Day 624 – prayer

It follows, therefore, since the Office flows from the Eucharist, that there will be great variability as to how the Office is recited or offered. I know of one solitary who recites out loud, verse by verse, the whole Office by day and by night with all the appropriate bodily actions as in Choir. For another the Office may gradually become more interiorised so that the words of Scripture and psalmody are embodied by the Jesus Prayer or some other form of rhythmic prayer.

Allchin, A.M; Louf OCSO, Dom André; Ware, Metropolitan Kallistos; Walls, Fr Roland; Ward SLG, Sr Benedicta; Clare SLG, Mother Mary. Solitude and Communion: Papers on the Hermit Life (Fairacres Publications) . SLG Press.