The Liturgy of the Hours , also called the Divine Office, consecrates to God the
whole cycle of the day and the night. In the Liturgy of the Hours the Church
offers to God “from the rising of the sun to its setting” a sacrifice of praise,
uniting herself with that hymn sung throughout the ages in the halls of heaven,
and expressing the prayers and desires of all the faithful for the salvation of the
whole world.
These excerpts from the Divine Office may be prayed along with other members
of one’s household, or even alone. If celebrated alone both LEADER and
OTHERS parts are recited.