Liturgy Of The Hours

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I am researching of liturgy of the hours and until now it is not clear for me if what the liturgy really is? What are the prayers included in the liturgy of the hours. Can you help me
 
It is the official prayer of the Church, offered up to seven times a day by religious and priests. Lay people are welcome to pray it as well. It consists of psalms, canticles, prayers, and readings. You can see some examples here (today’s):
prayday.com/A55691/web2/groupprayer.nsf
 
is there a book where all these prayers everyday can be read? like a book on liturgy of the hours?
 
viktor aleksndr:
is there a book where all these prayers everyday can be read? like a book on liturgy of the hours?
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There is actually 2 versions of the LOH:
1 volumn: Christian Prayer: The Liturgy of the Hours
4 volumn: Liturgy of the Hours
I have both, but I prefer the 4 volumn set for the following reasons:

  1. *]Office Reading: The 4 volumn set has a wider selection of these readings. I find I get more out of these readings than anything else in the LOH
    *]Alternative prayers and readings for the Saint(s) of the day. Again this goes back to #1, but includes prayers to and a reading from the particular Saint(s) of the day.
    *]Season specific prayers and readings. This applies to Advent and Lent. Similar to #1 and #2
    *]Easier to follow: This may be a point of contention with others here, but I find the 4 volumn set easier to navigate through than the 1 volumn set.

    I hope this informatin helps.

    PF
 
viktor aleksndr:
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to begin with, Shorter Christian Prayer, depending on where you get it from 10-14 dollars, is the easiest to follow, with the psalms, canticles, reading and intercessions for morning and evening prayer each day. All you have to worry about is Sunday, finding the antiphon for the gospel canticles and the closing prayer. I would spend at least a year with this book getting comfortable with the rhythm of the 4-week psalter cycle before you try the larger, more complicated 1-volume Christian Prayer, or 4 Volume complete LOTH with Office of Readings.

Even easier, with a great format for morning, evening and night prayer, plus the daily Mass readings, is Magnificat, a monthly magazine, with supplements for Christmas and Easter, about $40 for a one-year subscription.

the websites listed above will help you figure out what “week” we are on. for the time being, don’t worry about feast days, just use the 4 week psalm cycle. together with the daily lectionary readings for your scripture meditation, and whatever book you choose for your spiritual readings, will put you in sync with “praying with the Church”
 
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WanderAimlessly:
There is actually 2 versions of the LOH:1 volumn: Christian Prayer: The Liturgy of the Hours

4 volumn: Liturgy of the Hours

I have both, but I prefer the 4 volumn set for the following reasons:


  1. *]Office Reading: The 4 volumn set has a wider selection of these readings. I find I get more out of these readings than anything else in the LOH
    *]Alternative prayers and readings for the Saint(s) of the day. Again this goes back to #1, but includes prayers to and a reading from the particular Saint(s) of the day.
    *]Season specific prayers and readings. This applies to Advent and Lent. Similar to #1 and #2
    *]Easier to follow: This may be a point of contention with others here, but I find the 4 volumn set easier to navigate through than the 1 volumn set.

    I hope this informatin helps.

    Is this four volume set expensive?

    PF
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i already bought one but now my problem is how to use that book. I didntn know that it is very complicated and difficult to follow especially the orders. Can you help me.
 
viktor aleksndr:
i already bought one but now my problem is how to use that book. I didntn know that it is very complicated and difficult to follow especially the orders. Can you help me.
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With each version, you can get a booklet with which prayers are to be read each day. It goes by the page number of the version you have. Most Catholic Bookstores carry the booklets. Make you you get the the correct one for the version you have.

It is a little difficult in the beginning, but you will quickly learn how to use it.

PF
 
which book did you buy? we will try to help you navigate. the links provided above can tell you each day where we are in the cycle. for the time being, find the 4 week psalter, and just pray the psalms and readings given for each day and time. we are in the 15th week of ordinary time, which means we are in week III of the 4-week cycle, find Tuesday, 3rd week, and start praying.

work into the rest of it gradually, none of us outside the priesthood or religious life are obligated to pray all or part of it, so do what you can.
 
Note that Liturgy of the Hours * provides the script for each day. Comparing it to your book will guide you through the day.

It is a great help in deciding what comes from the weekday, what from the memorial, etc.

