Participation in the life of the Church, in the prayer of Christ. Part of the purpose of this talk is to underline that encouragement, while saying a little bit about the meaning and value of the Divine Office, its history and content. Priests, deacons and Apostolic religious are bound to recite this Office daily, and other members of the faithful are warmly encouraged to take it up for themselves, whether in groups or as individuals. Various abridged formats are available also. They haven’t been edited either since the 1970's, which is a big pity, because the first edition was far from perfect, and lots of things have happened liturgically since, so an updated version is badly needed. Maybe you can get second hand ones for less. They cost around £50 each, which is a lot.
#Divine office prayer free#
As a matter of free choice, also, our community has retained the Latin language and Gregorian Chant.įor most people who aren’t monks, though, the Divine Office will mean the post-Vatican II vernacular Roman Office, published in 3 large volumes. Benedict prescribes in his Rule, written in the 6th century. What we do at Pluscarden remains almost exactly what St. We came to the monastery to pray: we’re not in a hurry we have nothing better to do. One major difference between the two is that ours is much longer. Our Office faithfully follows the liturgical laws of the Church, and is fully approved by her. Obviously the two are not opposed to one another: they are variants of the same thing. It’s not the Roman Office, but the Monastic or Benedictine Office. The Divine Office we pray at Pluscarden is somewhat different from what most people are used to. Benedict calls the Divine Office simply The Work of God - the Opus Dei - and he insists that nothing whatever in the monastery is to be preferred to it. But just to make sure monks get the priorities of their life right, St. We do other things too: we celebrate daily Mass of course, we read, we work, we eat and sleep. That all takes several hours, every single day.
7 times a day and once at night we come together to sing it. What I say will inevitably be coloured by my experience of 30 years in the monastery, where the Divine Office is one of the principal things we do: our whole life is structured around it. Talk on the Divine Office, originally given to Students in January 2014īy Dom Benedict Hardy OSB, Prior of Pluscarden
Abraham, our father in faith, was willing to do anything and his faith was rewarded.“Praying with the Church - The Divine Office” The forefathers of this country of ours had faith and trust in God to form this one nation under God. That is where our trust should be and where our faith should lead. One cannot reflect or celebrate anything without praising and thanking our triune God. Why do we do this? Because a lot of struggle, work, vision and lives went into gaining independence and maintaining it. Our celebration has its own rituals: family picnics, parades, flags and fireworks. Today, in the United States of America, it is on the Fourth of July that we honor, reflect and celebrate our independence. A Fourth of July fireworks display at the Washington Monument by Camera Operator: SSGT.
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