celebration of particular times of the day in order to mark them with a Christian meaning by prayer. Its complicated history was misunderstood at some key points in liturgical renovation, resulting in prayer books better suited for private prayer than liturgy, which is always the corporate prayer of the people of God. The liturgical tradition upon which the restored books drew was a mixture of two different types of liturgy: one monastic and one popular (known as the “cathedral” form). In order to begin the
Page 6