{"id":47645,"date":"2015-01-01T21:00:01","date_gmt":"2015-01-02T04:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/?p=47645"},"modified":"2016-05-17T06:16:21","modified_gmt":"2016-05-17T13:16:21","slug":"do-you-pray-like-a-hobbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2015\/01\/01\/do-you-pray-like-a-hobbit\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you pray like a Hobbit?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have no idea whether or not Tolkien intended it to be this way (although I wouldn&#8217;t be at all surprised if he did), but have you ever noticed that <strong>all the mealtimes mentioned by the Hobbits in &#8220;Lord of the Rings&#8221; correspond with points in the Church&#8217;s Liturgy of the Hours?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-61452\" src=\"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/LOTR.jpg\" alt=\"LOTR\" width=\"350\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/LOTR.jpg 409w, https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/LOTR-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>Hobbit Meal #1: Breakfast (7am)<\/strong><br \/>\nThe office of &#8220;Vigils&#8221; is prayed just before sunrise.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Hobbit Meal #2: Second Breakfast (9am)<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Lauds&#8221; takes place sometime between sunrise and 8:30am.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Hobbit Meal #3: Elevenses (11am)<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Tierce&#8221; is prayed between 8:45am and 10am.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Hobbit Meal #4: Luncheon (1pm)<\/strong><br \/>\nThis corresponds to &#8220;Sexte&#8221;, which is prayed between 11:30am and 1:30pm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Hobbit Meal #4: Afternoon Tea (4pm)<\/strong><br \/>\nThe office of &#8220;None&#8221; is between 2pm and 4pm<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Hobbit Meal #5: Dinner (6pm)<\/strong><br \/>\nEvening pray of &#8220;Vespers&#8221; is any time between 4:30pm and 8pm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Hobbit Meal #6: Supper (8pm)<\/strong><br \/>\nFinally, &#8220;Compline&#8221; is prayed before bed.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Does anyone know for certain if Tolkien did this on purpose?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have no idea whether or not Tolkien intended it to be this way (although I wouldn&#8217;t be at all surprised if he did), but have you ever noticed that all the mealtimes mentioned by the Hobbits in &#8220;Lord of the Rings&#8221; correspond with points in the Church&#8217;s Liturgy of the Hours? Hobbit Meal #1: Breakfast (7am) The office of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[1998,2969,2883,1643,2884,1950],"class_list":["post-47645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith","tag-divine-office","tag-featured","tag-hobbits","tag-jrr-tolkein","tag-liturgy-of-the-house","tag-lord-of-the-rings"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47645"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61453,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47645\/revisions\/61453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}