On the Nightstand: The Handy Little Guide: Liturgy of the Hours by Barb Szyszkiewicz

Back in the fall of 2019, I bought the 2,000-page Christian Prayer: Liturgy of the Hours, with every intention of adopting the practice of stopping to pray five times a day (also known as the Divine Office) in 2020. I was just starting to get into this beautiful habit and then, well, covid. And I let the Divine Office go in favor of other prayers and readings that didn’t require a specific schedule. I’m embarrassed to say I let the world rather than God rule when I prayed.

But I want to reco...