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The Office of the Dead: Prepared and Published by order of the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore

The Jesse Tree: A Family Guide through the Season of Advent and Philipovka

The Little Office of Advent: Adapted from the Seasonal Propers of the Roman Breviary


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The Office of Prime
Prepared and Published by Order of the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore

An easy way to integrate the traditional Divine Office into your morning prayers! This simplified office of Prime in English was specifically recommended for morning prayer by the American bishops in the 1880s.
16 pages  ~  5.5" x 4"  ~  $6.00

The Office of Compline
Prepared and Published by Order of the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore

Keeping this booklet on your nightstand makes it easy to integrate the Divine Office into your bedtime prayers. This full Office of Compline in English was produced expressly for the use of the laity by the same American bishops who authorized the Baltimore Catechism.
 14 pages  ~  5.5" x 4"  ~  $6.00

The Office of Vespers
For Sunday as Published by Order of the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore

The handy pocket guide to Sunday Vespers. Features the full text of the Sunday office in both Latin and English. Includes the standard Sunday Psalms 109 through 113 as well as the other Psalms sung in special seasons and on feast days.
48 pages  ~  5.5" x 4"  ~  $6.00
The Office of the Dead
Prepared and Published by Order of the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore

This office is among the Church's most solemn commemorations of a departed soul. It was most often recited on All Souls' Day and on the anniversary of a loved one's death, and it was an important component of the medieval Book of Hours. This traditional English version of the Office, including Matins and Lauds, was prepared for the laity by American bishops in the 1880s.
  32 pages  ~  5.5" x 4"  ~  $6.00