You will see that it reads “ Psalter, Week IV” below “ Fourth Sunday of Lent.” This indicates where to put your third ribbon. This is an important part of the breviary as when you reach the next Sunday, it says what “Psalter” you are currently in:
Alternatively, you can order your own wall liturgical calendar that says what day it is. In order to figure out what week it is, go to and click on their calendar. You will see that it says, “ Fourth Week of Lent” and “ Monday, Morning Prayer” at the top of the page. During seasons such as Lent, there are specific readings and prayers for each day.įor now, you can place the ribbon on page 344. Typically it has special antiphons and prayers for the hours prayed on Sundays throughout the year. The second ribbon will be located in the front of the breviary in a section called the “ Proper of Seasons.” This section of the breviary has all the prayers according to the “seasons” of the Church: Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter & Ordinary Time. This is important to remember and will be repeated in Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer, etc. That means after praying a Psalm, you will have to flip the page backwards to recite the correct antiphon.
#THE DIVINE OFFICE PRAYERS FULL VERSION#
Unlike the full version of the divine office, the antiphons are only printed once at the beginning of each Psalm. When with others, you will recite the antiphon after every stanza.īefore we go any further, a note about Christian Prayer. If you are praying the Invitatory on your own, you will say the correct antiphon once, pray Psalm 95 and then recite the same antiphon at the end. Until you have them memorized, you can always turn to the “Ordinary” to find them.Īfter you have read the “Ordinary,” you can leave your first ribbon where it says “ Invitatory.” This is composed of an antiphon and Psalm 95 and is typically prayed before Morning Prayer (or the Office of Readings). The “Ordinary” also has prayers that are repeated each day such as the “Magnificat” and “Benedictus.” You pray these at Evening and Morning Prayer and are typically memorized in the monastery. I suggest reading through the entire “Ordinary” before going any further. All the words printed in the color red are your instructions and all the words printed in black are the prayers you actually pray. There are plenty of instructions and options, so read it all very carefully. Here we see how the common phrase “ Say the Black, Do the Red” comes in handy. The “ Ordinary” is the basic “instruction manual” for the Liturgy of the Hours and acts as a reference point if you ever get stuck. To begin setting the ribbons, take one of them and open to page 686 where the “ Ordinary” and “ Invitatory” are located. If you only have enough time to pray one or more of those prayers, I suggest picking-up Christian Prayer.įirst of all, as with any breviary, there are the all-important “ ribbons.” These are extremely important and allow you to mark the correct parts of the divine office.
It contains: Morning, Evening & Night Prayer, with an abbreviated section for the Office of Readings and Daytime Prayer. Today, I will walk you through the most common prayer book lay people can pick up to pray the principal hours of the divine office: Christian Prayer.
#THE DIVINE OFFICE PRAYERS HOW TO#
–> Fight Distractions! A step-by-step guide on how to stay focused during prayer However, after an initial introduction to praying the Liturgy of the Hours, it becomes quite easy and is like clockwork. Praying with a physical breviary can be challenging especially if no one is there to show you how.
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