Liturgy of the Hours Volume 2: Lent and Easter (402/10)

The Liturgy of the Hours is the title given to the four-volume breviary containing the official prayer of the canonical hours by which a day is consecrated to God. The Second Vatican Council encouraged the Christian laity to take up the practice of reciting the Liturgy of the Hours.

Current Roman Catholic usage focuses on three major hours and from two to four minor hours:

• Invitatory (not an hour properly called, but the introduction to the first hour said on the current day, whether it be the Office of Readings or Morning Prayer).
• The Office of Readings (formerly Matins), major hour
• Morning prayer (Lauds), major hour
• Daytime prayer, which can be one or all of
  • Midmorning prayer (Terce)
  • Midday prayer (Sext)
  • Midafternoon prayer (None)
• Evening prayer (Vespers), major hour
• Night Prayer (Compline)

This volume includes the Liturgy of the Hours for Lent, the Sacred Triduum, and the Easter Season.