After you use it a bit you can begin to see the pattern.*
 
viktor aleksndr:
i already bought one but now my problem is how to use that book. I didntn know that it is very complicated and difficult to follow especially the orders. Can you help me.
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If your book is from Catholic Book Publishing, weekly online guides for

The one-volume Christian Prayer

or

The 4-volume Liturgy of the Hours

can be found at the above links.

(You might also search the forum archives, there have been several helpful threads about this beautiful prayer in the last year, and those links have been posted before)

tee
 
viktor aleksndr:
i already bought one but now my problem is how to use that book. I didntn know that it is very complicated and difficult to follow especially the orders. Can you help me.
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Viktor, didn’t you mention earlier that you were in the Philippines? If you are, then let’s start off with your book. What edition are you using (start by giving the color of the cover) and what is printed on it? We’ll guide you with the page numbers.

I also suggest you buy an Ordo (this year’s Philippine Ordo has a green cover). Just go to your nearest Catholic store or St. Paul’s and ask for the Ordo. It costs just over 100 pesos, although it may be cheaper now because the year is half-through. There may still be a few copies left.
 
for each day is there a definite reading for the OOR. I have the the one volume, Christian Prayer and I haven’t been able to figure out which biblical and non-biblical reading goes with what day… or is the choice of reading up to me?
 
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frdave20:
for each day is there a definite reading for the OOR. I have the the one volume, Christian Prayer and I haven’t been able to figure out which biblical and non-biblical reading goes with what day… or is the choice of reading up to me?
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I think we havethe same problem. I dont know what biblical reading should i read for the day and what non biblical reading to be read.

also can i make some personal prayer before i conclude my prayer every hour?
by the way i am also using the one volume Christian prayer from the paulines
 
viktor aleksndr:
I think we havethe same problem. I dont know what biblical reading should i read for the day and what non biblical reading to be read.
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by the way i am also using the one volume Christian prayer from the paulines
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This is the primary excision that allows 4 volumes to be whittled down to 1 – The single volume books contain ony “selections” for the Office of Readings.

I can’t help you decide which of the selected non-biblical readings to choose, but if you bring our own bible you can follow the 2-year cycle of biblical readings (listed on p 1563(?) of the DOSP book, p 2064 of the CBP book (unless they’ve changed remarkably over the years or from country to country?)).

This year is 2005 (which began liturgically with Advent of the calendar year 2004), which is an odd number, so this is Year-I. 2006 (beginning liturgically with the next Advent) will be Year-II.

tee
 
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tee_eff_em:
… you can follow the 2-year cycle of biblical readings (listed on p 1563(?) of the DOSP book, p 2064 of the CBP book …
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(quoting myself – how gauche)

Does anyone know the origin of the 2-year cycle of readings? While I primarily use the 1-volume CBP, last year I bought the Latin edition of Liturgia Horarum for Lent & Easter, which, I presume, is the typical edition from which other languages derive? It contains only one set of readings (biblical and non) for the whole of the seasons.

Where does the 2-year cycle come from?? :confused:

tee
 
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tee_eff_em:
This is the primary excision that allows 4 volumes to be whittled down to 1 – The single volume books contain ony “selections” for the Office of Readings.

I can’t help you decide which of the selected non-biblical readings to choose, but if you bring our own bible you can follow the 2-year cycle of biblical readings (listed on p 1563(?) of the DOSP book, p 2064 of the CBP book (unless they’ve changed remarkably over the years or from country to country?)).

This year is 2005 (which began liturgically with Advent of the calendar year 2004), which is an odd number, so this is Year-I. 2006 (beginning liturgically with the next Advent) will be Year-II.

tee
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Thank you. I got the 2 year cycle on that page. How about the non biblical readings? Isnt it that it that non biblical reading is also the 2nd reading?
 
Viktor & Fr Dave,

I advise using Madeline Pecora Nugent’s EXCELLENT teaching guide (with a funny title): *The Divine Office for Dodos (Devout, Obedient, Disciples of Our Savior). *It is available from the Confraternity of Penitents online gift shop (you’ll have to use snail mail to order): www.penitents.org.

It tells you everything you need to know for using The Liturgy of the Hours, Christian Prayer, and Shorter Christian Prayer.

Fr. Dave, in Christian Prayer there is an index of Scriptural and non-Scriptural readings for the Office of Readings. However, it is incomplete. If you want to pray the Office of Readings, it would be better to use *The Liturgy of the Hours. *It costs around $200 (ouch) but if you are a Priest, aspiring to pray the entire Office is certainly a reasonable and realistic goal. LOH is well worth the price tag.
 
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