In 1978, the Lutheran Book of Worship was published, containing newly revised forms of the Daily Office influenced by liturgical reforms in vogue following the Second Vatican Council, with an order of Evening Prayer that includes a “Service of Light”. Among the volumes presently in use is a translation of the Breviarum Lipsiensae: Tagzeitengebete, entitled The Brotherhood Prayer Book, which provides for eight canonical hours and includes a psalter, responsories, and antiphons set to Gregorian chant. Its psalter-an inclusive-language revision of the psalter from the 1979 American Book of Common Prayer-also includes a collect for each psalm. The 1979 Book of Common Prayer of the Episcopal Church in the U.S. Since his time, every edition of the Book of Common Prayer has included the complete psalter, usually arranged to be read over the course of a month. Various Anglican adaptations of pre-Vatican II Roman office-books have appeared over the years, among the best known being Canon W. Douglas’ translation of the ‘Monastic Diurnal’ into the idiom of the ‘Book of Common Prayer’. The traditional structure of Matins and Evensong in most Anglican prayer books reflects the intention by the reforming Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, to return to the office’s older roots as the daily prayer of parish churches.

The All Saints Sisters of the Poor also use an elaborated version of the Anglican Daily Office. Some Anglo-Catholics use the Anglican Breviary, an adaptation of the Pre-Vatican II Roman Rite and the Sarum Rite in the style of Cranmer’s original Book of Common Prayer, along with supplemental material from other western sources, including a common of Octaves, a common of Holy Women, and other material. The 1613 Cantica Sacra of the Magdeburg Cathedral, on the other hand, provides for Matins, Lauds, Prime, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers, and Compline to be sung in Latin every day of the year, including plainsong melodies and text for Latin invitatories, responsories, and antiphons provided. Despite the disdain of these movements for the Daily Office, a Latin choir hymnal was published in Nuremberg as late as 1724, and weekday observations of Matins and Vespers continued in many German Lutheran parishes until the end of the 18th century. As a result, a rural Lutheran parish church in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries might pray Saturday Vespers, Sunday Matins, and Sunday Vespers in the vernacular, while the nearby cathedral and city churches could be found praying the eight canonical hours in Latin with polyphony and Gregorian chant on a daily basis throughout the year.

Most Anglican monastic communities use a Daily Office based on the Book of Common Prayer or on Common Worship but with additional antiphons and devotions. Since the early 20th century, revised editions of the Book of Common Prayer or supplemental service books published by Anglican churches have often added offices for midday prayer and Compline. Among English-speaking Lutherans in the United States, the twentieth century saw a proliferation in breviaries and prayer books alongside renewed interest in praying the canonical hours. Rev. John Fletcher Hurst, stated that Oxford Methodism “with its almost monastic rigors, its living by rule, its canonical hours of prayer, is a fair and noble phase of the many-sided life of the Church of England”. Equipped with life support systems and shuttle interfaces, Orion is the command module needed to transport the astronauts through space. NASA announced in 2013 that the European Space Agency will build the Orion service module. This will be the first lunar landing since Apollo 17 to use an unpressurized lunar rover. Likely touted to be the most dramatic mission since Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon, this mission could very well be the pioneering mission that sees humanity venturing towards other planets in search of new homes and great adventures.

That’s good news for astronomers given the impressive observations coming from Webb, including a new view released Wednesday (Oct. 19) of the iconic Pillars of Creation first made famous by the observatory’s predecessor: the Hubble Space Telescope. The top 10 states by NASA contracted spending obligations in FY 2021. See the full list, including prior fiscal years, in this Google Spreadsheet. In 1995, the Episcopal Church (United States) published the Contemporary Office Book in one volume with the complete psalter and all readings from the two-year Daily Office lectionary. In the Church of England, the publication in 2005 of Daily Prayer, the third volume of Common Worship, adds “Prayer During the Day” to the services for Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer, and Compline, and adds a selection of antiphons and responsories for the seasons of the Church Year. Some prayer books also include a selection of prayers and devotions specifically for family use. Symbolizes Christ’s Crucifixion. The prayers at the service ask for God’s help towards feeble human nature.