Do you pray the Angelus? When?

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I love to pray the Angelus.
I pray daily it at 12 P.M. :gopray2:
But a friend told me it should also be prayed at 6 P.M. To prove his point he mentioned that beautiful oil on canvas by french painter Millet that pictures a couple in the middle of a field as the sun is setting, bowing their heads while praying ‘the Angelus’ (which, by the way, is the title of that painting). He said this shows that in the IX century this prayer was originally prayed at 6 p.m.
So what then? Are we supposed to pray it both at 12 p.m. and 6 p.m.?
What about 12 a.m. or 6 a.m.? :confused:

Thank you very much for your guidance.

:blessyou:

Alma
 
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Alma:
I love to pray the Angelus.
I pray daily it at 12 P.M. :gopray2:
But a friend told me it should also be prayed at 6 P.M. To prove his point he mentioned that beautiful oil on canvas by french painter Millet that pictures a couple in the middle of a field as the sun is setting, bowing their heads while praying ‘the Angelus’ (which, by the way, is the title of that painting). He said this shows that in the IX century this prayer was originally prayed at 6 p.m.
So what then? Are we supposed to pray it both at 12 p.m. and 6 p.m.?
What about 12 a.m. or 6 a.m.? :confused:

Thank you very much for your guidance.

:blessyou:

Alma
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The Angelus is actually meant to be prayed THREE times a day - 6am, noon and 6pm.

I’ve only recently begun praying it again, not having done so since leaving my Catholic school, so in reality for me this means I pray it when I get up in the morning, noon/lunchbreak and as often as I remember in the evenings :o
 
6am, noon and 6pm. I set my mobile phone to ring at these times. I can’t always say the noon Angelus at the correct time beause I’m teaching but I say it as close as possible to noon.

Gearoidin
 
The angelus should be prayed at 12pm and at 6pm since these times are the hinges of the day. Paul VI refered to the ‘hinges of the day’ in his document of the liturgy of the hours.

One of the few things we are still blessed with in Ireland is to have the Angelus bells toll at 12pm on national radio and at 6pm on national TV. However, there is a major effort underway to remove these as we are told they offend certain minorities. :confused:

I pray the Angelus at these times but only when I am reminded by the pealing of the bells.
I have to admit I seldomly remember to pray them without the prompting of a Church bell. This is something I will work on for Lent.
 
At the beginning of daily Mass (at noon) we say it while the outside bell chimes. That’s the only time I say it. I should be saying it even if I don’t attend weekly Mass, I guess I just never thought about it until now. 😦
 
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Alma:
I love to pray the Angelus.
ISo what then? Are we supposed to pray it both at 12 p.m. and 6 p.m.?
What about 12 a.m. or 6 a.m.?
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6 am, 12 noon and 6 pm
the Angelus developed as a prayer for working people to say when the bells rang for the monks to prayer their LOTH in the monastery, so when they heard the church bells they could stop and pray to sanctify the hours of the day. the Regina Coeli is prayed during the Easter season.
 
An advice to those who said they don’t always remember to pray it.
I used to forget too and felt sad because I love to honor our dearest Mother Mary. :o
So I told her to please forgive my absentmindness and asked her to please remind me when it was time to pray it.
She did!! :yup:

Ever since that day, at twelve o’clock something happens that reminds me: a telephone rings and no one leaves a message, or the bells of a nearby church toll, or someone asks me what time it is, etc.
Try it!!

:blessyou:
Alma
 
Alma!

I love it. Of course I should have thought of it. Sometimes I just get so wrapped up in my own self pity!!

I have learned something wonderful from you.

Thanks.
 
Fergal:

I also learned something wonderful from you! I loved the reference to ‘the hinges of the day’.
I’ve been thinking about them, and realized they are perfect time to pause a moment, make a brief exam about how one has been responding to God’s promptings, to God’s love. And then move on to the rest of the day.

