Welcome to OfficeHoursOnline

A Modern Book of Hours for the Office



Alleluia, Christ is risen — The Lord is risen indeed, Alleluia!

This is Eastertide, a time of celebration of the resurrection. Celebrate Christ's victory over death and God's faithfulness to us.

One of the traditions of the early church is that there would be no kneeling during the 50 days of Eastertide. This emphasized the difference between Lent, a season of penitence and preparation and Eastertide, a season of celebration.

Think about praying standing rather than kneeling. Do something good for yourself. Say alleluia often. Praise God!!!

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Many of us find it easier to do daily prayer if we have a guide for our prayer. While the various prayer books have such guides, they include formulae for the daily readings and prayers that take time to use, complexities that make them less than useful for a daily routine. While there are missals written for the monastic communities, few are readily accessible to laity. This site has been created to build a virtual missal, a book of hours for the office. The first phase is to make prayers available, first for the various times of day, then for the days of the week. Eventually, this will be coupled with a mechanism for varying the prayers and readings in an automated way. It is hoped that regular users will be able to access the site and see the office appropriate for their local time. Someone checking in at 8:00am on a Monday would see the Monday Start of Workday office; a 10:00pm visit would bring up compline.

As prayers are added, links will be added below. Your prayers for the site are appreciated.

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will

New!Commentaries on Faith and Work

Other Prayers

  • A prayer before Meetings

  • The site is growing.

    This site will gradually be improved to provide more options and enhancements, as well as filling out the prayer calendar. More information is available on my futures page.
    A log of changes to the site can be found at the change log page.
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