The tradition of the Angelus

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I was having a meeting with a priest and the Angelus bells rang. He immediately begin to recite the Angelus and of course I joined him. It was only then that I realized that those bells did not just announce mass times. :o

Catholic Encyclopedia says:
newadvent.org/cathen/01487a.htm
With regard to the manner of ringing the Angelus it seems sufficient to note that the triple stroke repeated three times with a pause between seems to have been adopted from the very beginning. In the fifteenth-century constitutions of Syon monastery it is directed that the lay brother “shall toll the Ave bell nine strokes at three times, keeping the space of one Pater and Ave between each three tollings”. Again a fifteenth century bell at Erfert bears the words Cum ter reboo, pie Christiferam ter aveto (When I ring thrice, thrice devoutly greet the Mother of Christ). Still earlier, the statutes of Wells Cathedral, in 1331, direct that “three strokes should be struck at three several times upon the great bell in quick succession”, and this shortly before curfew. Similarly, at Lérida in Spain, in 1308, the bishop directs that “after Complin and as the shades of night are falling” the bell is to be pealed three times with intervals between (Villanueva, Viage, XVI, 323), while the faithful are directed on hearing the bell to fall on their knees and recite the Ave Maria.
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Do all Catholic Churches ring the Angelus bells and in this manner?

Does anyone still recite the Angelus when they hear the Angelus bells or just at the times it is commonly rung like at 12 PM and 6PM?
 
TrueLight said:
Do all Catholic Churches ring the Angelus bells and in this manner?

Does anyone still recite the Angelus when they hear the Angelus bells or just at the times it is commonly rung like at 12 PM and 6PM?
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In my area, not all churches actually have working bells anymore, so no, not all churches ring the Angelus.

The paish up the street from me has “chimes” that play hymns at certain times during the day- usually on the hour from 9am-7pm. The also chime the bell tone before weekend Masses.

Our Cathedral had new bells installed a couple of years ago. They ring the Angelus @ 8am, 12 Noon & 6pm, as well as ringing 5 minutes before each Mass beings (except the 6:30am daily & 7am Sunday)

If I am there when the bells ring, I do stop & pray (I work there PT), but not necessarily the Angelus. I am more of a spontanious prayer girl, so I just pause and tell God what’s on my mind at that moment, ask Him to help get through the rest of the day and thank Him for being there for me to lean on. 🙂
 
Our nearest Catholic church has an automated Angelus bell which must be some kind of digital or recorded system as they don’t have any real bells.

Some Anglican parishes in my area also ring the Angelus bell, chiming 3-3-3 then 9 strokes.
 
The cathedral in my city as well as a nearby parish whose daily mass is broadcast on our Catholic radio station still recite the Angelus. I’m not sure how common it is in the rest of the country, though.
 
I live too far from any church to hear them even IF they were rung. I have been in town when on occasion I have heard “bells” for the angelus. When I inquired about them I found out they were recorded and broadcast over a speaker system. Better than nothing I suppose. 🤷
 
Yes it is. Church bells also ring at the consecration at mass, and all the churches bells ring at the Gloria during the midnight mass of Easter ( great Vigil). They also ring slowly when a parishioner dies so all can immediately pray for a dying soul to enter heaven. The bells also ring for the Office. Bells are suppressed after the consecration of Holy Thursday until the Gloria of the Great Vigil, During this time bells are replaced by the use of a crotalus. Good question
 
It certainly is a very edifying practice to say the Angelus(Regina Caeli during Paschaltide) at 6am, 12 noon and 6pm. A reminder of Our Lord’s Incarnation is something the world needs to take more recognition of.
 
At the Catholic school I’m going to student teach at, they recite the Angelus in the afternoon. I’m not sure if it’s every afternoon or one a week or what though. I will let you know.
 
What a beautiful community expression of faith and devotion it is.

But if you lack several hundred pounds of bells in your immediate vicinity, you can still have Angelus bells. There’s an app for that. (not kidding!)
 
All the schools i attended had the Angelus.

Now that I’m working, even the supermarket near my workplace has the 12pm Angelus daily. When the chimes are sounded and the prayer is said through the PA, everyone stops moving (though a few still walk around). It’s like time is standing still. It’s kind of surreal especially since it’s in a supermarket.
 
V. Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae.
R. Et concepit de Spiritu Sancto.

Ave Maria, gratia plena; Dominus tecum: benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui Iesus. * Sancta Maria, Mater Dei ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen.

V. Ecce ancilla Domini,
R. Fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum.

Ave Maria, gratia plena; Dominus tecum: benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui Iesus. * Sancta Maria, Mater Dei ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen.

V. Et Verbum caro factum est,
R. Et habitavit in nobis.

Ave Maria, gratia plena; Dominus tecum: benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui Iesus.* Sancta Maria, Mater Dei ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen.

V. Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei Genetrix,
R. Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi.

