Office of Readings 2 Year Cycle Supplement

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After a thorough reading of the General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours the following caught my attention:

*145. There are two cycles of biblical readings. The first is a one year cycle and is incorporated in the Liturgy of the Hours; the second is a two year cycle, like the cycle of readings at weekday Masses in Ordinary Time, and is given for optional use in a supplement.
  1. Besides the readings assigned to each day in the Liturgy of the Hours there is an optional lectionary with a larger selection of readings, in order that the treasures of the Church’s tradition may be more widely available to those who pray the Liturgy of the Hours. Everyone has permission to take the second readings either from the Liturgy of the Hours or from the optional lectionary.*
Where is this optional lectionary?

In my quest to find more I stumbled upon a few blogs and whatnot and from what I can gather:
  1. This optional 2 year lectionary cycle was never published (officially) in English. There were many attempts and there are obviously many sources for Patristic works but I would say that none seem to be the “Typical Edition.”
  2. In this Vultus Christi blog entry from Father Mark, there is a Solesmes 7-volume lectionary “supplement” in Latin/French that apparently follows the 2-year cycle of Office of Readings envisioned by the General Instruction. It goes by the title of Lectionarium Monasticum Divini Officii
(source: vultus.stblogs.org/2008/12/lectionary-for-the-office-of-r.html)
  1. According to an old Catholic Answers Forum entry here, the Augustinians did print an attempt at a 2-year Cycle of Patristic Readings (there is an index in the Catholic Book Publishing Company’s Christian Prayer which lists the Biblical Readings for the 2-year Cycle of Readings). This work was called A Word in Season.
  2. Finally, the scholars at the Center for Catholic Studies at the University of Edinburgh School of Divinity have compiled a selection (free) that follows a 2 year format for Office of Readings which, to my knowledge, is an attempt to fill this gap of the “mysterious” 2-year cycle of Patristic Readings which have yet to be officially compiled for the English speaking world here. They also give a better introduction on this than I can.
It’s all very interesting just to have scoured the internet for novel sources. While I don’t usually pray Office of the Readings, I was intrigued and thought to share this resource with you all. Please post what your thoughts are about this and if there is an official Latin “lectionary” supplement (I guess I can try paxbook.com to see if the Vatican put one out but really not aware of this).
 
The monks of Solesmes have a combined French/Latin version of the 2-year lectionary, plus a shorter French-only version stripped out of all the feasts proper to the Benedictine order. Both are 4-volume sets.

It doesn’t use the official liturgical Bible translation for French though, but the Jerusalem Bible. The Latin version is “official”, but the French version only given to give clarity to the Latin text, not for official liturgical use.

Originally the LOH was to have a 2-year lectionary but that didn’t fit the requirement to have the whole LOH stuffed into 4 volumes; thus the 1-year lectionary was born. At some seasons, the 1-year lectionary is equivalent to yr. 2 of the 2-year lectionary (Lent for example).

I don’t know of any English version. The 2-year version also has, of course, a greater selection of patristic readings. The LOH does give the biblical references.
 
That’s interesting OraLabora, I did not know that the Solesmes volumes were “official”. Are they Editio Typica?

Also on the Centre for Catholic Studies website, the intro mentions that the CDW did put out (in its Notitiae) a 2 year lectionary of patristic writings which was meant to be “official” but is yet to make it into English version books (apparently the Spanish, Italian, and German editions of the Liturgy of the Hours contains parts if not all of this). Does anyone know more about which issue/s of Notitiae contain at least the references? Just curious about what’s “official” and what the English speaking world has had to make do with these last 40+ years…
 
Wow, I thought my single volume breviary was all there was. Understanding the 4 volume set is just the expanded version. I never knew there were more variations.
 
hqd2000 said:
That’s interesting OraLabora, I did not know that the Solesmes volumes were “official”. Are they Editio Typica?
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I’ll have to look when I’m back home (on a business trip at the moment) but I believe the Latin is approved for liturgical use, but the French isn’t. In French liturgy we are supposed to use “La Bible de la Liturgie”, but the lectionary uses the Jerusalem Bible. But then as the Bible de la Liturgie does not yet appear to have been officially approved by Rome, I suppose there is some latitude…

The Latin is from the Neo Vulgate.
JerrySeibert said:
Wow, I thought my single volume breviary was all there was. Understanding the 4 volume set is just the expanded version. I never knew there were more variations.
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The 4-volume set is the “official” set, and 1-volume breviaries are abridged versions (mostly from removing the readings for the Office of Readings). There are two approved lectionary cycles, 1-year and 2-year. The latter is not in the 4-volume set. It requires a separate lectionary, which is very expensive (the Latin-French version). In theory you could use the 1-volume breviary with the 2-year readings. In French we also have an abridged 1-volume breviary “Prière du Temps Présent”, the equivalent to “Christian Prayer”.

