What edition of the Liturgy of the Hours do you use?

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tee_eff_em:
I don’t know if there is one more recent than the 1992 Liturgy of the Hours Supplement from CBP.

tee
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I was wondering. If we don’t have the Supplement for recently canonized saints, can we just use the appropriate Common?
 
I would say yes, because most of them have closing prayers which mention “Saint N…” (where you insert the saint’s name.)
 
I did not vote because I have 4 different versions.
Interm Prayer of Chistians CBP 1971
St. Pauls edition Christian Prayer 1976
CBP Christian Prayer 1976 edition
Morning and Evening Prayer 1976 Liturgical Press(uses Jerusalem Bible for gospel readings etc)
CBP Shorter Christian Prayer 1988
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I really do not like the Grail Psalm translations though.

For those looking for a version of the Te Deum in the newer CBP, check hymn # 49.

The Te Deum is in my St. Pauls Edition & the CBP 1971 version.

I do use the St. Pauls edition more.

james
 
I have using “Morning and Evening Prayer with Night Prayer” from The Divine Office published by Collins from the UK since 1999. I love it because it uses translations of the Bible which I prefer such as the Revised Standard, and has wonderful hymns and religious poetry which can be subsituted for the hymn. Its doesn’t have any extra prayers that are not in the original Latin. It is a very elegant little book that is a pleasure to use.
There are some problems with this edition, however. According to the Adoremus web-site, it is not approved for use in public worship in the US (it is approved by British bishops). It can be used in private, of course. Since it was intended to be used in the UK and commonwealth countries, it has saints days from the British calendars and not our American saints days. I bought this book at the Vatican bookstore, and I have never found them sold in the US. I would like to get the entire Divine Office eventually. I enjoy saying morning and evening prayer each day because it makes me feel that I am praying with the whole Church.
 
I normally use the 4 volume Spanish Edition (printed in Spain for use in Mexico), but I own the 4 Volume Latin Edition and use it as often as I can. My Latin is by no means perfect, but I can’t think of a better way to improve it than by actually praying it.

Rod
 
Over the course of the next year, [post=444350]my answer will be changing[/post], even if I can’t change my vote in this poll.

Woo-hoo,
tee
 
I use, when I remember to, the Liturgy of the Hours 4-vols (US Edition, Catholic Book Pub.) for the following reasons:

  1. *]Office Readings: I get more out of these than I do the daily prayers. The 4 voumn set has different readings for each day of the year.
    *]Specific prayers and readings for the Saints: This is partially related to #1. The 4 volumn set offers alternative prayers and Office Readings (unsually only 1) based on the Saint whose feast day it is. I usually do both the regular and optional readings for that day.
    *]Seasonal specific prayers and readings: This is similar to #1 and #2.
    *]I find it much easier to use than the one volumn version. I have heard that the one volumn is easier to use, but I have found it to be true.

    PF
 
I use my Christian Prayer from the Daughters of St Paul, but I also use downloads from liturgyhours.org/ on a regular basis. They do make it easy!
 
BTW - This website liturgyny.catholic.org/lithour4.htm lists different editions of the Liturgy of the Hours, and show a
one volume edition of the Office of Readings by the Daughters of St. Paul. Has anyone seen this edition? I cannot find any other reference to it.
 
I mostly use the 4 volume set, but I also have and occasionally use the Daughters of St Paul 1 vol. book. I also have a single volune book I bought years ago that contains the music for the hymns and some of the notation for chanting the psalter. Alas, I can’t read music and so I can’t take advantage of it.

My parish does Morning Prayer before our 7 AM mass every day, and we use the thin, “shorter” book for that.

Whatever works! God, I’m sure, is happy with our efforts.
 
