The Liturgy of the Hours Question

[Knight_James]

When praying the Liturgy of the Hours, the Office of Readings, my understanding is there is a Responsory after each of the two readings. Where do I find the Responsory for each of the readings? I have the single volume Christian Prayer: The Liturgy of the Hours and I am unable to find the location/source for these Responsories. The only place I’ve ever seen them with the Readings is in the Office for the Dead which we just had for All Souls Day.

 

[curlycool89]

When praying the Liturgy of the Hours, the Office of Readings, my understanding is there is a Responsory after each of the two readings. Where do I find the Responsory for each of the readings? I have the single volume Christian Prayer: The Liturgy of the Hours and I am unable to find the location/source for these Responsories. The only place I’ve ever seen them with the Readings is in the Office for the Dead which we just had for All Souls Day.

CP doesn’t have the Responsory for the readings (oddly enough, because with the few readings they provide you’d think they’d add the Responsory for each). With the 4 Volume version, they are included directly after each reading.

You can always check divineoffice.org for today’s readings and Responsory too as a supplement to CP.

 

[OraLabora]

When praying the Liturgy of the Hours, the Office of Readings, my understanding is there is a Responsory after each of the two readings. Where do I find the Responsory for each of the readings? I have the single volume Christian Prayer: The Liturgy of the Hours and I am unable to find the location/source for these Responsories. The only place I’ve ever seen them with the Readings is in the Office for the Dead which we just had for All Souls Day.

They are all in the 4-volume Liturgy of the Hours, at least for the 1 year cycle of readings.

You may be able to find them in some monastic sources (at least I have been able to find them in French in “Liturgie monastique des heures” which is out of print).

For the two-year cycle of readings I believe that they are not complete at the moment.

The responsory is attached to the specific reading. I don’t know of a separate lectionary for the 1-year cycle, if one exists the responsories might be there. I have a 2-year monastic lectionary that has responsories.

 

[Joe_Kelley]

I use the single volume and go to divineoffice.org/ as culycool89 suggests for the Office of Readings. Note that they also offer an audible option where one can pray along with them.
The Prayers are also available at Universalis, though not it the usual translation. [You may need to fix that link to reflect the current date].

Liturgy of the Hours also has them, but requires a subscription except for Friday and Sunday.

While we are on the subject, Saint Francis deSales offers a guide to the proper hours for each day for the single volume and for the four volume.