![]() ![]() Return to the HOME PAGE of Felix Just, S.J. Return to my collection of Catholic Church Documents related to Biblical Studies (free online texts for yesterday, today, tomorrow access only from USA) Index of Non-Biblical Readings used in the Office of Readings Other charts and overviews coming soon, God willing:Ĭomplete Index of Psalms & Canticles (including Propers & Commons) Promulgating the revised version of the Liturgy of the Hours (Nov. General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours (PDF file)Īpostolic Constitution Laudis canticum by Pope Paul VI (PDF file) Office of Readings: Non-Biblical Readings - INDEX (coming soon) Office of Readings: Non-Biblical Readings Office of Readings: Biblical First Readings - INDEX Office of Readings: Biblical First Readings Among the laity or active religious, the Offices of Lauds and Vespers are the most commonly celebrated offices, as a remembrance and celebration of God’s creation at the beginning of a new day in the light of the Risen Christ, as the Sun rises in the east, and at the end of the day, as the Sun is setting in the west. Psalms and Verses Omitted from the Four-Week Psalter Index of Psalms & Canticles in the Four-Week Psalter The Four-Week Psalter: sorted by Liturgical Hours The materials gathered in this section of the "Catholic Resources" website are intended primarily to provide overviews of the biblical and non-biblical texts used throughout the Liturgy of the Hours. "Commons" - additional texts that could be used, mostly on an optional basis, on the feasts and memorials of lesser-known saints."Proper of Saints" - special texts used only on the more important feast days of the Lord Jesus, the Blessed Virgin Mary, or other Saints."Proper of Seasons" - texts that are used in the various "seasons" of the liturgical year, from Advent and Christmas, to Lent and Easter."Four-Week Psalter" - the arrangement of the biblical Psalms and Canticles this is used on most days and weeks throughout the Liturgical Year."Ordinary of the Liturgy of the Hours" - the overall structure of the various periods of prayer, from the Introductory Dialogue to the Concluding Prayer and Blessing, with various sequences of Hymns, Psalms, Canticles, Antiphons, Readings, Responses, and Prayers in between.Other hours include "Daytime Prayer" and "Night Prayer." Basic Terminology: The three "major hours" are Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer, and the Office of Readings (prayed at any time during the day). It is based primarily on the Psalms, but also incorporates other biblical texts, canticles, hymns, prayers, and even some non-biblical readings. "The Divine Office" or "Breviary") is the daily prayer of the universal Church, with different "hours" prayed at various times of the day and night. The East, who still follow the old pattern, consider the fast over with the Vigil but abstinence continues until after their Nocturnal office.The Liturgy of the Hours The Liturgy of the Hours ![]() It also gives an on going feel of waiting after the vigil- the night is meant to be "worthy alone to know the time and hour when Christ rose from the underworld", so the vesperal service of the vigil, no matter how long, and no matter the elements of Easter it already introduces, still has a question mark that is only resolved at the invitatory at Matins. The old Roman rite already had Matins reduced to a single nocturn, so it's not much of a burden, and is a much nicer office than Holy Saturday Vespers. Worst of all, to deny the Sunday on which all other Sundays are patterned a first Vespers of its own is moronic. To have vespers before turning on the lights makes no sense, and to say that the office at which the lights were turned on was nocturnal makes no sense. This is a particular passion of mine, so excuse the rant- I just don't like admitting of any logic to the current arrangement! The thing is that the Vigil begins with a lucernarium- a distinctly vesperal act, because we turn the lights on at sunset. R/Catholicism (largest Catholic subreddit) r/TraditionalCatholics Universalis ( Android – iOS) iBreviary ( Android – iOS) Breviarium Meum ( iOS) – Vetus Ordo Related subreddits † Novus Ordo: Liturgy of the Hours ‡ Vetus Ordo: Roman Breviary * Traditionally prayed during darkness Mobile apps When's the new English-language version of the Liturgy of the Hours coming out? A. I'm not interested in wasting my money on books that are soon out-of-date. Categorized Index of PostsĪ semi-frequently-updated and categorized index of posts is available. Other allowed topics: personal devotions the prayer and development of older and future versions other structured Christian daily prayer systems, private or public, Catholic and non-Catholic. A subreddit on the prayer of the Divine Office (also known as the Liturgy of the Hours or the Roman Breviary) of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, its private and public observances, as well as its historical development and place in Catholicism.
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