Ordo for Monastic Diurnal

[Luigi_Daniele]

I am looking for an ordo/guide for the Monastic Diurnal similar for the $3-4 St Joseph’s Guide for the Liturgy of the Hours.

I would prefer a written booklet ala the SJ Guide, if possible.

Barring that, then a site where I can download and print a guide each year.

Thanks!

 

[OraLabora]

I see you’re in the process of becoming an Oblate; welcome to the fold brother!

I would be inclined to use your community’s Ordo if possible. I use ours. I assume you’re talking about the current Office (Post Vatican II). The Monastic Diurnal would follow Schema “A” which is basically the schema of St. Benedict.

Which calendar are you using? Pre-Vatican II would use a different calendar. If you’re using a modern calendar (e.g. Advent, Christmas, Ordinary Time, Lent, Eastertide, Ordinary Time for seasons and optional or mandatory memorials, feasts and solemnities for the sanctoral and seasonal feasts), the structure of the office would be the same as the Roman Office except that the number and ordering of psalms is different, and there are a few elements that may be placed differently or not present in the Roman Office. The different ones would be the hymn, after the responsory instead of at the beginning of the Office (although the new antiphonary now allows it at the beginning), the versicle after the hymn, the Kyrie before the Pater, and a short prayer for absent brothers at the end.

Though an oblate, I personally use the Roman Office (but I chant it in Gregorian Chant) as the monastic office is too heavy with my schedule and I end up missing too many psalms.

 

[Luigi_Daniele]

I see you’re in the process of becoming an Oblate; welcome to the fold brother!

I would be inclined to use your community’s Ordo if possible. I use ours. I assume you’re talking about the current Office (Post Vatican II). The Monastic Diurnal would follow Schema “A” which is basically the schema of St. Benedict.

Which calendar are you using? Pre-Vatican II would use a different calendar. If you’re using a modern calendar (e.g. Advent, Christmas, Ordinary Time, Lent, Eastertide, Ordinary Time for seasons and optional or mandatory memorials, feasts and solemnities for the sanctoral and seasonal feasts), the structure of the office would be the same as the Roman Office except that the number and ordering of psalms is different, and there are a few elements that may be placed differently or not present in the Roman Office. The different ones would be the hymn, after the responsory instead of at the beginning of the Office (although the new antiphonary now allows it at the beginning), the versicle after the hymn, the Kyrie before the Pater, and a short prayer for absent brothers at the end.

Though an oblate, I personally use the Roman Office (but I chant it in Gregorian Chant) as the monastic office is too heavy with my schedule and I end up missing too many psalms.

Thank you brother! Yes, I am beginning the novitiate year on 12Sept2010.

I chant the LotH, too!

(I do it to myself, though–so as not to wake the family).

I would use post Vatican II.

Does a guide exist, do you know?

 

[OraLabora]

Thank you brother! Yes, I am beginning the novitiate year on 12Sept2010.

I chant the LotH, too!

(I do it to myself, though–so as not to wake the family).

I would use post Vatican II.

Does a guide exist, do you know?

I don’t know of a guide. The General Instructions for the LOH is a pretty good guide except for the monastic elements that are unique to the monastic office. Best bet is to try to get a copy of the ordo of your monastery. It will differ from congregation to congregation, and from monastery to monastery (mine is in the Solesmes congregation).

If you’re good with Latin you could try to procure the new monastic antiphonary from Solesmes, all the day hours are available now (Vigils is supposed to come out this year I think).

It works pretty much like the Roman office other than as mentioned, the order of the psalmody and some unique elements and placement of the hymn.

The St. Joseph guide might actually be pretty good for the monastic diurnal in fact. You would have to add feasts/memorials proper to the order (e.g. St Maurus and St. Placidus, to name one).

The degree of solemnity is the same as for the Roman office, in short:

Memorials (optional or mandatory): antiphons and psalmody of the day unless there are proper antiphons; hymn, reading, responsory, Benedictus and Magnificat canticles from the commons, unless there are propers; intercessions from the commons, final collect from the proper of the saint. Little hours, entirely, are from the regular weekday

Feasts: festive psalms, the antiphons from the propers (if there are any), or from the commons if not, the rest from the commons unless there are propers. Little hours (Tierce, Sexte, None) antiphon + psalmody from the regular weekday unless a proper antiphon is specified, reading is proper and collect is from the saint.

Solemnities are like feasts except: there are first Vespers the evening prior (feasts of the Lord have this on Sundays only), little hours always use the gradual psalms.

Compline has specific collects for the evening before and of solemnities that fall in the week.

If you chant, for solemnities there are solemn tones for the opening, the responsories, and the Benedictus and Magnificat are chanted with the mediatio ornata (ornate median verse).

The ordo of your monastery will give you which memorial/feast comes up on which day, as the calendar is different than the Roman one. Some specific monastic saints are included, and some on the Roman calendar (e.g. St. Maximilian Kolbe) are not.

 

[Luigi_Daniele]

I truly appreciate the reponse, brother. Thank you

I have taken the St Joseph’s Guide and hand written in those Benedictine feasts not listed.
I must admit to being quite amazed as to the number of Benediictine “family” saints in the LotH.