Quick GILH question

[Basilian]

Paragraph 247/2 of the General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours says:

In place of the Sunday psalms of the current week, there is an option to substitute the Sunday psalms of a different week.

Obviously solemnities and feasts which fall on Sundays have proper psalms, but for “normal” Sundays, does this instruction mean that we can pray the Psalms of our favourite Sunday every Sunday, ignoring the usual progression of Weeks 1, 2, 3, and 4?

For example, my favourite Sunday is Week 2. Can I use the psalms of Sunday Week 2 for every “normal” Sunday, overriding the Psalms of Weeks 1, 3, and 4? Would this be in union with The Prayer of The Church, or would it render my prayers merely a private devotion?

Thank you so much…

 

[FrDavid96]

Paragraph 247/2 of the General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours says:

Obviously solemnities and feasts which fall on Sundays have proper psalms, but for “normal” Sundays, does this instruction mean that we can pray the Psalms of our favourite Sunday every Sunday, ignoring the usual progression of Weeks 1, 2, 3, and 4?

Yes. It does.

For example, my favourite Sunday is Week 2. Can I use the psalms of Sunday Week 2 for every “normal” Sunday, overriding the Psalms of Weeks 1, 3, and 4? Would this be in union with The Prayer of The Church, or would it render my prayers merely a private devotion?

Thank you so much…

Exercising a legitimate option that’s given in no way makes the Liturgy of the Hours any less in union with the Prayer of the Church.

Think of it like the Eucharistic Prayers. If one priest chooses EP I and another chooses EP III, they are no less in union with each other, or with the Church.

When the Church gives options, it’s always legitimate to use those options (within the limits given, naturally).

 

[Basilian]

Thank you very much for your prompt reply, Father David. You communicate with logical clarity. I particularly like the analogy to the Eucharistic Prayers.