Wednesday, July 29 · 3:39 PM
Divine Office
Seven hours. A whole day prayed through. Pray the one that's next, or start where you are.
TODAY · Ps 23:1–4
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. In green pastures he makes me lie down. Beside still waters he leads me; he restores my soul. Even through the valley of the shadow, I will fear no evil.
On pointing and chantingEach office includes an antiphon you can sing or chant. Tap the ✦ inside the office to toggle chant mode — the text stays the same, but it becomes the thing you say slowly, repeatedly, until something shifts.
ART FOR THE PRACTICE
The Standing Stone — a thin place
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Trinity Icon (Andrei Rublev, c. 1411)
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Book of Kells — Chi Rho page (c. 800)
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Starry Night Over the Rhône (Van Gogh, 1888)
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Lamentation over the Dead Christ (Andrea Mantegna, c. 1483)
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Kintsugi — the wound is the way
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Pilgrims walking — Ecclesia Community
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Standing stone — thin place
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Triskelion coin — perichoresis
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Blossom & decay — beauty in the wound
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Brass singing bowl
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Singing bowl — the resonance of prayer
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MUSIC FOR THE PRACTICE
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