Hours of Devotion: A Christian Prayer Journal for Daily Meditation, Lectio Divina, the ACTS Prayer & the Liturgical Year — with Eleven Plates of Renaissance Devotional Art for Catholics & Anglicans

"Late have I loved thee, beauty so ancient and so new; late have I loved thee." — St Augustine of Hippo, Confessions Hours of Devotion is a Christian prayer journal organised around ten ancient movements of the soul — adoration, lament, trust, stillness, gratitude, repentance, hope, love, the teaching of Christ, and vocation. Within its pages the reader finds ruled space for daily meditation, the ACTS prayer, the four offices of the daily hours, the slow reading of Scripture in the manner of Lectio Divina, an annual reading plan for the liturgical year, and prayers for sickness, grief, gratitude, and new beginnings. Eleven plates of devotional art, drawn from twelve centuries of the Christian tradition — Fra Angelico, Giotto, Rembrandt, Botticelli, Dürer, Piero della Francesca, the Limbourg brothers, the Catacombs of Priscilla, Millet — open each section in sepia duotone. Within these pages:Ten sections, each anchored by a Renaissance plate, an opening verse, and a patristic quotationFive verses for slow meditation in each section, with generous ruled space for reflectionThe A.C.T.S. prayer (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication)Lectio Divina pages in the four classical movementsThe four offices of the daily hours — Lauds, Sext, Vespers, ComplinePrayers for sickness, grief, gratitude, and new beginningsAn annual reading plan organised around the liturgical yearPages for intentions — for myself, my family, my parish, the wider ChurchThe Examen, the Notes pages, and an Index of Verses A journal in the tradition of the medieval Book of Hours, designed by Patina Paperbacks for the daily return. Specifications: 6 × 9 inches · 205 pages · cream paper · EB Garamond throughout · suitable for fountain pen, gel, and ballpoint Read more