![]() Why would anyone want to take up saying the Divine Office, especially if already they have a good routine of personal prayer and regular Mass attendance? Participation in the life of the Church, in the prayer of Christ. Part of the purpose of this talk is to underline that encouragement, while saying a little bit about the meaning and value of the Divine Office, its history and content. Priests, deacons and Apostolic religious are bound to recite this Office daily, and other members of the faithful are warmly encouraged to take it up for themselves, whether in groups or as individuals. Various abridged formats are available also. They haven’t been edited either since the 1970's, which is a big pity, because the first edition was far from perfect, and lots of things have happened liturgically since, so an updated version is badly needed. Maybe you can get second hand ones for less. They cost around £50 each, which is a lot. As a matter of free choice, also, our community has retained the Latin language and Gregorian Chant.įor most people who aren’t monks, though, the Divine Office will mean the post-Vatican II vernacular Roman Office, published in 3 large volumes. Benedict prescribes in his Rule, written in the 6th century. What we do at Pluscarden remains almost exactly what St. We came to the monastery to pray: we’re not in a hurry we have nothing better to do. One major difference between the two is that ours is much longer. Our Office faithfully follows the liturgical laws of the Church, and is fully approved by her. Obviously the two are not opposed to one another: they are variants of the same thing. It’s not the Roman Office, but the Monastic or Benedictine Office. The Divine Office we pray at Pluscarden is somewhat different from what most people are used to. ![]() Benedict calls the Divine Office simply The Work of God - the Opus Dei - and he insists that nothing whatever in the monastery is to be preferred to it. But just to make sure monks get the priorities of their life right, St. We do other things too: we celebrate daily Mass of course, we read, we work, we eat and sleep. That all takes several hours, every single day. 7 times a day and once at night we come together to sing it. What I say will inevitably be coloured by my experience of 30 years in the monastery, where the Divine Office is one of the principal things we do: our whole life is structured around it. Talk on the Divine Office, originally given to Students in January 2014īy Dom Benedict Hardy OSB, Prior of Pluscarden Latin pronunciation guide bookmarker included.Ģ21pp, leatherette sewn hardcover, 2 ribbons.“Praying with the Church - The Divine Office” ![]() 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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