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Other than the Rosary, what is a good devotion to Our Lady? I have been seriously considering The Little Office. Has anyone prayed this and has it brought you closer to Our Lord?
 
heavy_hand said:
Other than the Rosary, what is a good devotion to Our Lady? I have been seriously considering The Little Office. Has anyone prayed this and has it brought you closer to Our Lord?
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Yes it is so amazing! I bought the Baronius press edition (which has useful commentary at the back explaining its history, why its good, the rubrics etc…) and have used it everyday since! Its beautiful in Latin and never seems to get old 😃

It’s only been a week or 2 since I bought it so I can’t say whether its brought me closer to our lord, but it has definitely improved my prayer life. The regular pattern of prayer combined with the amazing content of the little office has really inspired me!
 
jmj1984 said:
Yes it is so amazing! I bought the Baronius press edition (which has useful commentary at the back explaining its history, why its good, the rubrics etc…) and have used it everyday since! Its beautiful in Latin and never seems to get old 😃

It’s only been a week or 2 since I bought it so I can’t say whether its brought me closer to our lord, but it has definitely improved my prayer life. The regular pattern of prayer combined with the amazing content of the little office has really inspired me!
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What kind of prayers are in there?
 
TrueLight said:
What kind of prayers are in there?
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Psalms mainly, there’s anthems to the BVM e.g the haily holy queen, antiphons etc… and lots of other prayers. Its basically a ‘marian’ version of the office.
 
Shalom

In this tiny nation, every catholic loves to pray the rosary. I never new there is a office. I know the breviary which I use daily. I pray the rosary everyday, the litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary and other prayers in relation to Mary in the pieta. This is the prayers I pray everyday. I love the rosary most and it brings me closer to Jesus and Mary.

God bless.
 
I have been praying the Little Office, the pre-1962 version for about a month, but am about to switch back to the modern version. There is more variety in the modern version with a weekly rotation of psalms instead of the same one every day. That suits me better.
TrueLight said:
What kind of prayers are in there?
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If you pray the Roman Breviary - Matins, Lauds, etc., or if you pray the more modern LOTH, you will be very familiar with the corresponding (old vs modern) version of the Little Office. it is the same liturgical prayer of the Church, but with a slight emphasis on Mary, especially in the antiphons, many of which are taken from the Song of Songs, the Book of Wisdom, etc.

Ant. Now is the winter past, the rain is over and gone; arise, my beloved, and come.

Ant. Behold the handmaid of the Lord; Let it be done to me according to Thy word.

Ant. His left hand under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me.

Makes me want to go pray it now. 😃

Many of the monastic communities prayed the little office excusively for centuries. A sample page of the Baronius Press version is here. I think you would like this version.

The book from Baronius Press is spectacular to hold and look at, leather with sewn binding, English and Latin side by side, Gregorian Chant, and as others have said, wonderful commentary. I find the old language charming but a little clumsy, and prefer something that flows more naturally with my thoughts in plain language, but that’s just me. This old version only has variety in only a few places including Matins, with three “Nocturns” which rotate a few psalms depedending on the day of the week. The prayers do change up during Christmas and Easter seasons, but other than that, they are the basically the same, day after day. Again, just me.

The newer version uses language and readings identical to the LoTH. I have to order one from St. Joe’s. The one I had was borrowed.

-Tim-
 
TimothyH said:
I have been praying the Little Office, the pre-1962 version for about a month, but am about to switch back to the modern version. There is more variety in the modern version with a weekly rotation of psalms instead of the same one every day. That suits me better.

If you pray the Roman Breviary - Matins, Lauds, etc., or if you pray the more modern LOTH, you will be very familiar with the corresponding (old vs modern) version of the Little Office. it is the same liturgical prayer of the Church, but with a slight emphasis on Mary, especially in the antiphons, many of which are taken from the Song of Songs, the Book of Wisdom, etc.

Ant. Now is the winter past, the rain is over and gone; arise, my beloved, and come.

Ant. Behold the handmaid of the Lord; Let it be done to me according to Thy word.

Ant. His left hand under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me.

Makes me want to go pray it now. 😃

Many of the monastic communities prayed the little office excusively for centuries. A sample page of the Baronius Press version is here. I think you would like this version.

The book from Baronius Press is spectacular to hold and look at, leather with sewn binding, English and Latin side by side, Gregorian Chant, and as others have said, wonderful commentary. I find the old language charming but a little clumsy, and prefer something that flows more naturally with my thoughts in plain language, but that’s just me. This old version only has variety in only a few places including Matins, with three “Nocturns” which rotate a few psalms depedending on the day of the week. The prayers do change up during Christmas and Easter seasons, but other than that, they are the basically the same, day after day. Again, just me.

The newer version uses language and readings identical to the LoTH. I have to order one from St. Joe’s. The one I had was borrowed.

-Tim-
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I would just say that the post 1962 the little office was removed from the roman breviary, so using an edition after this removes the liturgical part of the prayer, it essentially becomes either common or private prayer. Further any ‘updates’ of the office are for this reason entirely unofficial, so for anyone who wants liturgical prayer or the ‘official’ office one would have to stick to the 1961 little office, that being the last liturgical and official version.
 
jmj1984 said:
I would just say that the post 1962 the little office was removed from the roman breviary, so using an edition after this removes the liturgical part of the prayer, it essentially becomes either common or private prayer. Further any ‘updates’ of the office are for this reason entirely unofficial, so for anyone who wants liturgical prayer or the ‘official’ office one would have to stick to the 1961 little office, that being the last liturgical and official version.
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Really? That wasn’t what I thought, partially based on my asking about this in a thread dedicated to that question here on CAF a few months ago. Maybe I was just confused about the pre/post 1962 version. I do want to stay within the official prayer of the Church and so will be very disappointed if this turns out to be true. Thanks for the heads up.

