Calling those who recite the Divine Office

[mikee]

I use two resources for this, the first one is

divineoffice.org/

and the second one is the Ibreviary app.

I’ve noticed a few differences between the two and I was wondering if anyone can explain to me why.

The major one today is that on the Ibreviary app, for Lauds today, there is a “Psalm Prayer” after the first pslam that begins with: “Father, creator of unfailing light, give that same light to those who call upon you etc…” and after the second psalm “Let Israel rejoice in you, Lord, and acknowledge you as creator and redeemer etc…”

However, there is no such “Psalm Prayer” in the Divineoffice.org site. Anyone can explain this discrepancy, or anyone notice it?

 

[porthos11]

I use two resources for this, the first one is

divineoffice.org/

and the second one is the Ibreviary app.

I’ve noticed a few differences between the two and I was wondering if anyone can explain to me why.

The major one today is that on the Ibreviary app, for Lauds today, there is a “Psalm Prayer” after the first pslam that begins with: “Father, creator of unfailing light, give that same light to those who call upon you etc…” and after the second psalm “Let Israel rejoice in you, Lord, and acknowledge you as creator and redeemer etc…”

However, there is no such “Psalm Prayer” in the Divineoffice.org site. Anyone can explain this discrepancy, or anyone notice it?

Because the Psalm-prayer is not in the original Latin and the English ones were composed for the U.S. edition. They are supposed to be “supplemental”, and are therefore optional. (As an aside, I think this “supplement” was never published in the Latin).

I believe most people simply omit them. I know I do, although I sometimes read them silently from time to time.

 

[mikee]

Because the Psalm-prayer is not in the original Latin and the English ones were composed for the U.S. edition. They are supposed to be “supplemental”, and are therefore optional. (As an aside, I think this “supplement” was never published in the Latin).

I believe most people simply omit them. I know I do, although I sometimes read them silently from time to time.

Ok, thank you

And also, the “moment of silence” in the divineoffice.org site, is that optional as well? It’s omitted in the IBreviary

 

[porthos11]

Ok, thank you

And also, the “moment of silence” in the divineoffice.org site, is that optional as well? It’s omitted in the IBreviary

Yes, it’s “optional” in the sense that it’s not strictly required. However, the General Instruction does state (201 and 202) that silence should be observed at points, and suggests those good points are. After the Psalms is one of those. The way the Instruction is phrased, I would say the legislator’s means that while it’s fine to omit the silence between Psalms, it should not be omitted from celebrations (e.g. use it between Psalms, after the reading, between the Intercessions and Our Father, etc.)

Because of the richness of the Psalms, I believe it would be imprudent to rush through them. Prayer, we must remember is two-way conversation with God.

1. It is a general principle that care should be taken in liturgical services to see that “at the proper times all observe a reverent silence.” An opportunity for silence should therefore be provided in the celebration of the liturgy of the hours.
2. In order to receive in our hearts the full sound of the voice of the Holy Spirit and to unite our personal prayer more closely with the word of God and the public voice of the Church, it is permissible, as occasion offers and prudence suggests, to have an interval of silence. It may come either after the repetition of the antiphon at the end of the psalm, in the traditional way, especially if the psalm-prayer is to be said after the pause (see no. 112), or after the short or longer readings, either before or after the responsory.

Care must be taken to avoid the kind of silence that would disturb the structure of the office or annoy and weary those taking part.

1. In individual recitation there is even greater freedom to pause in meditation on some text that moves the spirit; the office does not on this account lose its public character.