Help i want to pray Liturgy of the Hours but dont know where to start?

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CatholicFireman said:
Tell me about it! I’m still "wading’ through the Monastic Diurnal. :whacky:
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I keep flipping back between the Monastic Diurnal and Christian Prayer, can’t make up my mind.

Have you subscribed the TradBen Yahoo group? The folks that run Saints Will Arise run it. There are a lot of really helpful files in their group. Basically the tutorial on the Saints Will Arise blog is in the files section of the TradBen group, but you can print them out and follow along as you pray the MD, it’s very helpful.

Oh yeah, and an understanding of the Liturgical Calendar that is used by the MD is also
helpful, fisheaters.com/time.html
 
For Shorter Christian Prayer, p 13 has the general outline of Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer, Night Prayer is pretty much self contained.

The Canticle for Morning Prayer (Benedictus) is on the inside front cover.
The Canticle for Evening Prayer (Magnificat) is on the inside back cover.

A suggestion, we’re in ordinary time right now, don’t worry about the the Proper of the Seasons or Saints. Just go through the Psalter using pg 13 as your guide and get the rhythm of the office. You can add the Propers once you get comfortable. Don’t worry over semantics etc, just get in the habit of praying regularly.
 
Odell said:
What is the point in having a Sunday in the Four week Psalter and Sundays in the Ordinary time in the back pg 503?
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First and most importantly important, don’t get frustrated!!! Just stick with it and you’ll get the hang of it in no time!!! Also, don’t sweat about getting everything perfect. Do your best!!!

The Office has a general Structure, this can be found on (p 13).
At a VERY high level this is what you do
  1. Have a liturgical calendar so you which Day it is.
  2. Follow the Day in the Psalter
  3. Substitute the appropriate pieces from Proper of the Saints/Seasons )
So for today (ignore that it’s Corpus Christi Sunday, it’s the 13th Sunday of Ordinary Time).
  • We’re in week I of the Psalter, Sunday Morning Prayer starts in (p 42).
  • Technically, it’s week 13 of Ordinary Time (p 516)
  • As you go thru Sunday Morning Prayer you’ll see on (p 47) the node “Canticle of Zechariah antiphon as in the Proper of the Seasons” use the Canticle on (p 516) and the Canticle on the inside cover of you book. Similarly applies to the concluding prayer also found on (p 516).
In general there are multiple sections of the book.

The Psalter which contains the day to day psalms, canticles, antiphons and prayers. You’ll spend most of your time in the Psalter.

Proper of Seasons which contains the specific antiphons and prayers for specific times in the Liturgical seasons, such as Sundays and feasts.

Proper of Saints which contains specific antiphons and prayers for saints feasts days.

It’s also helpful to be familiar with the Liturgical Year, we’re in ordinary time until Advent in November so I’d say it’s a better time to learn this. Here’s a picture of the Liturgical Year

connect.in.com/seasons-of-the-liturgical-year/images–year-the-liturgical-year-1-299721763558.html

I’d suggest (except for Sundays) skip the Proper of the Season and Proper of the Saints for now and just get comfortable with the Psalter.

Set a goal of something like getting comfortable with the Psalter this year and start with the seasons in Advent (November) and begin going thru the Liturgical year that way.
 
You can go to this website, it will explain you how

yourdivineoffice.blogspot.com/

Or you can go to this website

divineoffice.org/

Just download the free podcasts, and it will give you a good glimpse of how to pray the divine office.

Basically the divine office is praying the psalms. In each liturgy of the hours (vespers, for example) You just pick 3 psalms from your bible, recite it, end each psalms with glory be to the father, and in each day, add the magnificat and the canticle of Zechariah. That’s divine office.

Matins (during the night, at midnight with some), sometimes referred to as Vigils or Nocturns, or in monastic usage the Night Office; in the Breviary of Paul VI it has been replaced by the Office of Readings
Lauds or Dawn Prayer (at Dawn, or 3 a.m.)
Prime or Early Morning Prayer (First Hour = approximately 6 a.m.)
Terce or Mid-Morning Prayer (Third Hour = approximately 9 a.m.)
Sext or Midday Prayer (Sixth Hour = approximately 12 p.m.)
None or Mid-Afternoon Prayer (Ninth Hour = approximately 3 p.m.)
Vespers or Evening Prayer (“at the lighting of the lamps”, generally at 6 p.m.)
Compline or Night Prayer (before retiring, generally at 9 p.m.)

I have heard that the book you bought is rather complicated.:o

This might help you
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liturgy_of_the_Hours

The rite you follow is the Liturgy of the hours of Paul VI, the rite I suggested is the old latin rite. I like the old rite better (than morning prayer, evening prayer, etc)
 
Revert_43 said:
I keep flipping back between the Monastic Diurnal and Christian Prayer, can’t make up my mind.

Have you subscribed the TradBen Yahoo group? The folks that run Saints Will Arise run it. There are a lot of really helpful files in their group. Basically the tutorial on the Saints Will Arise blog is in the files section of the TradBen group, but you can print them out and follow along as you pray the MD, it’s very helpful.

Oh yeah, and an understanding of the Liturgical Calendar that is used by the MD is also
helpful, fisheaters.com/time.html
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Thanks, I didn’t have the fisheaters link. 🙂 I belong to TradBen. Here, read my posts in this thread:

forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=573890&page=2
 
Odell,

Here’s another helpful resource, if you go to rosaryshop.com/ there’s a Liturgy of the Hours tutorial you can download for free, or buy. This tutorial covers Shorter Christian Prayer, among others, and has lots of great info.
 
Odell said:
Never done this before so I’m lost I baught Shorter Christian Prayer and don’t know where to start. Would someone be willing to walk me trew the first couple of days?
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You can say the full office when you are ready online or on your phone for free: divineoffice.org/
 
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