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- (Anglican Church) a daily evening service with prayers prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer
How To Use Evening Prayer In A Sentence
- The Stabat Mater has been retained as an optional Sequence for September 15 in the reformed Roman Missal and as the hymn for the Office of Readings, Morning Prayer, and Evening Prayer in the new Liturgy of Hours. Archive 2009-04-01
- Morning prayer, known as matins, and evening prayer, known as vespers or evensong, are most common.
- And this is the evening prayer of that, what we call the breviary, or the divine office. CNN Transcript Apr 16, 2008
- Evening Prayer II for August 15 features this antiphon: ‘The Virgin Mary was taken up to the heavenly bridal chamber where the King of kings is seated on a starry throne.’
- Indeed, this last pattern forms the basis of many lectionaries used for Morning and Evening Prayer.
- Attendance at evening prayers is not compulsory.
- Morning and evening prayer are structured after the traditional offices of lauds and vespers.
- Morning prayer, known as matins, and evening prayer, known as vespers or evensong, are most common.
- Chapters 3 and 4 treat Evening Prayer as a counter to Morning Prayer and the minor offices as occasional rather than daily prayer.
- As the sun goes down the muezzins begin their calls to evening prayer from the minarets.
