LOTH Seasonal Antiphons

[TempleofTheSoul]

I am learning how to pray properly the LOTH using the Divine Office for Dodos book. It states that if one antiphon (let´s say in this case Night Prayer in the Easter season) is given then that antiphon is to be used for the complete Psalmody once in the beginning and once at the end of the Psalmody with no repeating of it in between psalms and canticles.

So is my formula for praying Night Prayer in Easter Psalmody as follows correct or not?.. Seasonal Easter Antiphon 1> Psalm > Glory Be > Psalm > Glory Be > Seasonal Easter Antiphon 1

What has me confused is that I see in the 4 week section of the Psalter that the seasonal antiphons are given for each individual psalm and canticle. So which seasonal antiphon would I use? Would the first seasonal antiphon given at the beginning of the psalmody be used for all the psalms and canticles?

Is the way that the seasonal antiphons are prayed for Night Prayer different than what you would do in the rest of the Psalter? And is the rule for the one antiphon for the complete Psalter or only Night Prayer?

I hope that I am making some sense LOL because I do indeed feel like a true Dodo trying to get straight how to pray the LOTH.

Thanks and God bless

 

[curlycool89]

That is true when it comes to the Daytime Prayer only. During so-called strong seasons (Lent, Easter, Advent, Christmas), there is only 1 antiphon for the Daytime prayer (for the most part, it’s the same across the whole season: 1 for Mid-morning prayer, 1 for Mid-day, and 1 for mid-afternoon).

This is also true for Feasts and Solemnities, there is only 1 antiphon for daytime prayers.

For Morning and Evening prayer, the antiphon’s are the same as usualfor Lent, Advent (except for the week before Christmas), and I believe Christmas. There are seasonal antiphon’s for each Psalm during Easter. For the Office of Reading, the antiphon’s are the same as usual for Lent, Advent, and Christmas, and an alleluia is added for Easter.

For Night prayer, it is the same antiphon for Lent, Christmas, and Advent. For Easter, the antiphon is always alleluia, alleluia, alleluia and there is only 1 of them similar to Daytime Prayer (this only affect Saturday and Wednesday, as they are the only ones with more than 1 Psalm).

Does this help?

 

[Immaculata90]

As a little helper, it may be useful to head over to Divine Office --they have an online guide you can follow along with or an app available for downloads as well. It tells you the pages for the day if you are easily confused (like I sometimes get) and it shows you the proper order as well.

 

[TempleofTheSoul]

That is true when it comes to the Daytime Prayer only. During so-called strong seasons (Lent, Easter, Advent, Christmas), there is only 1 antiphon for the Daytime prayer (for the most part, it’s the same across the whole season: 1 for Mid-morning prayer, 1 for Mid-day, and 1 for mid-afternoon).

This is also true for Feasts and Solemnities, there is only 1 antiphon for daytime prayers.

For Morning and Evening prayer, the antiphon’s are the same as usualfor Lent, Advent (except for the week before Christmas), and I believe Christmas. There are seasonal antiphon’s for each Psalm during Easter. For the Office of Reading, the antiphon’s are the same as usual for Lent, Advent, and Christmas, and an alleluia is added for Easter.

For Night prayer, it is the same antiphon for Lent, Christmas, and Advent. For Easter, the antiphon is always alleluia, alleluia, alleluia and there is only 1 of them similar to Daytime Prayer (this only affect Saturday and Wednesday, as they are the only ones with more than 1 Psalm).

Does this help?

Yes, it does help. Thank you for your response.

 

[TempleofTheSoul]

As a little helper, it may be useful to head over to Divine Office --they have an online guide you can follow along with or an app available for downloads as well. It tells you the pages for the day if you are easily confused (like I sometimes get) and it shows you the proper order as well.

Thanks for your post. I have that URL in my favorites so I am familiar with it. When I am confused about where to go I usually will use my St. Joseph Christian Prayer Guide for the pages I am suppose to pray with.

God bless