Now, incidentally, the first volume of the new Roman antiphonary for those interested in Gregorian Chant for the LOH, is out. It’s actually Volume II, and is a Vesperale (Vespers for Sundays all year, feasts and solemnities) and there’s Les Heures Grégoriennes also, put out by the Communauté Saint Martin, for all the day hours of the office (not Office of Readings). It is approved for use.
 
hqd2000 said:
After a thorough reading of the General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours the following caught my attention:

*145. There are two cycles of biblical readings. The first is a one year cycle and is incorporated in the Liturgy of the Hours; the second is a two year cycle, like the cycle of readings at weekday Masses in Ordinary Time, and is given for optional use in a supplement.
  1. Besides the readings assigned to each day in the Liturgy of the Hours there is an optional lectionary with a larger selection of readings, in order that the treasures of the Church’s tradition may be more widely available to those who pray the Liturgy of the Hours. Everyone has permission to take the second readings either from the Liturgy of the Hours or from the optional lectionary.*
Where is this optional lectionary?

In my quest to find more I stumbled upon a few blogs and whatnot and from what I can gather:
  1. This optional 2 year lectionary cycle was never published (officially) in English. There were many attempts and there are obviously many sources for Patristic works but I would say that none seem to be the “Typical Edition.”
  2. In this Vultus Christi blog entry from Father Mark, there is a Solesmes 7-volume lectionary “supplement” in Latin/French that apparently follows the 2-year cycle of Office of Readings envisioned by the General Instruction. It goes by the title of Lectionarium Monasticum Divini Officii
(source: vultus.stblogs.org/2008/12/lectionary-for-the-office-of-r.html)
  1. According to an old Catholic Answers Forum entry here, the Augustinians did print an attempt at a 2-year Cycle of Patristic Readings (there is an index in the Catholic Book Publishing Company’s Christian Prayer which lists the Biblical Readings for the 2-year Cycle of Readings). This work was called A Word in Season.
  2. Finally, the scholars at the Center for Catholic Studies at the University of Edinburgh School of Divinity have compiled a selection (free) that follows a 2 year format for Office of Readings which, to my knowledge, is an attempt to fill this gap of the “mysterious” 2-year cycle of Patristic Readings which have yet to be officially compiled for the English speaking world here. They also give a better introduction on this than I can.
It’s all very interesting just to have scoured the internet for novel sources. While I don’t usually pray Office of the Readings, I was intrigued and thought to share this resource with you all. Please post what your thoughts are about this and if there is an official Latin “lectionary” supplement (I guess I can try paxbook.com to see if the Vatican put one out but really not aware of this).
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I had not seen the Center for Catholic Studies version before. It is very interesting! Thank you 🙂 I particularly like the idea of matching the readings over the lectio continua. While the continua does have merit, there are times in the year when Augustine’s On Pastors gets regrettably tedious…

(The Latin lectionery supplement has never been published)
 
blueeyes090909 said:
Same with me, frater.
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hqd2000 said:
After a thorough reading of the General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours the following caught my attention:

*145. There are two cycles of biblical readings. The first is a one year cycle and is incorporated in the Liturgy of the Hours; the second is a two year cycle, like the cycle of readings at weekday Masses in Ordinary Time, and is given for optional use in a supplement.
  1. Besides the readings assigned to each day in the Liturgy of the Hours there is an optional lectionary with a larger selection of readings, in order that the treasures of the Church’s tradition may be more widely available to those who pray the Liturgy of the Hours. Everyone has permission to take the second readings either from the Liturgy of the Hours or from the optional lectionary.*
Where is this optional lectionary?

In my quest to find more I stumbled upon a few blogs and whatnot and from what I can gather:
  1. This optional 2 year lectionary cycle was never published (officially) in English. There were many attempts and there are obviously many sources for Patristic works but I would say that none seem to be the “Typical Edition.”
  2. In this Vultus Christi blog entry from Father Mark, there is a Solesmes 7-volume lectionary “supplement” in Latin/French that apparently follows the 2-year cycle of Office of Readings envisioned by the General Instruction. It goes by the title of Lectionarium Monasticum Divini Officii
(source: vultus.stblogs.org/2008/12/lectionary-for-the-office-of-r.html)
  1. According to an old Catholic Answers Forum entry here, the Augustinians did print an attempt at a 2-year Cycle of Patristic Readings (there is an index in the Catholic Book Publishing Company’s Christian Prayer which lists the Biblical Readings for the 2-year Cycle of Readings). This work was called A Word in Season.
  2. Finally, the scholars at the Center for Catholic Studies at the University of Edinburgh School of Divinity have compiled a selection (free) that follows a 2 year format for Office of Readings which, to my knowledge, is an attempt to fill this gap of the “mysterious” 2-year cycle of Patristic Readings which have yet to be officially compiled for the English speaking world here. They also give a better introduction on this than I can.
It’s all very interesting just to have scoured the internet for novel sources. While I don’t usually pray Office of the Readings, I was intrigued and thought to share this resource with you all. Please post what your thoughts are about this and if there is an official Latin “lectionary” supplement (I guess I can try paxbook.com to see if the Vatican put one out but really not aware of this).
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Frater/Sorore, in regards to number 4, is it okay to use the Responsory of the 4-volume set for Years I and II in the meantime? I looked at the content and there are no responsories there. TNX.
 
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