Yes:In the current Liturgy of the Hours for the OF is it possible to celebrate votive Offices like in the current OF MAss, like for example in the current missal one can celebrant votive Mass’s for various needs or one in honor of Christ Precious Blood; can the same be for the Office?
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Option to Choose an Office
- On weekdays when an optional memorial is permitted, for a good reason the office of a saint listed on that day in the Roman Martyrology, or in an approved appendix to it, may be celebrated in the same way as other memorials (see nos. 234-239).
What isn’t clear to me is how one would celebrate a votive office as there aren’t any specific rubrics. I assume one would use the collect used at the votive Mass.
- For a public cause or out of devotion, except on solemnities, the Sundays of the seasons of Advent, Lent, and Easter, Ash Wednesday, Holy Week, the octave of Easter, and 2 November, a votive office may be celebrated, in whole or in part: for example, on the occasion of a pilgrimage, a local feast, or the external solemnity of a saint.
My guess would be that one would, maintaining the correct structure for the LOTH, choose hymns and psalms that seem appropriate to the votive office one wants to celebrate. So there does appear to be considerable latitude. If the votive office is of a saint, I assume one would pray from the common for that class of saint (martyr, etc.).
- Everyone should be concerned to respect the complete cycle of the four-week psalter. [7] Still, for spiritual or pastoral advantage, the psalms appointed for a particular day may be replaced with others from the same hour of a different day. There are also circumstances occasionally arising when it is permissible to choose suitable psalms and other texts in the way done for a votive office.
Thanks for the timely response! Are you aware of any “approved appendix”; since unfortunately the current Martyrology isn’t translated yet? It would be easy to celebrate votive offices for saints, but I’m not sure what one would do for example a votive office to the Precious Blood?Yes:
What isn’t clear to me is how one would celebrate a votive office as there aren’t any specific rubrics. I assume one would use the collect used at the votive Mass.
A hint can be found here:
My guess would be that one would, maintaining the correct structure for the LOTH, choose hymns and psalms that seem appropriate to the votive office one wants to celebrate. So there does appear to be considerable latitude. If the votive office is of a saint, I assume one would pray from the common for that class of saint (martyr, etc.).
Possibly borrowing texts from another similar feast such as Corpus Christi. For the first Friday of the month votive office, the texts from the solemnity of the Sacred Heart could be used. Not sure about votive offices for things like a good harvest though…Thanks for the timely response! Are you aware of any “approved appendix”; since unfortunately the current Martyrology isn’t translated yet? It would be easy to celebrate votive offices for saints, but I’m not sure what one would do for example a votive office to the Precious Blood?
Pax