+The
Psalms come from the
Holy :bible1: Bible . . . the
Liturgy of the Hours/Divine Office found its solid prayerful :bible1:
Psalm filled beginnings centuries upon centuries ago in the
sixth (6th) century through
St. Benedict of Nursia and is clearly laid out as an integral profound necessary part of the . . . **Work of God **. . . **Opus Dei **. . . in
The Rule of St. Benedict for Monasteries . . .
Chapters 8-19 of
The Holy Rule regulate the
Liturgy of the Hours/Divine Office as the holy . . .
Work of God . . . to which
“nothing is to be preferred”, namely the eight canonical hours. Careful detailed concise arrangements are made for the praying of specific numbers of :bible1:
Psalms . . . which are to be recited in winter and summer, on Sundays, weekdays, Holy Days, and at other times.
The praying of the
Biblical :bible1: Book of the Psalms has
always been decreed by the Holy See of the Apostolic Holy Roman Catholic Church as a mandatory part of the
Liturgy of the Hours/Divine Office over the centuries . . . in all of the Church’s history it has
never been optional.
For an excellent scholarly history of the
Liturgy of the Hours please see the link below:
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Link: yale.edu/adhoc/research_resources/liturgy/hours.html
The **Blessed St. Benedict of Nursia **
(sixth century). . . **the Father *(Patriarch) ***of Western Monasticism . . .
Patron Saint of Europe . . . laid out the specific guidelines for the celebration of the
"Work of God" or
“Opus Dei” . . . which we now know as the
Liturgy of the Hours/Divine Office . . . to this day . . .
The Holy Rule of St. Benedict is the most common and influential
Rule used by monasteries and monks, more than
1500 years after its writing . . . and
St. Benedict’s Order of St. Benedict (O.S.B.) . . . the
Benedictines . . . are renown as the servants of our **Wonderful Triune God **for the evangelization of Europe . . . and . . . even today those religious following the
Holy Rule of St. Benedict comprise the largest order of religious in Western Christianity.
"As the Prophet saith:
‘Seven times a day I have given praise to Thee’ (Psalm 118[119]:164), this sacred sevenfold number will be fulfilled by us in this wise if we perform the duties of our service at the time of
Lauds,
Prime,
Terce,
Sext,
None,
Vespers, and
Compline because it was of these day hours that he hath said:
“Seven times a day I have given praise to Thee” (Ps 118[119]:164). For the same Prophet saith of the night watches: **“At midnight I arose to confess to Thee”
(Ps 118[119]:62)."
- The Holy Rule of St. Benedict
Chapter 16 **
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Link: osb.org/
The
Holy Rule of St. Benedict in its entirety . . . including its liturgical system of prayers . . . the **Night Office **and the
Daytime Office . . . and devout use of the . . .
Book of Psalms in Sacred :bible1: Scripture . . . is meant for every class of mind and every degree of learning . . . it is written and framed not only to instruct and bless the educated and for souls advanced in perfection . . . but it organizes and directs a complete life which is adapted for simple folk and for sinners seeking salvation . . . for the observance of the Commandments and for the beginnings of goodness.
"We have written this Rule", writes
St. Benedict,
“that by observing it in monasteries, we may shew ourselves to have some degree of goodness in life and a beginning of holiness.” Below is a link re the
Benedictine Order:
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Link: newadvent.org/cathen/02443a.htm
. . . all for Jesus+
. . . thank You Sweet Jesus our Wonderful Lord+
. . . thank you Blessed Virgin Mary our Mother+
. . . thank you Holy Mother Church+
. . . thank you Blessed Holy St. Benedict+
