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Books of Hours are breviaries, or a selection of prayers and psalms taken from long prayer books used by monks.—
Brian T. Allen,
National Review,
28 Jan. 2020 -
In the breviary-like Logia of Yeshua, Davenport and his coauthor, Benjamin Urrutia, assembled everything reportedly spoken by Jesus.—
Michael Dirda,
National Review,
25 July 2019
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For instance, former President Franklin D. Roosevelt used a family Bible for all four of his inaugurations, while former President Lyndon B. Johnson used a Catholic missal found on Air Force One after President John F. Kennedy's assassination.—
Newsweek,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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President Lyndon Johnson reportedly was sworn into office with a Catholic church missal book containing mass prayers − believed to be owned by John F. Kennedy − moments after Kennedy was assassinated on Nov. 22, 1963.—
Josh Meyer,
USA TODAY,
20 Jan. 2025
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Within five lines, the bridge incorporates a hymnal, pledges undying devotion and solidifies a spiritual quality to the relationship that had been seeded earlier.—
Tom Roland,
Billboard,
14 Jan. 2025
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Maybe Happy Ending review: Darren Criss is effortlessly charming in a visually dazzling romance between robots The hymnals do begin to feel overlong, not helped by their repetitive nature.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
13 Dec. 2024
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