Question about Divine Office / LotH

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Just wondering… what if i “accidentally” forgot to pray the Lauds in morning hours. Should I pray them later in the day? Forget them altogether for that day? Etc.?
 
I pray the hours daily myself and in my experience it depends on the circumstances and how much later you remember. If you forget until dinner time for example I would skip it for that day and simply resolve to try harder the following day. If you remember at say 12.05 and you’ve not said another hour such as one of the mid-day prayers then I would say go for it!

Assuming that is you’re not canonically bound to say it, in which case shame on you:tsktsk:

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We are not “obligated” to pray the LOTH.
6am is the traditional time for Lauds and 6pm the traditional time for Vespers. Using the idea that it is 6:00 somewhere, if I oversleep or for some other reason miss the Office, I will pray Lauds any time before 9am. If later, I will skip the day. Likewise, I will pray Vespers anytime between 5pm and 8pm. Night prayer is prayed any time between 9pm and midnight.
 
yesukristus said:
Just wondering… what if i “accidentally” forgot to pray the Lauds in morning hours. Should I pray them later in the day? Forget them altogether for that day? Etc.?
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😊 I do that a lot. I worked the swing shift (3 PM Midnight) my last 22 years at the Post Office. I retired last september. I still get up around 10 or 11 AM. I go to AA at Noon. So it may not be until 2 or 3 pm that i get around to doing Office of Readings and Morning Prayer. But it is probably morning in Hawaii :rolleyes:

But some days have me so busy that it may be 6 PM before I have free time. In that case,I just do evening prayer:blushing:
 
Hey there,

I live in a formation house with other seminarians discerning the priesthood.

6:45 am - Morning Prayer/Mass
10:30 am - Office of Readings (Private)
Anywhere from 1:00-4:50 pm- Daytime Prayer (Private)
6:00 pm- Evening Prayer
anywhere from 9:00 to 12:00 - Night Prayer/Rosary (Private)

The private prayer times I made up myself. Everyone else just says Morning prayer and Evening Prayer. However when you are a priest I believe you say all five so…That’s why I do it. =)
 
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We are not “obligated” to pray the LOTH.
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Just to clarify, the we in this sentence is laity.

Clergy are obligated. Religious are obligated by their constitutions (if its in there).

Some laity are obligated through their membership in secular third orders.
 
ByzCath said:
Just to clarify, the we in this sentence is laity.

Clergy are obligated. Religious are obligated by their constitutions (if its in there).

Some laity are obligated through their membership in secular third orders.
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Good clarification. I would have been more correct by saying the laity are not obliged to pray the LOTH. I do know that is required for priests and members of religious orders. Vatican II addresses the LOTH in its documents on religious life.
The websites for various religious orders that show their typical day will include the hours in which the community prays the LOTH together.
 
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