TheDivine Worship: Daily Office is the series of approvedliturgical books of theAnglican UseDivine Offices for thepersonal ordinariates in theCatholic Church. Derived from multipleAnglican and Catholic sources, theDivine Worship: Daily Office replaces prior Anglican Use versions of theLiturgy of the Hours and theAnglican daily office. Alongside other Anglican Use books officially known as "Divine Worship", including theDivine Worship: The Missal,Divine Worship: Daily Office is considered aliturgical use of theRoman Rite.[1]
There are two editions, both published inEnglish. TheNorth American Edition is meant for use byPersonal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter in theUnited States andCanada. TheCommonwealth Edition is for use by thePersonal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in theUnited Kingdom andIreland as well as thePersonal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross inAustralia,Japan, andOceania.
Multiple attempts to create an Anglican Use form of the Divine Office had been attempted prior to the approval the Divine Worship: Daily Office. TheBook of Divine Worship of 2003 closely followed theMattins andEvensong practices of the1979Book of Common Prayer ofthe Episcopal Church. Unlike later editions and in keeping with lineage from theBook of Common Prayer, theBook of Divine Worship contained both the order of the Anglican UseMass and Office, resulting in an extremely large book.[citation needed]
TheCustomary of Our Lady of Walsingham, printed byCanterbury Press in 2012 and in use until the introduction of theDivine Worship: Daily Office: Commonwealth Edition, more closely follows Catholic practices. Additions includedTerce,Sext, andNone.[2] Unlike the previousBook of Divine Worship, theCustomary exclusively contained the Office and thus proved far more wieldy, withDivine Worship: The Missal and its new order of the Anglican Use Mass being published separately.[3]
Unlike the otherforms and uses of theRoman Rite that use theGeneral Roman Calendar of 1960 and someAnglo-Catholic sources including theAnglican Breviary that use theGeneral Roman Calendar of 1955, the Anglican Useliturgical calendar does not contain a period known asOrdinary Time. Instead, the traditional Anglicankalendar is used as the basis from which liturgical seasons are determined.[4]
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TheDivine Worship: Daily Office: North American Edition is printed by Newman House Press and was released in late 2020.[5] The first printing of 500 books quickly sold out to parish communities, with further printings being announced shortly after.[6]
Thepsalm translation is that of the 1928Episcopal revision of theCoverdalePsalter. Permutations of the Coverdale Psalter are used in many AnglicanBooks of Common Prayer including the1662Book of Common Prayer of theChurch of England and1928Book of Common Prayer of the Episcopal Church.Collects and other excerpts come fromDivine Worship: The Missal, which itself sources from theAnglican Missal and otherAnglo-Catholic texts.[5]
Following the initial printing, several significant textualerrata were noted, along with several dozentypographical errors.[7] Among them, the latter half of the hour ofNone was missing.[8] There were also complaints regarding specific omissions–such as prayers for popularEnglish saints likeThomas Becket–as well as several popular hymns from the English Christian tradition. These concerns and other were anticipated to be in part addressed during theNorth American Edition's second printing.[7][8] The second printing was released in May 2021 and featured several corrections, including adding the missing portion ofNone. However, this new edition also introduced the omission of other portions ofNone–specifically the readings for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday–as well as errors in collects andcommons.[9][10]
TheDivine Worship: Daily Office: Commonwealth Edition is printed by theCatholic Truth Society. Announced in 2020 and following the high demand for theNorth American Edition, in December 2020 CTS attempted to determine interest for release in 2021.[6][11] A 14 September release date and pre-orders were announced on 16 June 2021.[12] The Commonwealth Edition uses the1662 revision of the Coverdale psalter in keeping withChurch of England tradition. In contrast to theNorth American Edition, theCommonwealth Edition contains the full text of the scripturallessons for Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer.[13] This feature is not common, but also not unheard of, in theAnglican Prayer Book tradition, and users are encouraged to read from a separate Bible via lectern during times of corporate prayer.[14] The initial run of theCommonwealth Edition was favorably received, necessitating additional printings.[15]
During the daily course of "lesser hours" of theCommonwealth Edition–Prime, Terce, Sext, and None – the entirety ofPsalm 119 is recited.[16] A selection of occasional prayers and optional antiphons are also provided. In 2022, the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham released a series of videos teaching proper usage of theCommonwealth Edition, each filmed withinSlipper Chapel.[17]
The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross developed an online resource,DailyOffice.online.[18] This web app provides a digital version ofDivine Worship: Daily Office (Commonwealth Edition) and includes all the materials needed to pray Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer according to the text ofDivine Worship: Daily Office: Commonwealth Edition. The app is designed to make the Daily Office accessible to users anywhere. On the 1 December 2024, Apostolic Administrator Anthony Randazzo issued approval for its use in the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross. His hope was that it would "serve as a source of profound spiritual enrichment for the faithful across our [OLSC] Ordinariate."[19]
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