![]() Similarly, the Magnificat, the “Canticle of the Blessed Virgin Mary,” is sung each day at Vespers. Like Vespers, the Office of Lauds has a Gospel canticle, the Benedictus, the “Canticle of Zechariah,” from Saint Luke’s Gospel, prayed while standing, as is customary for a text from the Gospels. Each day at Lauds an Old Testament Canticle, also in a poetic, psalm-like structure is used before the Laudate Psalms (that is, Psalms 148, 149, 150). Other psalms too are linked with Lauds, for example Psalms 5, 35, 42, 56, 62, 63, 64, 87, 89, 117, 142, (Greek Septuagint numbering), all of them with some reference to daybreak, a new day, a new beginning. In the office according to Saint Benedict’s Rule, these five psalms are repeated each day at Lauds. The psalms most often associated with Lauds include Psalm 66 (“Let your face shed its light upon us”) Psalm 50 (“Have mercy on me, God, in your kindness”) and Psalms 148-150. Like private prayer and nighttime vigils, the idea of a morning office probably extends back much earlier in the Church, but a precise date cannot be assigned to its origin.Įarly Christian monks adopted the custom of meeting at daybreak, as well as in the predawn, and associated the office at dawn especially with our Lord’s resurrection from the dead. ![]() According to John Cassian, this Office of praising Christ as the new light appears on the horizon, was being prayed around the year 360 in Bethlehem, the place of our Lord’s birth. Today we call this office Lauds, meaning praise, to be associated especially with the repetition each day of Psalms 148, 149, 150 at the end of the psalmody, before the short lesson, response, hymn and canticle of the Gospel, the Benedictus are prayed. The Office prayed at sunrise, in the past called “Matutini,” (from the word for morning time) has always been a part of the monastic tradition. Sayings and Stories from the Desert Fathers.How We Pray and Chant – Monastic life has prayer at its very heart.Abbot’s Archives – Personal reflections from our abbots across the years.Subscriptions – We can add you to our postal or electronic mailing lists for monastery news and homilies.Or you can contact us.Take yourself on a virtual tour around our Monastery. You can see some video instructions here for Android and here for iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch. It is designed for real people, and it is easy. They cover the Mass or the Hours for every day within a given period. You can create e-books for your e-book reader (including the Amazon Kindle), and there are some ready-made ones you can buy as well. Sung Latin Compline is also available for purchase in the apps. You need a subscription for these, but you can listen to a free sample before deciding, and the first month of each subscription is free. In the apps, you can get all the Mass readings and all the Hours spoken in English, right through, every day. You can get individual apps for your phone or tablet (it’s about £10), or a single registration code which covers all your phones, tablets, computers, and e-books.įree trial of the app for iPhone / iPad / iPod Touchįree trial of the program for Mac The spoken word After that, you can choose whether you want to buy. You can get a free trial of everything for a month. ![]() More choice of layouts: page-turning as well as scrolling and large print. ![]() New American Bible readings at Mass if you are in the USA.
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