DIVINE OFFICE CHANTED HOW TO

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DIVINE OFFICE CHANTED HOW TO

How to Pray the Divine Office (Liturgy of the Hours) Where I may praise thee with thy saints for aye.

In death’s drear moments make me only thine Antiphoners contain the sung texts used in the Divine Office, arranged according to the cycles of temporal, sanctoral, and common feasts in the liturgical. Strength and protection may thy Passion be ĭeep in thy wounds, Lord, hide and shelter me of the Divine Office pointed for singing chant and available for public use. Excerpts from Vatican 2, Sacrosanctum Conciliumīlood of my Savior, bathe me in thy tide In order to facilitate the sung public celebration of the Liturgy of the. The better to achieve this, let them take steps to improve their understanding of the liturgy and of the bible, especially of the psalms. And therefore priests and all others who take part in the divine office are earnestly exhorted in the Lord to attune their minds to their voices when praying it. The divine office, because it is the public prayer of the Church, is a source of piety, and nourishment for personal prayer. Hence all who render this service are not only fulfilling a duty of the Church, but also are sharing in the greatest honor of Christ's spouse, for by offering these praises to God they are standing before God's throne in the name of the Church their Mother.ĩ0. Therefore, when this wonderful song of praise is rightly performed by priests and others who are deputed for this purpose by the Church's ordinance, or by the faithful praying together with the priest in the approved form, then it is truly the voice of the bride addressed to her bridegroom It is the very prayer which Christ Himself, together with His body, addresses to the Father.Ĩ5. By tradition going back to early Christian times, the divine office is devised so that the whole course of the day and night is made holy by the praises of God. Given the recent difficulties for the faithful to come together on Sunday for the Holy Mass, we encourage you to pray the Divine Liturgy in both Lauds (Morning Prayer) and Vespers (Evening Prayer).Ĩ4.

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