew through the cathedral and monastic traditions into the Divine Office, and was renewed after the Second Vatican Council so that clergy, religious, and laity alike could pray with the whole Church. Praying even one hour joins your voice to the unceasing praise the Church offers around the world.

How to pray it

Choose the hour that matches the moment of your day — Office of Readings at any time, Lauds in the morning, Terce, Sext, or None through the day, Vespers in the evening, Compline before sleep. The texts are fetched fresh each day from iBreviary and follow the liturgical calendar. Pray slowly, pausing at the asterisk in each psalm verse.