Using the Monastic Diurnal
|
TOPIC
|
KEY POINT
|
|
Layout of the Diurnal
|
|
|
Page numbering
|
Each section of the Diurnal is page numbered separately, so you need to
pay attention to [], *, etc to know which section you are in.
|
|
Order of Psalter section
|
In order (broadly) of psalm numbers, not hours
|
|
Sunday Prime, Sunday and Monday Terce-None
|
Located after Saturday Lauds
|
|
Versions of prayers for use by laypeople/Office vs with priests
|
At Compline, use second version of Confiteor (no repetition) unless you
are saying it with a priest.
|
|
Use Domine exaudi orationem meam, not Dominus vobiscum
(for example in closing prayers of each hour)
|
|
‘Opening’ prayers
|
Said at all hours, even where book does not note this (but in middle of
Compline).
Seasonal variation for Septuagint and Lent (Laus tibi…instead of
Alleluia)
|
|
(Deus in adjutorium…/Gloria Patri.../Alleluia)
|
Written out in full at beginning of psalter section (MD 1), but
abbreviated thereafter
|
|
Antiphon(s)
|
Said in full before and after a psalm, group of psalms or canticle
|
|
Psalms
|
Gloria Patri…is added to the end of all psalms unless otherwise
indicated
|
|
Hymns
|
Always end in amen (with alleluia added during Eastertide)
|
|
Chapters
|
Always end in (response) ‘Deo Gratias’
|
|
Responsory (Lauds and Vespers)
|
Abbreviated form in Diurnal needs to be filled out; note no ‘sicut
erat…’
|
|
Concluding prayers
|
|
|
Litany (Kyrie eleison) one repetition of each set of words only, not
triple as at Mass
|
|
Note: do not use Dominus vobiscum, as above
|
|
Need to add correct conclusion to collect (see conclusions to the
collects in front matter)
|
Key rubrics
Commemorations
Commemorations
are made immediately after the collect of the day or feast, and normally
consist of the canticle antiphon that would have been said at the relevant
hour; the versicle of the feast, season or day; and the collect of the feast,
season or day being commemorated. Where
a Memorial (commemoration) falls on a Sunday, it is not marked in the Office
that year.
Our Lady on Saturday
The
Office of Our Lady is said on all Saturdays not displaced by Class III or
higher days or feasts. The Ordinary
texts for the Office of Our Lady on Saturday can be found at MD (129) ff.
The Lauds festal and ferial canticles
The
canticles traditionally used at Lauds are the ancient set labelled ‘ferial’ in
the psalter, together with the Benedicite for Sundays and higher level
feasts. The use of the daily Lauds
festal canticles is entirely optional.
Quick reference guides to the hours
LAUDS
LAUDS | Sunday (except seasons when festal psalms used) | Weekdays/minor feasts | Festal (Class III feasts with proper antiphons, Class I&II feasts, Sundays in certain seasons) | Opening prayers |
As for all the hours
| Invitatory psalm | Psalm 66 | Antiphon 1 |
|
of the day, season or feast |
of the feast or from the Common |
| Psalm 50 | Psalm 92 (MD 44/AM 28)
| Antiphon1/Antiphon 2 | none | of the day, season or feast | of the feast or from the Common | Psalm | of the day of the week | Ps 99 (MD 44/AM 28)
| Antiphon 2/Antiphon3 | none | of the day, season or feast | of the feast or from the Common | Psalm | of the day of the week | Ps 62 (MD 44/AM 28)
| Antiphon 3/Antiphon 4 |
| of the day, season or feast | of the feast or from the Common | OT Canticle | Canticle of the three young men (Benedicite) | Ferial or festal canticle of the day of the week | Canticle of the three young men
| Antiphon 4/Antiphon 5 |
| of the day, season or feast | of the feast or from the Common | Laudate psalms | Psalm 148+Psalm 149+Psalm 150+Gloria
| Antiphon 5 |
| of the day, season or feast | of the feast or from the Common |
PRIME
KEY WORDS | OFFICE COMPONENT (with links to rubrics notes) | NOTES | PAGE NUMBERS | Deus in adjutorium/O Lord come to my aid
| Opening prayers | Stand, +, bow for first half of doxology; note that the Alleluia is not said from Septuagesima til the end of Lent | MD/AM 1
Note: Said each day, even though the books do not explicitly indicate this.
| Iam lucis orto sidere/Now that the daylight fills the sky
| Hymn | Chants used vary depending on day, season or feast | MD/AM 1-2; MD 146-7, AM 81-2 | [Antiphon of the day, season or feast] | Antiphon |
| [It depends] |
| Psalms of the day of the week |
| Start of psalms:
Sunday: MD 146/AM 83
Monday: MD/AM 3
Tuesday: MD 10/AM 12
Wednesday: MD 16/AM 15
Thursday: MD 21/AM 17
Friday: MD 25/AM 19
Saturday: MD 32/AM 22
| [Repeat antiphon] | Antiphon | Stand until the end of the hour. | [It depends]
| Regi saeculorum/To the King
| Chapter |
AM provides an alternative verse for use on some occasions, but this is not used in the 1962 Office
Note that Deo Gratias is added to the end.
| MD 7/AM 6 | Exsurge Christe/Arise O Christ
| Versicle |
| MD 7/AM 6 | Kyrie eleison/Christ have mercy | Closing prayers, including fixed collect | If using Antiphonale omit preces, jump to bottom of AM 8 and end on that page).
