Help Using Divine Office Books

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Hello,

I bought a copy of Vol III of the Divine Office to pray at home UK Version.

I’m a bit confused with one aspect of the book, for each proper there is an Evening Prayer I before the office of readings and an evening prayer II after the midday prayers.

What’s the difference and which one should I be using?

Apart from that I think I’m just about managing to fnd my way around the book!
 
Welcome to the Divine Office! It will certainly enrich your life!

For Sundays and solemnities (and I believe some other feasts, but I don’t have my Ordo with me at the moment), there are 2 Evening Prayers. Evening Prayer I is prayed the evening before, and Evening Prayer II is prayed on that day.
Example: for a Sunday, Evening Prayer I is said on Saturday evening, and Evening Prayer II on Sunday evening.

You might want to look for an annual guide to the Office; in the US many people use the St. Joseph’s Guide to the Liturgy of the Hours. They may also publish for the U.K., or it may have a different title. That would make it easy to keep up with the liturgical calendar.
 
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Welcome to the Divine Office! It will certainly enrich your life!

For Sundays and solemnities (and I believe some other feasts, but I don’t have my Ordo with me at the moment), there are 2 Evening Prayers. Evening Prayer I is prayed the evening before, and Evening Prayer II is prayed on that day.
Example: for a Sunday, Evening Prayer I is said on Saturday evening, and Evening Prayer II on Sunday evening.

You might want to look for an annual guide to the Office; in the US many people use the St. Joseph’s Guide to the Liturgy of the Hours. They may also publish for the U.K., or it may have a different title. That would make it easy to keep up with the liturgical calendar.
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Evening Prayer I is used for Sundays, solemnities, and feasts of our Lord, but not other feasts and never for memorials.

Similarly, for memorials, unless there are proper antiphons for the psalms (in which case one uses the festive psalms), the psalmody of the day is used.
 
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