It was the Third Hour and they Crucified Him..

The Sixth Hour was come there was darkness over the whole land

At the Ninth Hour Jesus uttered a loud cry, and breathed His last.

Mark 15:25, 33, 36

Two thousand years ago, Jesus ended His earthly life on the Cross as the ram's horn blew throughout Jerusalem to call the devout to prayer for the Three O'Clock Evening Sacrifice in the Temple. He rose three days later as the Fulfillment of the Passover, death into life "trampling down death by Death."

The discipline of daily fixed times of prayer known as The Hours can be traced down through the centuries from Abraham to Daniel, Jesus to the Apostles, the Early Church Fathers through the Middle Ages to the Reformation. Today, a revival of prayer and meditation based upon the Daily Office of the Hours is emerging. Three times a day, seven days a week, one may pray an ancient hymn, a Psalm, the Lord's Prayer, selections of Scripture illuminating Jesus upon the Cross, and one or all of the seven historic parts of prayer.

We stop three times a day to nourish our body; is it not wise to pause three times a day to nourish our soul and spirit with the prayers of the Little Hours and the Word of God?

Thy Words were found and I ate (consumed and digested) them.

Jeremiah 15:16