![]() Twelve psalms at ferial Mattins!ĭivino Afflatu: while the name might give one the impression that this is the 1911 Office, it is not. Saints feasts can supersede Sundays, but there are comparatively so few double feasts that one does not mind the break from the green days. This year is the most difficult, and in some sense the most brutal, to pray, but I find also the most rewarding. ![]() It has the suffrages and preces, which can be time consuming, particularly during Advent and Lent, but are very rich in their content during those seasons. Joachim and Ann, the ancestors of our Lord. ![]() My only real cavil with this edition is that St. Simple feasts have the "splitting" structure I mentioned for most feasts in the Pian Office, but I do not mind it here, as most all the saints under the Simple category were local saints of the diocese of Rome, giving those offices a special and familiar character. I entered a state of shock by praying ferial Vespers tonight for the first time in a very long time, after having prayed the octaves the Ascension and Pentecost, followed by the Feast of the Holy Trinity. The limited number of psalms used for festal offices and for octaves actually makes the feasts more special. Over half the days are ferial, lending a strong awareness of the temporal cycle. Uses the original Roman psalter, including full-length psalms aside from the little hours. Thank you to Angelus Press for making this book available to the public.1570: actually 1568, but it's "Tridentine" either way. I am so pleased to have purchased this book. The book Is very sturdy and yet manageable to place in your book bag while traveling. If you have a passion for The Divine Office, this is something you will want in your collection. I've also made a playlist for each hour from Day in the Cloister by the Daughters of Mary and it is helping me pick up the Latin very quickly. The book contains beautiful commentaries. The book is very easy to figure out how to use. I find myself using this one in tandem with (or instead for that particular hour). There are CHANT sections in the book, which is an added bonus! I've been studying the different versions of The Liturgy of the Hours and also have the four volume set. The reason why the book is larger than other Divine Office books is because it is meant to be used with a choir. This book is beautifully crafted and comes with two ribbons. Latin pronunciation guide bookmarker included.Ģ21pp, leatherette sewn hardcover, 2 ribbons.īookstores, ask us about our case discounts! Includes everything for the Hours of Sunday Lauds, Prime, Sext, Vespers, and Compline Prime, Sext, and Compline for each other day of the week. In timeless Latin with parallel English translations. Melodies in Gregorian notation for those who chant the office in common. The prayers to be said before and after reciting the Divine Office An 11-page Introduction explaining the Divine Office and how to pray it, including guidelines on how to interpret the psalms in a Catholic manner ![]() Our Lord, our Lady, and the Saints prayed these psalms. When understood correctly (this edition has a short explanation preceding each psalm), these are the intentions for which Holy Mother Church wants us to pray for ourselves, for the Church and for all the members of the Mystical Body of Christ. This is better than private prayer it's the prayer of the entire Mystical Body because you pray with one heart with the millions of other clerics, religious and laymen around the world who have prayed and are praying these exact same prayers, AND because you adopt the intentions of the psalmist as you pray. Join your voice with the Church and her members Prime is the perfect Morning Prayer, Compline the perfect night prayer, and Sext is for the middle of the day. Here you have the most critical hours of the Divine Office for the layman in the world. But the Church gave us the answer from the very beginning when she structured her official prayer around a framework of the psalms prayed eight times a day so that within one week, all 150 psalms are said. It's so easy to lose sight of God in our busy world. What does it gain a man to have his whole life perfectly organized but to lose his soul? Officium Divinum
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