The Prayer of the Church BY the Church: Morning and Evening Prayer in the parish community

Sr Elizabeth Murray explores the history of the Church’s Liturgy of the Hours, particularly the two main “hinges” Morning and Evening Prayer, and suggests ways parishes might introduce this ancient form of daily prayer – once considered the primary responsibility of clergy and religious.

Sister Elizabeth Murray SGS holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of Melbourne and a Master of Arts degree in Liturgical Studies from the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. A member of the liturgy committee within the Sisters of the Good Samaritan of the Order of St Benedict, Elizabeth has worked as a liturgist and musician in the Order’s schools in different states of Australia, in addition to educational and formation work at Liturgy Brisbane, and the Benedictine Monastic Communities in New Norcia, WA and Arcadia, NSW.  Elizabeth is a member of the National Liturgical Music Council, an advisory body to the Bishops Commission for Liturgy of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference.