Which Divine Office do you pray?

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I started with the Little Office of the BVM.

I really liked that.

Now I do LotH (English)

I think I’m going to alternate a week of The Little Office, & 5 weeks LotH
 
For awhile, I was praying the LOBVM on Saturdays. It was easy to stick in my back pocket, and Saturday was typically the day given to Mary. Also, it prevented burnout that can come from repeating the same Psalms and prayers every day.
 
“Other”. I typically use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer (for want of an Anglican Ordinariate version).

Though on Sundays I use the 1962 version, and Saturdays the 1962 Little Office, using the English translations.
 
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Do you use the Baronius Press LOBVM? I do like the chant in the back. For a while I was tossing around having the Schola I sing in do a recording of the different hours in this book. Baronius Press has given us copyright privilege to make as many copies as needed for all the guys so we could do the recording. Another group in France was going to attempt it as well. Unfortunately we didn’t get to do this project. Our parish started offering an EF Mass each month and my Schola was called in to sing for that.
 
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Do you use the Baronius Press LOBVM? I do like the chant in the back.
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Yes I do, but I can’t read the chant. I think a recording like the one you were planning would be wonderful. I hope you can so that someday!
 
LOTH during the week since I attend Mass in OF during the week and the Roman Breviary in Latin during Sunday since on Sunday I attend Mass in the EF.
 
For those praying the English (USA) version of the Liturgy of the Hours, an Ordo can be purchased here:
https://www.amazon.com/Saint-Joseph...97&sprefix=st+josephs+guide+to+liturgy&sr=8-3

For those praying the Roman Breviary, a great online Ordo can be found here:
https://1962ordo.today

For those praying the Monastic Diurnal, a great online Ordo can be found here:


Does anyone know of a good Ordo if you pray the Liturgy of the Hours in Latin (Liturgia Horarum)? The closest I’ve found in the past is from the Vatican Publishing House:
http://www.libreriaeditricevaticana...lebrandae-et-divini-officii-persolvendi2.html
 
Also, something that draws me to my more traditional breviaries is the artwork. Here are some quick photos of different breviary pictures, clip art, and fonts:

Roman Breviary (Baronius Press):
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Roman Diurnal (Lauds-Compline, without Matins)😦Please Note: This uploaded content is no longer available.)

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The layout and font in the Roman Diurnal is pleasing to the eye:(Please Note: This uploaded content is no longer available.)

Contrasted with what I see when I open up my English Liturgy of the Hours:
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I’m surprised no one really brings this up these deficiencies in modern liturgical books.
 
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I chant from the Mundelein Psalter. Wonderfully, we have been doing Saturday Lauds for over a year now at my parish, and soon we may introduce Sunday Vespers.
 
I pray the Maronite Prayer of the Faithful in English (Syriac would be our original language). Although I like the idea of praying Evening Prayer (Ramsho) regularly, I rarely get to it. But I prayer Morning Prayer (Safro) almost daily (except when I’m sick). Have been doing so for several years now.
 
Even the Baronius Press Little Office of the BVM is esthetically pleasing.(Please Note: This uploaded content is no longer available.)

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And of course, the chant notation is wonderful (except they didn’t point the actual texts to aid in chanting the Psalms):
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People buying these artistic books for prayer are rarely disappointed.
 
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If you like listening to the Office chanted, here are a couple of podcasts you might enjoy:

Abbey of Le Barroux (Monastic Diurnal):
https://barrouxchant.com

Vatican Lauds, Vespers, & Compline (Latin Liturgy of the Hours 2000 Ed.):


For those attached to the traditional LOBVM, I encourage you to visit this site for prayer booklet PDFs that have the Psalms pointed for chanting:

https://veromary.gitlab.io/littleOffice/

She has a YT channel where she chants some of these:
 
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To be honest, the most immersive experience of the Office, for me, has been praying the Monastic Diurnal while listening to the monks of the Abbey of Le Barroux chanting. They really have done well making the Office a beautiful retreat from the ugliness of the world. If you want something “more”, I encourage you to consider buying the Monastic Diurnal here


Or here:


and subscribing to the monks as listed here:
https://barrouxchant.com/

You’ll ask yourself why liturgical worship isn’t like this all the time.
 
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You’ll ask yourself why liturgical worship isn’t like this all the time.
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Because liturgy is the work of flawed human beings like me, who aren’t professional singers, or well-formed priests, but just regular folks who like to worship God in the best way we know how.

I used to be a liturgical idealist, chasing the Byzantine Rite and the Extraordinary Form as if they were a Holy Grail of liturgy. Then I realized that the best liturgy is in my home parish with my brothers and sisters, with whom I’ve forged bonds of fellowship. The same goes for my Knights of Columbus Council. We aren’t the biggest guys on ceremonials, we don’t really dress up for the occasion, but they’re my Knights, and I wouldn’t trade them for anyone else.

It’s just not the same when I slap on a highly-polished recording. Sure, it’s nice and all, but it’s not the liturgy that is dear to my heart.
 
When it comes to public worship, I agree, you do the best you can in the community you are in. I’ve tried to do that with my family. My boys and I serve the monthly EF Mass, they serve the weekly Sunday Mass, the oldest plays pipe organ, and I sing in a Schola cantorum. We are not trained professionals, either. But it is work, and we stuck to it and get better and better.

When it comes to the Office, most people pray that alone. If you have a parish that prays the Hours, you are fortunate. Most are not able. And if you are praying alone, I say you should choose the prayer method that works best for you.

There is a reason some people are attracted to the beauty of well-done Liturgy. It’s because it lifts their spirits above the earthly humdrum life they live. It raises their gaze to Heaven and reminds them that all their actions should be focused on the eternal, not merely the community here or worldly concerns.

For many, the Office is their chance to find that moment because they have more control over that than a typical Mass Liturgy at the parish. Yet, through the Office they are participating in the prayer of the Church now and throughout time in the best way they can. If they have the choice for simplicity or majesty, some will choose majesty because all they get at the parish is simplicity. And there is something in the human heart that longs for more.
 
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