9/16/2023 0 Comments Divine office latin pdf![]() ![]() He also joined with the disciples in a hymn of praise. He used the traditional blessings of God at meals, as is expressly mentioned in connection with the multiplication of the loaves, the last supper and the meal at Emmaus. We are right in thinking that he took part both in public prayers: in the synagogues, which he entered on the Sabbath "as his custom was " in the temple, which he called a house of prayer and in the private prayers that for devout Israelites were a daily practice. The work of each day was closely bound up with his prayer, indeed flowed out from it: he would retire into the desert or into the hills to pray, rise very early or spend the night up to the fourth watch in prayer to God. The Gospels many times show us Christ at prayer: when his mission is revealed by the Father before he calls the apostles when he blesses God at the multiplication of the loaves when he is transfigured on the mountain when he heals the deaf-mute when he raises Lazarus before he asks for Peter's confession of faith when he teaches the disciples how to pray when the disciples return from their mission when he blesses the little children when he prays for Peter. In his goodness the Son of God, who is one with his Father (see Jn 10:30) and who on entering the world said: "Here I am! I come, God, to do your will" (Heb 10:9 see Jn 6:38), has left us the lesson of his own prayer. When the Word, proceeding from the Father as the splendor of his glory, came to give us all a share in God's life, "Christ Jesus, High Priest of the new and eternal covenant, taking human nature, introduced into this earthly exile the hymn of praise that is sung throughout all ages in the halls of heaven." From then on in Christ's heart the praise of God assumes a human sound in words of adoration, expiation, and intercession, presented to the Father by the Head of the new humanity, the Mediator between God and his people, in the name of all and for the good of all.Ĥ. Indeed, it is the prayer of the Church with Christ and to Christ.ģ. This liturgy of the hours or divine office, enriched by readings, is principally a prayer of praise and petition. Such prayer in common gradually took the form of a set cycle of hours. The prince of the apostles "went up on the housetop to pray, about the sixth hour" (10:9) "Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour" (3:1) "about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God" (16:25).Ģ. There we read of the disciples gathered together at the third hour. These were seen by the Fathers as foreshadowed in the Acts of the Apostles. In the course of time other hours came to be sanctified by prayer in common. Then, in different places, it soon became the established practice to assign special times for common prayer, for example, the last hour of the day when evening draws on and the lamp is lighted, or the first hour when night draws to a close with the rising of the sun. The witness of the early Church teaches us that individual Christians devoted themselves to prayer at fixed times. The Acts of the Apostles give frequent testimony to the fact that the Christian community prayed with one accord. From the very beginning those who were baptized "devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the community, to the breaking of the bread, and to prayer" (Acts 2:42). Public and common prayer by the people of God is rightly considered to be among the primary duties of the Church. Calendar and Option to Choose an Office or Part of an OfficeĬhapter V: Rites for Celebration in CommonĮndnotes 2 February 1971Chapter I: Importance of the Liturgy of the Hours or Divine Office in the Life of the Churchġ. Intercessions, Lord's Prayer, and Concluding PrayerĬhapter IV: Various Celebrations Throughout the YearĬhapter IV-III. Hymns and Other Nonbiblical SongsĬhapter III-XI. Readings in Honor of SaintsĬhapter III-X. Readings from the Fathers and Church WritersĬhapter III-VIII. Readings from Sacred ScriptureĬhapter III-VII. Canticles From the Old and New TestamentsĬhapter III-VI. Plan for the Distribution of the Psalms in the OfficeĬhapter III-V. Ways of Singing the PsalmsĬhapter III-IV. ![]() Antiphons and Other Aids to Praying the PsalmsĬhapter III-III. Psalms and Their Connection With Christian PrayerĬhapter III-II. Combining the Hours With Mass or With Each OtherĬhapter III: Different Elements in the Liturgy of the HoursĬhapter III-I. Morning Prayer and Evening PrayerĬhapter II-VII. Introduction to the Whole OfficeĬhapter II-II. ![]() Participants in the Liturgy of the HoursĬhapter II: Sanctification of the Day: The Different Liturgical HoursĬhapter II-I. GENERAL INSTRUCTION OF THE LITURGY OF THE HOURSĬhapter I: Importance of the Liturgy of the Hours or Divine Office in the Life of the ChurchĬhapter I-IV. ![]()
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