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Divine office times 1960 online12/7/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() 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 That can easily be overcome since there are more than enough ribbons.“Praying with the Church - The Divine Office” As for the ones you're missing, they included the Magnificat, Benedictus, and the opening of Lauds along with Psalm 66. I tracked down some downloads that contain helpful information. Quote from: Parresia on December 30, 2013, 09:57:49 AM Thoughts? Is there somewhere else to get the cards in case it is not shipped with them? Thanks! The vendor on Amazon says that the Diurnal comes with no cards that he had seen, thought he suggested that they might be contained inside the shrink wrap which protects the book. If that's the case, you can follow the Kalendar of the monastery or abbey you are attached to. What I recommend is that you match the Office with the Kalendar used by where you happen to assist most for a TLM, unless of course you happen to be a Benedictine Oblate. I myself plan to use a 1955 Diurnal, which can a be a bit more complicated since it uses an older ranking system. The lady there is very responsive as well. I believe I shared a link earlier in this thread to a blog I myself found quite useful (if you go by either the Universal Benedictine Calendar or the 1962 Roman Calendar). If I run into issues, I may PM you with questions, or post them here, providing you don't mind. I went ahead and purchased the Diurnal today. Quote from: Parresia on December 29, 2013, 01:36:46 PM NB: if you are interested, I can sell you my copy of the Monastic Diurnal for a good price. Here's a different website that may also prove helpful. You may want to start slow, with Prime and Compline, to get into how an hour flows. Aside from calendar differences, the only change I could see was another Our Father at the end of the hours. I once compared the 1963 Diurnal I own with the one used on the Divinum Officium website. I will be curious as to any thoughts you guys might have. I subscribed to the Traditional Benedictine Office group on yahoo, but haven't paid much attention to what they have been sending out so far since I don't yet own the Diurnal. I am very interested in Benedictine Spirituality and when I find the proper place, I would like to be an Oblate. ![]() My wife and I pray Compline together pretty much every day and sometimes some of the other hours as well. I've been considering this for some time now, but have not taken the plunge to date. Quote from: Parresia on November 04, 2013, 09:39:52 PM ![]()
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