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Lux_Nocte
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Does anyone know any books that match the title? I’ve been looking up quite a few but much of them are very vague in description.
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JimR-OCDS
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Not sure what you mean by Traditional form, but this site has the Breviary which is used by most priest and many religious orders.
divineoffice.org/
Cloistered orders like the Benedictine’s follow their own LOTH’s format, but generally in English, although some still chant in Latin.
Jim
divineoffice.org/
Cloistered orders like the Benedictine’s follow their own LOTH’s format, but generally in English, although some still chant in Latin.
Jim
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Lux_Nocte
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Thank you very much sir!
God bless.
God bless.
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agnes_therese
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If you’re thinking of the pre-Vatican II divine office, you can find it online here:
divinumofficium.com/cgi-bin/horas/officium.pl
You can even choose which version you want.
If you’re looking for books of the pre-Vatican II office, your best bet may be ebay, although they often go for way too much money there. Baronius Press published it last year, but it’s already out of print. You could also look for the Collegeville edition, and I know there are others. Baronius and Collegeville editions all have the Latin and English side-by-side.
You could also do a google search for “monastic diurnal,” and see if that looks like what you want.
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Lux_Nocte
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Been trying eBay for a while now. Haven’t found a version pre vati II yet. Hopefully one will turn up sometime.
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St_Francis
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Brevmeum is an app with the Latin and then a choice of an English or Hungarian translation side-by-side. I am suggesting it as something you can get right away if you have a compatible device to hold you over til you find a real copy 
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LoyalViews
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On a differen branch, the Book of Common Prayer has a beautiful form, though not in any way at ALL official.
The Book of Divine Worship, Catholic BCP, has a version of the LOTH. That’s okay.
But I’d definitely stick with the English translations in the Baronius breviary, that’s solid.
The Book of Divine Worship, Catholic BCP, has a version of the LOTH. That’s okay.
But I’d definitely stick with the English translations in the Baronius breviary, that’s solid.
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bcuster
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The Mundelein Psalter can be used for chanting the Divine Office in English.
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Russ_of_Tokyo
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As a former Anglican I must confess I miss being able to carry the entire “Daily Office” (as they call it), Psalter, plus Communion and all other rites in one handy little book that would fit in my pocket! Of course, the prayers for Morning and Evening Prayer and Compline were the same every day (only the Psalms and Scripture changed), which is why they could keep it in one book…
I haven’t seen it, but I don’t suppose the Book of Divine Worship is as compact, is it?
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Lux_Nocte
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baroniuspress.com/book.php?wid=56&bid=59#tab=tab-1
Found this. It is a bit expensive though.
I’ll ask a couple members of the holy orders and see what they can recommend.
Thank you all for the help!
Found this. It is a bit expensive though.
I’ll ask a couple members of the holy orders and see what they can recommend.
Thank you all for the help!
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Michael_Mayo
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LoyalViews
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Nope
And it’s only available in PDF and eBook atm, the print copies are currently out of print. I keep it on my Kobo.
Also, it includes American spellings, which is odd and in my opinion, doesn’t fit with the Elizabethan/Victorian English it uses in the wording. Also, I’m not American so maybe that’s it
I love the BCP. Don’t know if that’s good or bad.
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LoyalViews
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canterburypress.co.uk/books/9781848251229/Customary-of-Our-Lady-of-Walsingham
THIS MIGHT BE WHAT YOU NEED
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Russ_of_Tokyo
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After I posted my comments above, I did some research which led me to this very book and I have been dreaming and drooling over it ever since.
I’m still wrestling with the question as to whether or not using the Customary of Our Lady of Walsingham would constitute “praying the liturgical Prayer of the Church with the Universal Church” for me, a diocesan Catholic (and former Anglican) living in Japan who is not an Ordinariate Catholic living in Britain.
Apparently our bishops in Japan have not made any pronouncements regarding approved or disapproved English versions of the Liturgy of the Hours, so there may be a small loophole.
I also wonder the Customary is so big. My Book of Common Prayer is only 9cm X 14.5cm (3 5/8 X 5 3/4 inches)!
Still, I’m very close to buying this one. And your post nudges me a little closer to the edge…
I’m still wrestling with the question as to whether or not using the Customary of Our Lady of Walsingham would constitute “praying the liturgical Prayer of the Church with the Universal Church” for me, a diocesan Catholic (and former Anglican) living in Japan who is not an Ordinariate Catholic living in Britain.
Apparently our bishops in Japan have not made any pronouncements regarding approved or disapproved English versions of the Liturgy of the Hours, so there may be a small loophole.
I also wonder the Customary is so big. My Book of Common Prayer is only 9cm X 14.5cm (3 5/8 X 5 3/4 inches)!
Still, I’m very close to buying this one. And your post nudges me a little closer to the edge…
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Windmill
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You can get the monastic diurnal here:
Farnborough Abbey Monastic Diurnal
I love mine. It’s probably the nicest thing I own. There’s also a website dedicated to this version of the Divine Office in the pre-concilliar form:
Saints Will Arise
It teaches you how to pray the Diurnal and has a built-in ordo that tells you exactly what pages to use for a given hour. “Diurnal” just means the Offices throughout the day (not the early hour of Matins- which is huge). So this would include: Lauds, Prime, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers, Compline.
One reason I like this prayerbook is that, unlike the Roman Diurnal, the MD calendar doesn’t have as much clutter from the Sanctoral Cycle (meaning, you don’t have as many saint’s feast days observed so you aren’t stuck in the Commons so much). This helps you have a better feel for the flow of seasons since it isn’t broken up as much by saint feast days. The MD follows the 1962 liturgical calendar, but it emphasizes Benedictine feast days. Sundays are identical to the Roman calendar.
Farnborough Abbey Monastic Diurnal
I love mine. It’s probably the nicest thing I own. There’s also a website dedicated to this version of the Divine Office in the pre-concilliar form:
Saints Will Arise
It teaches you how to pray the Diurnal and has a built-in ordo that tells you exactly what pages to use for a given hour. “Diurnal” just means the Offices throughout the day (not the early hour of Matins- which is huge). So this would include: Lauds, Prime, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers, Compline.
One reason I like this prayerbook is that, unlike the Roman Diurnal, the MD calendar doesn’t have as much clutter from the Sanctoral Cycle (meaning, you don’t have as many saint’s feast days observed so you aren’t stuck in the Commons so much). This helps you have a better feel for the flow of seasons since it isn’t broken up as much by saint feast days. The MD follows the 1962 liturgical calendar, but it emphasizes Benedictine feast days. Sundays are identical to the Roman calendar.
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