Divine Office is also known as The Liturgy of the Hours.

Nothing is to be preferred to the Work of God. 

The Liturgy of the Hours is to be celebrated by the community which, in union with the Church, 

fulfils Christ’s priestly function 

offering to God a sacrifice of praise and 

making intercession for the salvation of the whole world.

The Liturgy of the Hours is a school of continual prayer and 

an outstanding component of the monastic way of life. 

(OCSO Cst 19)