Lauds

Lauds, The Story of the Childless Woman

starring: Karla Droege
director: Lauralee Farrer
episode producer:
principal writer: Martina Nagel
principal cinematographer: Martina Nagel

story: Lauds is the name of the dawn hour of prayer in the Benedictine tradition.

The sun returns, the earth is bathed in light, the sleeper awakes: the mourning of night turns to joy. This is the spirit of the hour of lauds, to be—in all things—naked, and to be clothed in light.

A hinge hour, at sunrise, Lauds marks the dramatic transition from darkness to light—bookended every day with vespers, when the sun sets again. The sky changes quickly during this hour, from sleepy relief to celebration, liveliness, and love.

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