Liturgical day beginning at sunset & LOH

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Greetings, all -

I am wondering if anyone out there can shed some light on the following for me:

In the St. Joseph guide for the liturgy of the hours do they take into account the fact that the liturgical day begins at sunset?

In other words, when looking at the entry for September 8th, is the entry for evening prayer meant for the 8th or the 9th?

Sorry, I don’t think I phrased the question very well - hopefully you all understand what I’m getting at!

God bless!
 
pachomius said:
Greetings, all -

I am wondering if anyone out there can shed some light on the following for me:

In the St. Joseph guide for the liturgy of the hours do they take into account the fact that the liturgical day begins at sunset?

In other words, when looking at the entry for September 8th, is the entry for evening prayer meant for the 8th or the 9th?

Sorry, I don’t think I phrased the question very well - hopefully you all understand what I’m getting at!

God bless!
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The liturgical day does NOT begin at sunset. It runs from midnight to midnight (General Norms for the Liturgical Year and Calendar, 3). Evening Prayer on Sept. 8 is for evening of Sept. 8.

The observances that begin the evening of the previous days are only those of Sundays and solemnities.
 
Hi,

The prayers themselves for feasts and Sundays have evening prayer 1, which is the vigil, and evening prayer 2, which is sunset on the feastday. This is explained in the general instructions in the Christian prayer book. I’ll see if I can find it on-line.

Lux
 
Lux_et_Tenebrae said:
Hi,

The prayers themselves for feasts and Sundays have evening prayer 1, which is the vigil, and evening prayer 2, which is sunset on the feastday. This is explained in the general instructions in the Christian prayer book. I’ll see if I can find it on-line.

Lux
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Solemnities and Sundays. Feasts do not have a vigil.
 
However, until the mid 50’s or so, the Western office began at Vespers the day before, and (usually) ended at None (ninth hour) of the day itself. Doubles and semi-doubles had Second Vespers on the day.

The Byzantine and most Eastern offices still begin the liturgical day with Vespers.
 
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