The Jewish Roots of the Liturgy of the Hours

• What is the "Liturgy of the Hours"?• What Jewish prayers correspond to these prayers?• What were Jews praying for when Jesus was crucified? Product Description Excerpt & Outline Reviews 59 min. (1 CD / MP3) According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the “Liturgy of the Hours”—also known as the “Divine Office” or the “Breviary”—is “the public prayer of the Church” (CCC 1174). In recent years, this prayer has grown in popularity amongst Catholics of all stripes, clergy, religious, and laity. Yet what are the biblical roots of the Liturgy of the Hours? Why does the Catholic Church require its priests to pray it multiple times throughout the day? And why does it consist of so many selections from the Book of Psalms? How can we come to understand this prayer better? In this extraordinary new lecture, Dr. Pitre uses his knowledge of the Old Testament liturgy at the time of Jesus to shed fresh light on the Jewish roots of this most Catholic of prayers. In this new series