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Tag Archives: Liturgy of the Hours
QUAERITUR: Fulfilling obligation of the Office when visiting a religious community with their own way of doing things.
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 … Read More
Pope Benedict: Everyone should pray the psalms, Liturgy of the Hours
Pope Benedict during his Wednesday Audience said: “I would like to renew my call to everyone to pray the Psalms, to become accustomed to using the Liturgy of the Hours, Lauds, Vespers, and Compline.” From VIS: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged Liturgy of the Hours, Ps 110, pslams
96 Comments
96 Comments
REVIEW: 1962 Roman Breviary iPhone app
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 … Read More
WDTIRS: Universae Ecclesiae 32: Drilling into the Latin and English (reciting the Breviary)
I had a question from a priest about Univerae Ecclesiae on the topic of recitation of the office, and a cleric’s obligation. I also had conversations with three priests yesterday during which the topic of our daily office came up. … Read More
QUAERITUR: Traditional Mass but newer office
From a reader: Father, I seem to be in a quandry about the liturgy. I attend a Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter Parish in Tulsa and I am an Oblate of Clear Creek monastery, which also uses the 1962 liturgies. … Read More
QUAERITUR: clerics fulfilling office obligation with older Office in vernacular
From a priest reader: I’m a priest and religious and I’ve wanted to pray the psalter in the traditional way for a long time and while clearing out our library I came across a Breviary in English from 1964, an … Read More
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box
Tagged breviarium romanum, breviary, Liturgy of the Hours, Office
37 Comments
37 Comments
QUAERITUR: Do laypeople pray “liturgically” when praying the office?
From a reader comes a question worthy of discussion (my emphases and comments): I was at a conference in the Winter in which the speaker was delivering a lecture on praying the Liturgy of the Hours and its connection to … Read More
QUAERITUR: What form of the Office should a lay person use?
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 … Read More
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box
Tagged breviary, divine office, Liturgia Horarum, Liturgy of the Hours, Office, Roman Breviary
33 Comments
33 Comments
POLL ALERT! This is a nice one!
ACTION ITEM for WDTPRSer LAY PEOPLE! It is nice to be able to give a good poll some visibility. Over at NLM I saw a worthy poll offered to lay people about whether or not you pray the Liturgy of … Read More
amulack on The Old Guardian Angel Prayer…: “From sinful stain Oh keep me free And at death’s hour My helper be. Amen”
