How the Work of God Is to Be Performed During the Day
Feb. 19—June 20—Oct. 20
“Seven times in the day,” says the Prophet, “I have rendered praise to
You.” Now that sacred number of seven will be fulfilled by us if we
perform the Offices of our service at the time of the Morning Office, of
Prime, of Terce, of Sext, of None, of Vespers and of Compline, since it
was of these day Hours that he said, “Seven times in the day I have
rendered praise to You.” For as to the Night Office the same Prophet
says, “In the middle of the night I arose to glorify You.”
Let us therefore bring our tribute of praise to our Creator “for the
judgments of His justice” at these times: the Morning Office, Prime,
Terce, Sext, None, Vespers and Compline; and in the night let us arise
to glorify Him.