¡Thank you!

:blessyou:

Alma
 
I love the Angelus!
I am blessed, here in New Orleans. the Churches ring the Angelus everyday!
6am
12noon
6pm
St.marys assumption. (2 blocks from me) is the one i hear. though sometimes I can hear OLgood counsel. or even Holy Ghost.
 
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Alma:
An advice to those who said they don’t always remember to pray it.
I used to forget too and felt sad because I love to honor our dearest Mother Mary. :o
So I told her to please forgive my absentmindness and asked her to please remind me when it was time to pray it.
She did!! :yup:

Ever since that day, at twelve o’clock something happens that reminds me: a telephone rings and no one leaves a message, or the bells of a nearby church toll, or someone asks me what time it is, etc.
Try it!!

:blessyou:
Alma
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I asked my guradian angel to remind me when I don’t have my phone nearby and he does. Like you said, something happens to remind me of the time.

Gearoidin
 
Why are we supposed to pray the Angelus only three times a day (at 6 am, 12pm and 6pm), and not at midnight also (12 am) ?

:blessyou:

Alma
 
🙂 'Lo!

Say, praying the Angelus three times a day, Monday through Saturday, o.k.! Easy to figure out. Even I can do that, albiet sometimes early, sometimes late.

But, WHAT, exactly are we to do on Sundays?

I seem to have gotton a lot of well-meaning advice, but still can’t get the hang of it.

Like, on Sundays: “Do we stand up, or kneel down?”

Or: “Do we say it one time, or two times, or three times, or what?”

Thanks for the (name removed by moderator)ut!

Aurelio 👍
 
puzzleannie said:
6 am, 12 noon and 6 pm
the Angelus developed as a prayer for working people to say when the bells rang for the monks to prayer their LOTH in the monastery, so when they heard the church bells they could stop and pray to sanctify the hours of the day. the Regina Coeli is prayed during the Easter season.
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is the regina coeli he one that goes:
Queen of heave rejoice, Allelluia
for he whom you merited to bear, allelluia
has risen as he said, allelluia
and so on?
 
Monastics pray the Angelus at the end of vigils, sext and compline.
 
Fergal said:
The angelus should be prayed at 12pm and at 6pm since these times are the hinges of the day. Paul VI refered to the ‘hinges of the day’ in his document of the liturgy of the hours.

One of the few things we are still blessed with in Ireland is to have the Angelus bells toll at 12pm on national radio and at 6pm on national TV. However, there is a major effort underway to remove these as we are told they offend certain minorities. :confused:

I pray the Angelus at these times but only when I am reminded by the pealing of the bells.
I have to admit I seldomly remember to pray them without the prompting of a Church bell. This is something I will work on for Lent.
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Hello Fergal,
Number 1: How are bells found to be offensive??? And 2: I certainly hope there is a movement in Ireland to counteract this “major effort…” This angers me so much…The minorities need to realize and respect the fact that they visit or live in a CATHOLIC country…It would be the same if Catholics were to go visit or live in a predominantly muslim country, for example…would they start a movement to stop the call to prayers muslims observe 5 times a day cause it offends them??? The Angelus is such a beautiful prayer to The Madonna that i have just started to learn about and intend to start reciting myself! I pray nothing gets changed there in Ireland cause that’s wonderful!

God bless,

Dan
 
It seemed I was forever forgetting for days at a time until I started saying it with grace before meals. The times aren’t precise, but I pray the Angelus much more often now!
 
The Angel of the Lord declared to Mary:
And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of
our death. Amen.

Behold the handmaid of the Lord: Be it done unto me according to Thy word.

Hail Mary . . .

And the Word was made Flesh: And dwelt among us.

Hail Mary . . .

Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray:

Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts; that we, to whom the incarnation of Christ, Thy Son, was made known by the message of an angel, may by His Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of His Resurrection, through the same Christ Our Lord.

Amen.
 
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