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GerardMajella said:
I think it took about a month or so to arrive, due to the distance. I am in the U.S., and they were shipping from England. You also might try Amazon or BookFinder.com.

I’m no expert, but when I have utilized the Monastic Diurnale, it has a traditional calendar in the Monastic Diurnale itself. If there is a feast day, the Diurnale tells you so from the calendar.

It’s actually pretty easy to use, though it probably helps to have a Benedictine monk that can guide you through how to use it properly. It could be confusing to a novice unfamiliar with the Office. I was able to pick it up pretty quickly, but I had read the Liturgy of the Hours for about a year prior, which helped me to follow the Diurnale pretty easily.

The whole purpose of the Monastic Diurnale is to have a small book that monks and priests could use when traveling to be able to say the Divine Office daily. Hence, a lot of abbreviations are utilized, and it’s a small book, easy to carry.
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Thanks so much!

I have been praying the LotH for about 15 years. I am excited about the MD, for obvious reasons. If I understand you correctly, you are saying that there is a calendar at the front included in the book (unlike the LotH), right?

How do people handle new feasts? (say, for example, when JP2 is declared a saint :cool: ) Maybe get the St Joseph’s Guide for that; or a website?
 
If I understand you correctly, you are saying that there is a calendar at the front included in the book (unlike the LotH), right?
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That’s correct. The calendar, however, follows the pre-Vatican II calendar, so new feasts are not included in the Monastic Diurnale. Some days there is no feast day listed.
How do people handle new feasts? (say, for example, when JP2 is declared a saint ) Maybe get the St Joseph’s Guide for that; or a website?
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I don’t know really how to answer this question. The Monastic Diurnale follows the traditional calendar pre-Vatican II. I suppose you could revert to the LOTH for new feast days.
 
Do you think the airmail option would get it here quicker? I’d hope so for that price haha!
 
Also, does the Diurnal from St. Michaels abbey use Thee and Thy or you?
 
Well I am a Benedictine Oblate, but I find the Monastic Office just too heavy for a busy professional with a family.

So I pray the Liturgy of the Hours.

However, I do so in Latin. And I chant the office. A most wonderful resource exists for it: Les heures grégoriennes, a Latin-French antiphonary for the daytime hours, with all the antiphons, hymns and responsories in Gregorian notation. First edition is out of print, but they are taking expressions of interest for a second edition:

Gregorian Hours

Also the second volume of the new Roman Antiphonary is out and is available from Solesmes (the first volume was the Liber Hymnarius, or hymnal, of 1983), to chant Vespers of every Sunday in the year as well as every feast and solemnity:

Antiphonale Romanum II
 
Ok just wondering. I prefer that instead of “you”, “your” etc.

Also, how long do you think it will take to arrive if I choose the airmail option?
 
I have no idea how long it would take to arrive. Mine took about 3-4 weeks to arrive, but I don’t recall how it was shipped.
 
Thank you! Hopefully with airmail it wont take as long…patience is a virtue I need to work on 😊 haha.
 
OraLabora said:
Well I am a Benedictine Oblate, but I find the Monastic Office just too heavy for a busy professional with a family.

So I pray the Liturgy of the Hours.

However, I do so in Latin. And I chant the office. A most wonderful resource exists for it: Les heures grégoriennes, a Latin-French antiphonary for the daytime hours, with all the antiphons, hymns and responsories in Gregorian notation. First edition is out of print, but they are taking expressions of interest for a second edition:

Gregorian Hours

Also the second volume of the new Roman Antiphonary is out and is available from Solesmes (the first volume was the Liber Hymnarius, or hymnal, of 1983), to chant Vespers of every Sunday in the year as well as every feast and solemnity:

Antiphonale Romanum II
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I am in the same situation. I chant it, too (in English, and to myself, though)
 
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