Sundays and solemnities have two Evening Prayers: Evening Prayer I on the day before and Evening Prayer II on the day itself. (Oct 16 and 17 are optional memorial and memorial, respectively)Question about the LOTH:
If I pray the optional memorial of St. Hedwig, and use the Common of Religious, seeing as tonight is Wednesday- is it evening prayer I or II? How does that work?
Also when praying the Psalms- is it ok to recite the antiphon at the beginning and end of the psalm only instead of after each strophe?Sundays and solemnities have two Evening Prayers: Evening Prayer I on the day before and Evening Prayer II on the day itself. (Oct 16 and 17 are optional memorial and memorial, respectively)
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I don’t use the full four volume Liturgy of the Hours: I use Christian Prayer, which I understand is slightly abbreviated but basically the same as the Liturgy of the Hours.Also when praying the Psalms- is it ok to recite the antiphon at the beginning and end of the psalm only instead of after each strophe?
Yes.Also when praying the Psalms- is it ok to recite the antiphon at the beginning and end of the psalm only instead of after each strophe?
That’s the normal way except for the invitatory, where you do it after each strophe in communal celebration at least. Unless the antiphon is repeated as a refrain in the psalm (marked as a red R).Also when praying the Psalms- is it ok to recite the antiphon at the beginning and end of the psalm only instead of after each strophe?
Ferial weekdays and optional memorials do not have Evening Prayer I. In relation to these days that makes the term Evening Prayer II redundant. On ferial weekdays and optional memorials you recite Evening Prayer of that day.Question about the LOTH:
If I pray the optional memorial of St. Hedwig, and use the Common of Religious, seeing as tonight is Wednesday- is it evening prayer I or II? How does that work?
This applies to mandatory memorials as well, unless the memorial has proper antiphons as would be indicated in the Proper of the saint.Ferial weekdays and optional memorials do not have Evening Prayer I. In relation to these days that makes the term Evening Prayer II redundant. On ferial weekdays and optional memorials you recite Evening Prayer of that day.
- ARRANGEMENT OF THE OFFICE FOR MEMORIALS
- In the arrangement of the office there is no difference between obligatory and optional memorials, except in the case of optional memorials falling during privileged seasons.
Memorials During Ordinary Time
- In the office of readings, at morning prayer, and at evening prayer:
a. the psalms and their antiphons are taken from the current week and day, unless there are proper antiphons or proper psalms, which is indicated as the case occurs;
b. the antiphon at the invitatory, the hymn, the short reading, the antiphons at the Canticles of Zechariah and of Mary, and the intercessions must be those of the saint if these are given in the proper; otherwise, they are taken either from the common or from the current week and day;
c. the concluding prayer from the office of the saint is to be said;
d. in the office of readings, the Scripture reading with its responsory is from the current cycle. The second reading is about the saint, with a proper responsory or one taken from the common; if there is no proper reading, the patristic reading for the day is used. The Te Deum is not said.
- At daytime prayer and night prayer, all is from the weekday and nothing is from the office of the saint.
Thank you but I know. I was limiting my response to the OP’s question.This applies to mandatory memorials as well, unless the …