Guardian Angels--Office of the Readings

[normbetland]

So my Liturgy of the Hours is missing part of the Office of the Guardian angels. It has a hymn for the office of readings, and it has the second reading, but there are no antiphons/psalms and no first reading/response printed in the book. Does anyone know what antiphons, psalm, and response we are supposed to pray for the Office of Readings?

 

[DeaconsSon87]

Because it falls on a Sunday, the Office for that Sunday is used instead…I’m sure our guardian angels don’t mind

 

[jmjconder]

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[porthos11]

So my Liturgy of the Hours is missing part of the Office of the Guardian angels. It has a hymn for the office of readings, and it has the second reading, but there are no antiphons/psalms and no first reading/response printed in the book. Does anyone know what antiphons, psalm, and response we are supposed to pray for the Office of Readings?

We will not be praying the Memorial of the Guardian Angels this year because it’s impeded by the Sunday.

However, on other years (such as next year), note that Guardian Angels is a Memorial, so the antiphons and psalms, as well as the First Reading are all taken from the weekday.

 

[normbetland]

Because it falls on a Sunday, the Office for that Sunday is used instead…I’m sure our guardian angels don’t mind

Well, this year it falls on Sunday, but next year it won’t, so then what do we use for the Office of the Readings?

 

[normbetland]

We will not be praying the Memorial of the Guardian Angels this year because it’s impeded by the Sunday.

However, on other years (such as next year), note that Guardian Angels is a Memorial, so the antiphons and psalms, as well as the First Reading are all taken from the weekday.

But other memorials have specific psalms from the Commons rather than just the weekday in the Psalter. Are the guardian angels different?

 

[Joe_Kelley]

But other memorials have specific psalms from the Commons rather than just the weekday in the Psalter. Are the guardian angels different?

I think the Psalms and First Readings in the Commons are for Feasts and Solemnities, but should not be used for Memorials. Just as the Psalms in the Commons for Morning and Evening Prayer are not used for Memorials.

1. The psalmody follows and consists of three psalms (or parts in the case of longer psalms). During the Easter triduum, on days within the octaves of Easter and Christmas, on solemnities and feasts, the psalms are proper, with their proper antiphons.
   On Sundays and weekdays, however, the psalms and their antiphons are taken from the current week and day of the psalter. On memorials of the saints they are similarly taken from the current week and day of the psalter, unless there are proper psalms or antiphons (see nos. 218ff.).
2. Between the psalmody and the readings there is, as a rule, a verse, marking a transition in the prayer from psalmody to listening.
3. There are two readings: the first is from the Scriptures, the second is from the writings of the Fathers or church writers, or else is a reading connected with the saints.
4. After each reading there is a responsory (see nos. 169-172).
5. The scriptural reading is normally to be taken from the Proper of Seasons, in accordance with the rules to be given later (nos. 140-155). On solemnities and feasts, however, it is taken from the proper or the common.
6. On solemnities and feasts of saints a proper second reading is used; if there is none, the second reading is taken from the respective Common of Saints. On memorials of saints when the celebration is not impeded, the reading in connection with the saint replaces the current second reading (see nos. 166 and 235).

From Instructions for the Divine Office

 

[porthos11]

But other memorials have specific psalms from the Commons rather than just the weekday in the Psalter. Are the guardian angels different?

No, for memorials, psalms and antiphons are fron the weekday unless they are proper. You can see this from the rubrics in the Ordinary.