-Tim-
 
jmj1984 said:
I would just say that the post 1962 the little office was removed from the roman breviary, so using an edition after this removes the liturgical part of the prayer, it essentially becomes either common or private prayer. Further any ‘updates’ of the office are for this reason entirely unofficial, so for anyone who wants liturgical prayer or the ‘official’ office one would have to stick to the 1961 little office, that being the last liturgical and official version.
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Here is the thread with several indications that LOoBVM is part of the official prayer of the Church. I think my question was very clear.

forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=599863

Maybe I just don’t understand the lingo about official, private, common, updates, unofficial, liturgical, etc.

-Tim-
 
TimothyH said:
I have been praying the Little Office, the pre-1962 version for about a month, but am about to switch back to the modern version. There is more variety in the modern version with a weekly rotation of psalms instead of the same one every day. That suits me better.

If you pray the Roman Breviary - Matins, Lauds, etc., or if you pray the more modern LOTH, you will be very familiar with the corresponding (old vs modern) version of the Little Office. it is the same liturgical prayer of the Church, but with a slight emphasis on Mary, especially in the antiphons, many of which are taken from the Song of Songs, the Book of Wisdom, etc.

Ant. Now is the winter past, the rain is over and gone; arise, my beloved, and come.

Ant. Behold the handmaid of the Lord; Let it be done to me according to Thy word.

Ant. His left hand under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me.

Makes me want to go pray it now. 😃

Many of the monastic communities prayed the little office excusively for centuries. A sample page of the Baronius Press version is here. I think you would like this version.

The book from Baronius Press is spectacular to hold and look at, leather with sewn binding, English and Latin side by side, Gregorian Chant, and as others have said, wonderful commentary. I find the old language charming but a little clumsy, and prefer something that flows more naturally with my thoughts in plain language, but that’s just me. This old version only has variety in only a few places including Matins, with three “Nocturns” which rotate a few psalms depedending on the day of the week. The prayers do change up during Christmas and Easter seasons, but other than that, they are the basically the same, day after day. Again, just me.

The newer version uses language and readings identical to the LoTH. I have to order one from St. Joe’s. The one I had was borrowed.

-Tim-
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Thanks for posting all this info. At first glance,what I like about the Baronious press version is that it has the chant notation for the antiphons. I am used to praying the breviary on Divinium Officium, which does not have the notes. If I buy a Roman Breviary, will it have the notes to the songs?
 
TimothyH said:
Really? That wasn’t what I thought, partially based on my asking about this in a thread dedicated to that question here on CAF a few months ago. Maybe I was just confused about the pre/post 1962 version. I do want to stay within the official prayer of the Church and so will be very disappointed if this turns out to be true. Thanks for the heads up.

-Tim-
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It is still a part of the liturgical prayer of the Church according to the norms of 1962 which Catholic priests and religious are allowed to use, though even then, the Little Office hasn’t been binding on the clerics for centuries.

It’s simply never been “updated” (praise be to Our Lord for sparing us that!).
 
Te_Deum said:
It is still a part of the liturgical prayer of the Church according to the norms of 1962 which Catholic priests and religious are allowed to use, though even then, the Little Office hasn’t been binding on the clerics for centuries.

It’s simply never been “updated” (praise be to Our Lord for sparing us that!).
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Sorry I didn’t make myself clear, the little office has never been updated, I believe the last version was in 1962. However some people have created unofficial updates of the little office based on the reforms post V2, these are not liturgical or part of the prayer of the church as they are unofficial.
 
TimothyH said:
Here is the thread with several indications that LOoBVM is part of the official prayer of the Church. I think my question was very clear.

forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=599863

Maybe I just don’t understand the lingo about official, private, common, updates, unofficial, liturgical, etc.

-Tim-
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The little office is part of the prayer of the church but the last official version is the 1962 version I believe, it was the last version in the Roman breviary any version since is unofficial, any post V2 version is not part of the prayer of the church.
 
Marian_Devotee said:
I really like “The Little Crown of the Blessed Virgin Mary”. St. Louis de Montfort strongly recommends it to those who are consecrated to Our Blessed Mother.

catholictradition.org/Two-Hearts/crown.htm
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Based on the woman crowned with twelve stars, St. Louis De Montfort gave this prayer to The Montfort Fathers and the Daughters of Wisdom.
I like adding this after Morning Prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours with its praises to the Blessed Virgin. Mary is often portrayed as Sorrowful, so I especially like the invocation, “Rejoice, O Virgin Mary, rejoice a thousand times.”

My parish prays the Novena to our Lady of Perpetual Help every Wednesday evening between Masses. It also adds the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary after the rosary every time it is recited before Mass.
 
jmj1984 said:
Sorry I didn’t make myself clear, the little office has never been updated, I believe the last version was in 1962. However some people have created unofficial updates of the little office based on the reforms post V2, these are not liturgical or part of the prayer of the church as they are unofficial.
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Thanks everyone, for the clarifications!
 
I also pray the rosary every morning, I will now add the little offce to this practice, I love the rosary, it just make me feel so good, and close to the Blessed Virgin, and to her Wonderful SON.
 
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