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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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Worship music gained traction in the late ’70s and ’80s, when seminal CCM songwriters like Rich Mullins modernized the classic Protestant hymnal structure by combining it with the aesthetics of modern Black gospel, emphasizing a soaring, anthemic rock chorus that everyone could sing along to.—
Aja Romano,
Vox,
8 July 2025
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Walking the line of banger and hymnal always felt like something only Kesha could do.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
8 July 2025
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