Matins is Missing

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Hello to all,

I have a monastic diurnal. Matins is not included, of course. This leaves me wondering- where can one get the traditional, Benedictine office of Matins?
 
Calling OraLabora…🙂

He will know.
Here!

Not so easy I’m afraid, if English is your desire.

There are two components. Well three really: the psalms, the lectionary and the responsory.

For the psalms, I know of three choices: the Psalterium Monasticum (Latin only), the Psautier Monastique (Latin/French), both in print and available from www.solesmes.com. These are for the post Vatican II Office. So the psalms will be from the neo-Vulgate. However they will have the correct psalms in the correct order, with the correct antiphons (noted for chanting).

The third choice is the Breviarum Monasticum. No longer in print alas. I have a used copy (gift from my spiritual director), but not for sale 😉

You may be able to find one on e-bay. Good luck, rare as hen’s teeth. Latin only.

For the lectionary, if you use the current lectionary you have a choice between the 1 or 2-year. The 1-year is easier. You can simply use the readings from the current LoTH’s Office of Readings. It will also have the correct responsories for the post-Vatican II Office. For the two year I only know of sources in French (I use it because my abbey uses it) or Latin-French; moreover the post-Vatican II responsory for the 2-year remains, 42 years later, incomplete.

A sort of half-baked option would be to use an abbreviated office of Vigils (we have returned to the original name for Matins as described in the Rule of St. Benedict), from Benedictine Daily Prayer. Shorter psalmody, and the second reading is biblical and not patristic, but to overcome that you can always use the readings from the 4-volume LOTH.

If you can handle French, you’d have greater options 😉
 
Thank you for this detailed and helpful response, Ora!
Lots to consider! Looks like I will stick with the LOTH’s
Office of Readings.
 
Thanks, Dies and Jason for this info about the publication
and for the blog link.
 
i couldnt find my french teacher at school to to check over i quick, so i hope you could just skim over it for me, thanks! oh and ive missed out a few accents as it is in word.
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i couldnt find my french teacher at school to to check over i quick, so i hope you could just skim over it for me, thanks! oh and ive missed out a few accents as it is in word.
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**Everyone, this may be a spam attempt. I would counsel against clicking that link just in case. **I have reported the post.
 
I read the blog absolutely no spins review on the Monastic Breviary Matins and it said that it can be used by Catholics? Is this true?
 
I read the blog absolutely no spins review on the Monastic Breviary Matins and it said that it can be used by Catholics? Is this true?
Like I said, I don’t use it, but I know catholics who do. It uses the King James translation. And because it isn’t catholic, it, of course has no imprimatur or nihil obstat.
 
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