Freddy Medina:
BTW - This website liturgyny.catholic.org/lithour4.htm lists different editions of the Liturgy of the Hours, and show a
one volume edition of the Office of Readings by the Daughters of St. Paul. Has anyone seen this edition? I cannot find any other reference to it.
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Yes, I have this edition, and use it occasionally. It’s nice having all the readings together, but I don’t use it much except for special times like when I’m on retreat, or studying the readings.
 
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Tallow:
Yes, I have this edition, and use it occasionally. It’s nice having all the readings together, but I don’t use it much except for special times like when I’m on retreat, or studying the readings.
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Wow! Where did you find it? I want to get a copy to compliment my 1 vol. Christian Prayer from the Daughters of St Paul.
 
Freddy Medina:
Wow! Where did you find it? I want to get a copy to compliment my 1 vol. Christian Prayer from the Daughters of St Paul.
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I found it on both the Pauline Books & Media and Amazon web sites. The ISBN is: 0819814482.

You do not say where you live, but the Pauline Sisters have bookstores throughout the county. I use to go to the one in NE Philadelphia all the time when I lived there. Their book selection (especially on sprituality) is one of the best I have ever seen.

PF
 
You should have included an 'Other ’ section.

People outside continental United States post here. I live in Australia and I use Daily Prayer from The Divine Office approved for use in Australia, New Zealand, England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland. It is one volume and contains Morning (Lauds) and Evening Prayer (Vespers), Prayer during the Day and Night Prayer (Compline). I find it very difficult to use. 😦
 
I just want to chime in here. For someone who is interested in learning the LOTH, this thread might scare them off. 😃 All this talk about different editions and complicated usages…

It’s not as complicated as it sounds. If you are not ordained, it is a personal devotion and doesn’t have to be rigid. My own path is to start slow. I started with Magnificat, then got the Little Office and will be moving on to Shorter Christian prayer.

Someone on another board suggested asking your priest to spend a few minutes showing you the ropes of the LOTH. I have heard it is sometimes easier to get a hands-on demo that to try to learn strictly from the written instructions.
 
I love the liturgy of the hours. Although I voted for Christian Prayer (Catholic Book Publishing Edition) I am more apt to use www.litugyhours.org as they provide a single printable document (reprint of the four volume edition) for all the prayers of the day. I find that not having to keep track of where I am at in the book (especially during feast days) decreases my distractions durning prayer. I am limited by the choices (when they are available in the liturgy) that the site author has made (when to say Office of Reading, when to recite the Inviatory etc). But it is much simpler than flipping all over the book to pray the hours.

If you pray the liturgy and haven’t found this site yet, I would encourage you to check it out.

On another note I have a great book on praying the LOH from Catholic Book Publishing Company called “The School of Prayer” it has greatly enhanced my prayer in the LOH.

God Bless
Ross
 
None of the above. I use the web site www.liturgyhours.org which seems to be moron proof (no way to loose the page or read the wrong prayer), so it works best for me!
 
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WanderAimlessly:
I found it on both the Pauline Books & Media and Amazon web sites. The ISBN is: 0819814482.

You do not say where you live, but the Pauline Sisters have bookstores throughout the county. I use to go to the one in NE Philadelphia all the time when I lived there. Their book selection (especially on sprituality) is one of the best I have ever seen.

PF
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Is this a volume of the “Office of Readings” only?, because I do have a copy of Christian Prayer (1976) which offers a selection of the Office of Readings.
 
Freddy Medina:
Question:
Is this a volume of the “Office of Readings” only?, because I do have a copy of Christian Prayer (1976) which offers a selection of the Office of Readings.
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According to the comments on Amazon, there is a compressed Office Reading section.

This is main the reason I like the 4 volumn set. You get a larger range of office readings. For example, today’s reading were Isaiah 58: 1-12 and a section from St Clement’s letter to the Corinthians, Tomorrow’s readings are Exodus 1: 1-22 and part a sermon from St Leo the Great. There is also an optional Office Reading, for the Memorial of St. Scholastica from the Diologues by St. Gregory the Great.

PF
 
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