The Divine Office for Dodos (Devout, Obedient
Disciples of Our Savior): A Step by-Step Guide
to Praying the Liturgy of the Hours (third
printing).
By Madeline Pecora Nugent. Self help
instruction manual on how to pray the Divine
Office. Uses a set of bookmarks and ribbons to
guide the learner in praying the Office. The
Divine Office for Dodos is an optional text for First Year Novice
Formation in the Confraternity of Penitents.
Suggested donation:$8.95 for the book.
Suggested postage, shipping, and
handling donation for the book: $2.95
DODOS BOOKMARK AND RIBBON SET: The Divine Office for Dodos provides
instruction using bookmarks and ribbons.
Instructions on how to construct these are in
the book. However, many people wish to have a
pre-made set. Therefore, the Confraternity of
Penitents has made available a sturdy, flexible plastic, pre-printed bookmark and
eight differently colored ribbon set to
accompany The Divine Office for Dodos.
Suggested donation is $9.95 per set postpaid.
See this
link for photo
and more information.
Read part of the Introduction to The
Divine Office for Dodos:
Hi! Let's start with a secret.
You're not a dodo! Not only do you not have a
hooked beak and fluffy gray feathers, you're
even pretty smart! . I mean, you know how to tie
your shoe laces, brush your teeth, and set an
alarm clock, don't you?
But, seriously, you really do know a good
deal about many things, but the Divine Office
isn't one of them. Regarding the Divine Office,
you might be a bit confused. Maybe more than a
bit. Probably also frustrated. And maybe a
little angry. You want to become a holier
person. Someone told you that praying the Divine
Office would be a nudge in that direction. Maybe
they even tried to help you. Maybe they gave you
some instructions to read. But you can't
understand what to do! So you feel like a dodo.
Here's another secret.
You aren't alone!
Most folks who try to pray the Divine Office
experience just what you are experiencing.
Confusion. Frustration. Anger.
There's hope in these pages. You really are
going to learn to pray the Divine Office.
Honest! Then you'll join the ranks of other
clergy, religious, and laity, some of whom are
non-Catholic, who pray the Divine Office every
day.
Maybe you already know that the Divine Office is
the official, formal prayer of the Church that
was written to pray throughout the day. When you
pray the Divine Office, your prayers are united
with those who are praying the very same prayers
around the world. Great graces come from such
communal prayers. Maybe you knew that, too, but
isn't that something!
You might be wondering about me. How did I
learn to pray the Divine Office? Well, I
cheated. I had help you probably don't have. In
order to prepare to write a book about St. Clare
of Assisi, I stayed for a week with a convent of
Poor Clares. One of the sweet sisters was
assigned to me to help me with the Divine
Office. She very patiently took this dodo under
her wing and showed me each office (and the
sisters prayed all seven offices in the Divine
Office) and how to pray it and where to find it.
By the time the week was up, I had practiced
fifty offices and knew what I was doing. If you
can find a convent of Poor Clares to stay with
for a week, then you won't need this book. But,
if you can't, then Divine Office for Dodos* is
your next best bet.
Praying the Divine Office as Part of a Rule of
Life
So who prays the Divine Office? Clergy and
religious do. So do lay people who belong to
certain Third Orders and Associations. So do
other lay people who just want to pray this
prayer of the Church daily. Doesn't matter which
category you fall into. This book will help you.
More information on The Divine Office for
Dodos is on this
link.
Suggested donation for book: $8.95
Suggested postage, shipping, and handling
donation for book to ship anywhere in the USA: $2.95
Suggested postage, shipping, handling
donation for Canada: $10.00
Suggested postage, shipping, and handling
donation for nations other than Canada: $12.00
Pre-printed bookmark and ribbon set to
accompany the Divine Office for Dodos
instruction
* Sixteen bookmarks printed with black ink on
white, waterproof, flexible, virtually
indestructible plastic. Pre-printed on two sides
with prayer endings and instructions for praying
the Divine Office and coded with artwork to help
you find your place in the Office by sight.
PLUS
* Eight differently colored ribbons on a
sturdy cardboard spine which will fit into the
spine of your breviary. Each ribbon marks a
special part of the Divine Office.
The suggested donation for the 16 bookmark
AND 8 ribbon combo set is $9.95 postpaid to ship
anywhere in the USA. Other nations, postage
extra.
Photo and more information on bookmarks and ribbons
on this
link.
