Venite: A Book of Daily Prayer

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Amazon.com Review Venite is an invitation to pray, and that is exactly what author Robert Benson (Living Prayer) offers in this book of prayers. "This book was never really meant for you to hold in your hands," Benson confesses. Rather it came out of Benson's personal desire to say "the Office" (meaning to pray morning, midday, evening, and night). Unfortunately, Benson discovered that there was little guidance on how to structure this ancient form of worship or what prayers he could use, and so he set out to create his own guidebook. "The one who made this book is neither priest nor scholar nor monk," he humbly continues. "I am a pilgrim... I am simply a man who wants to pray and I have found these prayers helpful." Benson offers his suggestions for designing a daily prayer pattern that includes "praise, confession, hearing the Word, and going forth." He divides his prayer book into seven sections, including "Office" (with specific prayers to repeat morning, noon, evening, and night), "Seasons" (with prayers that relate to the Christian calendar), and "Days of Remembrance." Those who are familiar with the structure of Christian prayer books will have little trouble following the format and language of this handbook. However, newcomers to the Christian faith may find it complicated and slightly overwhelming. Product Description An ecumenical prayer book by the author of Living Prayer offers Christians of all demoniations a daily guide to worship that is divided into seven parts: Office, Seasons, Days of Remembrance, Canticles, Psalter, Lectio, and Prayers. 17,500 first printing. From Library Journal Benson (Living Prayer) has crafted a personal and idiosyncratic counterpart to the traditional breviary, including the prayers for the Divine Offices, prayers of seasons, remembrance, the Canticles, the Psalter, and readings from the Gospels. What makes his work distinctive is the taste and discrimination with which he has chosen prayers and translations, thereby making prayer an aesthetic as well as a religious experience. For most collections. Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. Review Venite is wonderfully portable, the laptop of prayer books. The collects, canticles, psalms, and gospel readings are well chosen and thought-provoking. He weaves thematically related gospel texts, inviting slow reading and meditation. Even the fact that the canticles, psalms and gospel readings appear without verse markings makes them seem fresh and appealing. The book can be confusing at times, and Benson is traditional to the point of being esoteric. How many of can pray wholeheartedly in remembrance of Chad, Bishop of Litchfield ("Your servant Chad cheerfully relinquished the honors that had been given him: Keep us, we pray, from thinking of ourselves more highly than we should, and ready to step aside for others, that the cause of Christ may be advanced.") Despite its efforts to be accessible, Benson uses technical terms, such as "collect," interchangeably with vernacular counterparts, like "seasonal prayer." Brackets sometimes enclose the title of the following section; a few lines down the brackets indicate that the reader should turn to a different section to find the day's collect. -- From Beliefnet About the Author Robert Benson is the author of Living Prayer and Between the Dreaming and the Coming True. He lives in Nashville.