Tag Archives: divine office

QUAERITUR: Fulfilling obligation of the Office when visiting a religious community with their own way of doing things.

Posted on 8 December 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a priest:
In the GILH, it is clear that a cleric meets his obligation if he
finds himself praying with a community following a different calendar or from a different rite (#242). Would this also include praying the Office with a religious community … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: 1962 Roman Breviary iPhone app

Posted on 27 May 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate created an app for the 1962 Breviarium Romanum.  It is now available, FREE, for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.
This may be a way for some of you to get more familiar with the … Continue reading →

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QUAERITUR: What form of the Office should a lay person use?

Posted on 1 June 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
I am hoping to acquire a set of books for saying the office. Looking at the Latin options, there seems to be the Liturgiam Horarium, and the Brevarium Romanum (PPXII and Monastic Use). Which of these three would … Continue reading →

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WDTPRS POLL & QUAERITUR: Do laypeople who use the older Breviary participate in the Church’s prayer?

Posted on 22 May 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

There is a WDTPRS POLL at the bottom of this entry!
From a reader:
Summorum Pontificum art. 9 sec. 3 explicitly grants ordained clerics the faculty to use the Roman Breviary in force in 1962, but makes no mention of the laity … Continue reading →

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