Bow for Pater Noster and collect.
Said kneeling during Lent. | MD 8-9/AM 6 , 8 |
TERCE | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday to Saturday | | MD 1
AM 1 | | MD 151
AM 84 | MD 162
AM 93 | MD 183
AM 108
| Antiphon | Of the season, day, date or feast
| | MD 152
AM 86 | MD 164
AM 95 | MD 184
AM 110
| Antiphon | Of the season, day, date or feast
| | | | MD 154-5 - as per Prime and the other hours, but with the Collect of the season, day, date or feast
|
SEXT | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday to Saturday | | MD 1/AM 1
| | MD 155
AM 87 | MD 169
AM 98 | MD 183
AM 113
| Antiphon | Of the season, day, date or feast
| | MD 156
AM 89 | MD 171
AM 100 | MD 191
AM 115
| Antiphon | Of the season, day, date or feast
| | | | MD 154-5 with collect of the season, day, date or feast
|
NONE | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday to Saturday | Opening prayers | MD 1
| Hymn (Rerum Deus) | MD 159
AM 90 | MD 176
AM 103 | MD 196
AM 118
| Antiphon | Of the season, day, date or feast
| Psalms | MD 160
AM 91 | MD 178
AM 105 | MD 198
AM 120
| Antiphon | Of the season, day, date or feast
| Chapter | Versicle | Closing prayers | MD 154-5 with collect of the season, day, date or feast
|
Office component | ‘Default’ texts | Rubrics and other notes | | MD 1/AM 1 | Stand, +
| | Sunday, MD 203/AM 125 Monday - MD 212/AM 132 Tuesday - MD 220/AM 138 Wednesday – MD 226/AM 143 Thursday – MD 235/AM 149 Friday - MD 243/AM 154 Saturday - MD 249/AM 159
| Antiphon is said in full at beginning and end of each psalm.
Each psalm has a doxology (Gloria Patri...).
Stand for antiphon, (first half of) first verse, and doxology of each psalm; sit for rest.
| | Sunday to Friday; Saturday texts | Stand to the end of the hour.
Note Deo Gratias added to end of the chapter
| | [Saturday&Sunday]/rest of the week texts
| Text provided in abbreviated form - check the notes on how to expand out the cues provided.
| | Of the day of the week, see page numbers above
| Bow on last verse doxology | | Sunday to Friday/Saturday texts
|
| Antiphon for the Magnificat | Of the day of the week:
Monday to Friday, fixed to the day.
On Saturdays and Sundays, of the week of the liturgical year - see Ordo.
| +
In choir, antiphon intoned by abbot/abbess (or presiding priest), and incense offered here. | | MD 209/AM 129
|
| Antiphon for the Magnificat | As above
|
| | MD 210 | Stand, bow for Pater Noster and collects; during Advent and Lent, kneel
| | Of the week of the liturgical year - see Ordo | |
KEY WORDS | OFFICE COMPONENT
(with links to rubrics notes)
| NOTES | PAGE | Jube Domne/Pray father, a blessing
| | Kneel for the blessing, stand for the reading. | MD 256 AM 167 | Adjutorium nostrum/Our help…
| | + | MD 257 AM 167
| Confiteor/I confess | | Use formula for éxta chorum’/out of choir. Bow.
| MD 258-9 AM 167-9 | Converte nos Deus (Convert us O Lord)
| | +
Stand | MD 259 AM 169
| Deus in adjutorium/O Lord come to my aid
| | Stand |
| Cum invocarem/When I cried (Ps 4)
| | Sit after the half of the first verse has been sung; stand for the doxology ‘Gloria Patri...’ which is added to the end of each psalm. | MD 260 AM 169 | Qui habitat/He that dwelleth (Ps 90)
| MD261 AM 169
| Ecce Nunc/Come now, bless the Lord (Ps 133)
| MD 262 AM 170
| Te Lucis ante Terminum/To Thee before the close of day
| | Stand.
Hymn tones varies with season, feast and day | MD 263 AM 170-172
| Tu autem Domine | | MD 263 AM 1762
| Custodi nos Domine | | MD 263 AM 172
| Kyrie eleison | | Note that the litany is not doubled (or trebled).
Stand or knell (in Lent and Advent)
Bow for Pater Noster, collect and blessing.
| MD 264-5 AM 172 (omit the section labelled ‘Preces’, not used in the 1962 Office)
| [Antiphon of the season] | | Simple tones used weekdays; solemn for Saturdays, Sundays and feasts.
Said kneeling except Saturdays,
Sundays and Eastertide. | MD 265-69 AM 173-180 |
|
No comments:
Post a Comment