First time using the Divine Office

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I personally chant from the Mundelein Psalter. The layout is easy, the chant tones are simple. Overall 10/10 would recommend.
 
AlmaRedemptorisMater said:
I personally chant from the Mundelein Psalter. The layout is easy, the chant tones are simple. Overall 10/10 would recommend.
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I chant from Les Heures Grégoriennes, for the day hours (Lauds, minor hours, Vespers, Compline), which is Latin/French. Latin on one side, French on the other. I chant in Latin, with silent pauses to read through the psalm in French. I do the readings and intercessions in French. For the Office of Readings, I compiled my own Nocturnal from the indications in Ordo Cantus Officii.

I have the Mundelein psalter, mostly for curiosity and reference. I don’t use it as English is not my liturgical language: Latin and French (my mother tongue) are more natural for me.
 
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If there was only one office that I could find time to do, it would be the Office of Readings in the wee hours.
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The Office of Readings is my favorite also.

I had fallen out of practice of praying the hours because of schedule changes, but after spending a week with some Trappists near by, I have decided to make an effort to do st least 2 hours a day.

Lately, again because of my crazy schedule, I have been praying the OOR just before Compline.
 
Wow, everyone- this thread exploded as I was sleeping!

Thank you so much for the information. I’ll just opt for an app because it takes so long to ship the books to Korea (I’m an English-speaking person who spent most of my time in Canada).

For now, considering my disability, I’ll start learning the evening hours first 🙂
 
God Bless. Spent many happy hours in Seoul myself (and almost all of South Korea) on 10 business trips during my working years.
 
God bless you as well! I live about an hour away from Seoul. Nevertheless, a fantastic city. 🙂
 
I’m quite interested in hearing more of your Nocturnal if you wouldn’t mind. I’ve looked at the Ordo Cantus Officii, but haven’t spent enough time to knwo how to use it.
 
Ordo Cantus Officii is a reference. It gives you the source books for the antiphons to select for each day, feast or solemnity. It requires access to the sources. Fortunately I have an extensive liturgical library with most of the sources, as well as a PDF of the 1912 Antiphonale Romanum.

Alas many of the newer sources are copyrighted, so I don’t usually share the actual image files of the antiphons, except with a couple of oblate friends who also possess the source books.
 
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Here are a couple online resources that might be helpful …

www.DivineOffice.org offers on-demand texts and audio podcasts of all the offices of the Liturgy of the Hours. Though closed to most new members, you might nevertheless be granted access due to your disability; let them know your situation by sending an email to support@divineoffice.org.

You can also listen online to the daily live-streams of the Morning Office, the Evening Office, and Compline (the Night Office) said on Radio Maria each day at 8:30 a.m., 8 p.m., and 11 p.m., U.S. Eastern Time, respectively.

P.S.: Due to the difference in time zones, someone in South Korea might find the daily live-streams of Lauds (the Morning Office), Vespers (the Evening Office), and Compline (the Night Office) from Radio Maria Philippines at 7:05 a.m., 7:05 p.m., and 12 a.m. South Korea Time, respectively, a better match timewise than those from the Radio Maria (USA).
 
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