The Angelus and LOTH

[Maximilian75]

Is the Angelus a part of LOTH?
Additionally, simply from its structure, it seems like the Angelus is a kind of ‘LOTH lite’ for the laity before Vatican ii. Is this true?

 

[UpUpAndAway]

The answer to your first question is no. I pray four of the seven LOTH offices daily. The Angelus does not appear in either of my breviaries (Collins UK and Le Cerf France).

I can’t answer your second question, but @OraLabora might be able to.

 

[Augustinian]

it seems like the Angelus is a kind of ‘LOTH lite’ for the laity before Vatican ii. Is this true?

It doesn’t have anything to do with Vatican 2, but you are right in your assumption that the angelus bells that were previously rung and are probably still rung at many churches, are a call to prayer for the faithful.

When I lived in the South Side of Pittsburgh years ago, there were several Catholic churches whose bells were loud enough to be heard from my apartment, and could be heard every day of the week. Of course, that was a densely populated area, but it was also long after the Vatican council

 

[Maximilian75]

Mine do as well. It’s actually kind of useful if you’re, say, working in the yard or sitting on the porch and don’t have a watch on.

 

[OraLabora]

The Angelus is a way of marking the hours of the day for the laity: 6 am, noon, 6 pm. So it is sort of analogous to the LOTH in that sense; and it was meant to be a prayer easily memorized so you could drop to your knees and pray it wherever you were, such as working in the fields. While it is not formally attached to the LOTH in any way, the monks at our abbey do pray the Angelus three times per day: at around 6 am after Vigils (Matins) is completed, at about 12:10 pm at the end of Sext, and at 8 pm, at the end of Compline.

There is no real connection between Vatican II and the Angelus. The Angelus is an ancient prayer and it is still said regularly. The church in the town closest to me still rings the Angelus three times per day.

I usually say it myself after Vigils (5:30-6 am), Sext (12:10 pm) and Compline (whenever dinner finishes), It’s not an obligatory prayer so there are times, either when rushed or too tired that I omit it.

 

[Maximilian75]

Thank you.

 

[DebCWil]

The Angelus originated during the time of the Crusades in France as prayer for peace and tranquility. The traditional times for praying the Angelus are 6am, Noon, and 6pm. No, it is not part of the Liturgy of the Hours.
That does not mean, however, that a person cannot pray the Angelus in addition to the Liturgy of the Hours. It is a short prayer that can easily be recited before Lauds (morning prayer) and Vespers (Evening Prayer).