{"id":2851,"date":"2008-09-12T08:12:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-12T08:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2008\/09\/morning-has-broken-no-chants.html"},"modified":"2008-09-12T08:12:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-12T08:12:00","slug":"morning-has-broken-no-chants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2008\/09\/morning-has-broken-no-chants.html","title":{"rendered":"Morning has broken — no chants"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, a reader commented that while he appreciated the Morning Prayer from the Office of the Dead, as chanted by The Anchoress<\/a>, he was wondering if anyone did that sort of thing without the singing. (I’m sure this was not<\/i> a comment on The A’s singing. Ahem.) <\/p>\n

Anyway, she has complied with the request, and you can hear the typically beautiful results (but not nearly<\/i> as beautiful as with the chanting, of course) right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, a reader commented that while he appreciated the Morning Prayer from the Office of the Dead, as chanted by The Anchoress, he was wondering if anyone did that sort of thing without the singing. (I’m sure this was not a comment on The A’s singing. Ahem.) 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