DH has now departed on his trip to Le Mans, and the house just feels so empty without him.
I don`t like it at all :-(
Never mind, he will be home on Tuesday.
I said the prayers for travellers for him, and I think I will pray Vespers shortly.
On Monday I woke up at the crack of dawn..........(well, 5.30 am) and decided that I would pray all the day office hours in the Orthodox Prayers of Old England book.
Lauds at 6.00am,
Third hour at 9.00am
Sixth hour at noon,
Ninth hour at 3pm
Vespers at 6pm and Compline at 9pm
It was great to pray so much in one day, and I **really** enjoyed the privilege of joining in the Church`s worship but I was conscious of clockwatching to pray at the right times, and I found the day very "bitty" in terms of not being able to do any long projects.
Interestingly, on Tuesday I felt like a damp dischcloth, and "prayed out".
I am sure it would get much easier once in a regular routine.
I don`t think I could do it on a daily basis until Abby starts school in Sept, when my days will be my own from 08.45 am to 3.25pm, but I will certainly try to fit in daily offices wherever possible.
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What a neat idea, to pray the hours like you do, I fall down on that plan more than I'd like to say.
Are you Western Rite?
Hi Mimi
Oh believe me, I fall flat on my face all the time with my prayer life !
I`m not western rite, but I was anglo-catholic for many years before becoming Orthodox. I do love the prayers of the undivided Church :-)
Having said that, I understand that the W-R folk worship in entirely W-R, which means no public Akathists, Paraclesis in Dormition Fast, Canon of St Andrew of Crete etc in Great Lent or the Liturgy of St John Chrysostom.
I would miss all these terribly !
Does anyone know if this is factual ?
Part of the attraction for me to Orthodoxy is the Byzantine Rite, and I only spent time in the post Vatican II RCC, so I don't have that history (although I inheirited a leather bound Missalette from my Great Grandmother that has a lot of the old prayers).
I've never been to a WR Orthodox Church, but I agree, I think you'd miss so much of what I love Liturgically.
Attending one of their Liturgies is on my "someday to do" list, though.
Are there WR parishes in England? I don't even know what the closest one to me is.
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