Oremus. Gratiam tuam, quaesumus, Domine, mentibus nostris infunde; ut qui, Angelo nuntiante, Christi Filii tui incarnationem cognovimus, per passionem eius et crucem ad resurrectionis gloriam perducamur. Per eumdem Christum Dominum nostrum. R. Amen.

(Optional)

Three Times: GLORIA PATRI, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.

Pro fidelibus defunctis Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine et lux perpetua luceat eis
Requiescat in pace Amen.

ANGELUS (English)

V. The angel of the Lord declared unto Mary.
R. And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.

Hail Mary, full of grace; the Lord is with Thee: blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.* Holy Mary, Mother of God, prayer for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

V. Behold the handmaid of the Lord,
R. Be it done to me according to Thy word.

Hail Mary, full of grace; the Lord is with Thee: blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.* Holy Mary, Mother of God, prayer for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

V. And the Word was made flesh,
R. And dwelt among us.

Hail Mary, full of grace; the Lord is with Thee: blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.* Holy Mary, Mother of God, prayer for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God,
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray.
Pour forth, we beseech Thee, Lord, Thy grace into our hearts; that, as we have known the Incarnation of Christ, Thy Son, by the message of an angel, so by His Passion and Cross we may be brought to the glory of the Resurrection. Through the same Christ our Lord.
R. Amen.

Queen of Heaven, rejoice, alleluia. / For He whom you did merit to bear, alleluia.

Has risen, as he said, alleluia. / Pray for us to God, alleluia.

Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia. / For the Lord has truly risen, alleluia.

Let us pray. O God, who gave joy to the world through the resurrection of Thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, grant we beseech Thee, that through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, His Mother, we may obtain the joys of everlasting life. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

Regina cæli, lætare, alleluia:
Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia,
Resurrexit, sicut dixit, alleluia,
Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia.
In the Office of Paul VI the Regina caeli ends here, but the older usage continues with the following versicle and prayer:
V. Gaude et lætare, Virgo Maria, alleluia.
R. Quia surrexit Dominus vere, alleluia.
Oremus.
Deus, qui per resurrectionem Filii tui, Domini nostri Iesu Christi,
mundum lætificare dignatus es:
præsta, quæsumus, ut per eius Genitricem Virginem Mariam,
perpetuæ capiamus gaudia vitæ.
Per eumdem Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.

(Optional)

Three Times: GLORIA PATRI, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.

Pro fidelibus defunctis Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine et lux perpetua luceat eis
Requiescat in pace Amen.
 
I was raised in South Florida during the 1940’s, and went to college in North Florida and Los Angeles. I have also lived in Alaska, San Francisco, and San Diego on the West Coast. I currently live in New York City. I was in the US Navy for many years. The only places I have ever heard the Angeles rung and observed was in the Phillipines, Catalonia in Spain, and in rural Bavaria in Germany. I am sure there must be other places that observe this prayer on a regular basis, but I have never witnessed it.
 
George_Stegmeir said:
I was raised in South Florida during the 1940’s, and went to college in North Florida and Los Angeles. I have also lived in Alaska, San Francisco, and San Diego on the West Coast. I currently live in New York City. I was in the US Navy for many years. The only places I have ever heard the Angeles rung and observed was in the Phillipines, Catalonia in Spain, and in rural Bavaria in Germany. I am sure there must be other places that observe this prayer on a regular basis, but I have never witnessed it.
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Holy Innocents at 37th and Broadway rings their bells at the Angelus. Come there any day at 6:00 pm and you can say the Angelus with us. Also, there is a church in Brooklyn Heights, St. Charles Borromeo, that always rings their bells at the Angelus. I have been inside the church when the bells are rung, and everyone stands up and silently says the Angelus.

Those are the only churches that I know of personally in NYC that ring their bells for the Angelus, but I’m sure there are more.
 
Back in South Africa at my home parish they started it about 2 years ago when they got the bell… But no one prays it though… here in malaysia, I have heard the bell as wel, but also failed to see the people pray it
 
The minor Basilica a few blocks from my house rings the Angelus bells at noon only. I’ve never seen anyone pray the Angelus at that time, though. During the rest of the day the bells play traditional hymns (they’ve been using Salve Regina for a while now) and, of course, the time of day. Mass times are rung as well. However, the bells are not rung at consecration.

I think the Angelus bells/prayers are a beautiful public expression of our Faith
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I know this is 4 months old, but I said I’d let you know, so I am. Yes, we recite the Angelus every day at noon at school.
 
TrueLight said:
I was having a meeting with a priest and the Angelus bells rang. He immediately begin to recite the Angelus and of course I joined him. It was only then that I realized that those bells did not just announce mass times. :o

Catholic Encyclopedia says:
newadvent.org/cathen/01487a.htm

Do all Catholic Churches ring the Angelus bells and in this manner?

Does anyone still recite the Angelus when they hear the Angelus bells or just at the times it is commonly rung like at 12 PM and 6PM?
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Yes they are still rung in the nearest town (where my parish is).
 
They recite the Angelus just before the 12:05 Mass at my childhood church.

That’s why Mass is at 12:05 and not noon. 😃
 
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