Bishop Barron’s Word on Fire to publish Liturgy of the Hours' first update in over 50 years

Word on Fire has been chosen along with Ascension, another Catholic media company, to publish the second edition of the Liturgy of the Hours.

The decision by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) means that the current edition, which was translated and designed in the 1970s, is getting its first full update in more than 50 years, reports the Catholic News Agency (CNA).

“This is more than a publishing project – it is a spiritual mission,” Word on Fire founder Bishop Robert Barron, of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, said in a press release. “We want to help thousands of priests, religious and laypeople pray more deeply and more beautifully each day.”