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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Learning the Office: Hymns, chapters, versicles, responsories

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This post reviews the rubrics for some key parts of the Office that are common to several of the hours. All of these parts of the Office...
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Monday, April 27, 2009

Diurnal traps and shortcuts to be aware of**

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    TOPIC KEY POINT Layout of the Diurnal Page numbering Each section of ...
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Friday, April 24, 2009

Learning the Monastic Office 4: How the Office is performed

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It is important to remember that the Office - above all the Monastic Office - is really intended to be sung 'in choir', that is wit...
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The greater litanies (rogation day) and the Benedictine Office

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On April 25, we celebrate the Feast of St Mark, but it is also a Rogation day.  Here in Australia, we hardly ever get to celebrate fully thi...
Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Learning the Office: 'opening' and 'closing' prayers of the day hours (including commemorations)

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Diurnal shortcuts The opening prayers of the Office (though note that these actually occur in the middle of Compline due to its deve...
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Sunday, April 19, 2009

Lectio divina from the Office: Low Sunday

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The Office is an excellent source for lectio divina - the daily Scriptural or homily readings at Matins in Winter and on important feasts; ...
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Friday, April 17, 2009

Why say the Divine Office?

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St Benedict devotes a large chunk of his Rule to setting out the structure of the Divine Office that he describes several times as the mo...