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An Incentive to Prayer [Add to My Praize]
http://www.ewtn.com/library/PRAYER/INCENTIV.TXT
Essay by the late Cardinal Spellman says that the publication in English of the official prayer book of the Church offers a tremendous opportunity for anyone who wishes to grow closer to God in prayer.
Catholic Encyclopedia: Breviary [Add to My Praize]
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02768b.htm
Evolution of the book, or set of books, containing the texts and rubrics of the canonical hours.
Catholic Encyclopedia: Canonical Hours [Add to My Praize]
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07500b.htm
Essay on the practice of reciting the Divine Office according to set hours.
Catholic Encyclopedia: Compline [Add to My Praize]
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04187a.htm
Scholarly essay on what is essentially a bedtime prayer, often recited privately.
Catholic Encyclopedia: Divine Office [Add to My Praize]
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11219a.htm
Brief essay on the historical development of the Liturgy of the Hours.
Catholic Encyclopedia: Lauds [Add to My Praize]
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09038a.htm
Article on the canonical hour once known as Matins, then as Lauds, now as Morning Prayer. One of the two principal hours.
Catholic Encyclopedia: Matins [Add to My Praize]
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10050a.htm
Not Morning Prayer, but a nighttime prayer, which has now been replaced by the Office of Readings.
Catholic Encyclopedia: Music of Vespers [Add to My Praize]
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15382a.htm
Applies especially to the cathedral Office, i.e., the Liturgy of the Hours in a parish setting.
Catholic Encyclopedia: Nocturns [Add to My Praize]
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11087b.htm
The convoluted history of this nighttime prayer.
Catholic Encyclopedia: None [Add to My Praize]
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11097a.htm
Essay on the daytime hour recited in mid-afternoon.
