The Monastic Hours of Prayer

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Benedicta Ward SLG

ISBN: 978-0-7283-0283-9

LENGTH: 34 pages

Fairacres Publications 178

2016

Sister Benedicta Ward examines the origin and development of the use of the Psalter in the daily worship of monks. The psalms offer both monk and secular prayers of great intimacy and, in the context of the monastic Offices, a way to reorder our understanding of time.

The heart of monastic prayer is based in the psalms. In these essays, Sister Benedicta Ward examines the origin and development of the use of the Psalter in the daily worship of monks. She demonstrates that the traditional description of this activity as Opus Dei should be understood as God’s work in us, not our ‘work’ of prayer. The Psalter offers both monk and non-monk prayers of great intimacy and, in the context of the Offices, a way to reorder our understanding of time. She presents ‘an example of the possibility of a unity of life and prayer here and now in time’. This study makes a noteworthy contribution to the literature on monastic history and spirituality and the Christian life of prayer.

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ISBN

978-0-7283-0283-9

Length

34 pages

Author

Benedicta Ward SLG

ISSN

0307-1405

Book Size

140 x 210 mm

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Author Bio

Sister Benedicta Ward SLG (1933–2022) entered the Community of the Sisters of the Love of God in 1955. She taught spirituality in the University of Oxford and was an Emeritus Fellow of Harris Manchester College. She wrote a number of books on early monasticism and on the Middle Ages, and was one of the world’s leading writers on the legacy of the Desert Fathers. Her published works include books on the Desert Fathers, the Venerable Bede, St Anselm, and on miracles and relics in the Christian tradition.

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