Thanks! Keep the advice coming
Thanks. Not “advice” per se but a bit of history.
The name “Lauds” is thought to come from the “laudate” psalms, namely 148, 149 and 150.
In fact early in the Monastic office, Vigils was, I believe, the night office, then Matins was the first part of Lauds, and then Lauds themselves were the three Laudate psalms.
At that time, the Monastic office was regulated by sunlight and not clock time. Lauds was always said at sunrise. Then came Prime (the first hour), Terce (third hour), sexte (6th hour), None (ninth hour), and Vespers would be just before sunset (and Compline prior to retiring at night). The actual length of the hours was variable whether it was summer or winter, given the different length of daylight.
Now there are those who accuse Annibale Bugnini of perpetrating a great travesty on the new shorter Liturgy of the Hours after Vatican II.
But a nearly equal travesty occurred under Pius X around the turn of the last century when
he shortened the office by removing the Laudate psalms from daily use in the Roman Office (they remain in daily use with the houses still using the traditional monastic schema), a move that was no less controversial at the time. But it is interesting that both the old Roman Office and the post-Vatican II Roman Office, do at least say Psalms 148, 149 and 150 at Lauds, just not all at the same time (they are said on separate Sundays).
. Only problem, I am at a loss for how to follow it! Any help would be appreciated haha.
