For all those who are bound to the recitation of the Divine Office and especially for those living in religious communities, it is very appropriate that Compline be said as the last prayer at the end of the day, even if for some good reason Matins of the following day have already been anticipated. Even in Lent and Passiontide, Vespers are said in the hours after noon in choir and in common and this rule may fittingly be observed also in the recitation by one alone.ġ47. Since Lauds are a morning prayer, they are said in the early morning in choir and in common and this rule may fittingly be observed also in the recitation by one alone.ġ46. For a good reason, Matins may be anticipated in the afternoon or evening hours of the preceding day, but not before two o'clock in the afternoon.ġ45. That the obligation of reciting the Divine Office may be satisfied, however, it is sufficient that all the canonical Hours be said within the space of the twenty four hours of the day.ġ44. Hence it is best, both for the real sanctification of the day and for the spiritually fruitful recitation of the Hours themselves, that each canonical Hour be recited at the time which most nearly approaches its own true time.ġ43. By their very makeup the canonical Hours of the Divine Office are ordained to the sanctification of the various hours of the natural day.
Top CHAPTER II THE TIME FOR SAYING THE CANONICAL HOURSġ42. The following rules hold both for the recitation of the Divine Office in choir or in common (even if it is done by two or three persons only) and for the recitation by one alone, unless it is expressly mentioned that a rule applies to only one kind of recitation.
It is said in choir if it is recited by a community which has the obligation of choir under ecclesiastical laws in common, if it is recited by a community which does not have the choir obligation.ġ41. The Divine Office is recited either in choir or in common or by one alone (a solo). The obligation of saying the Divine Office extends to all the canonical Hours of the daily cursus.ġ40. For the most part, however, Compline is considered separately by the rubrics.ġ39. Of these, Matins, Lauds and Vespers are called major Hours Prime, Terce, Sext, None and Compline are called minor Hours or little Hours. The canonical Hours of the Roman Breviary are: Matins, Lauds, Prime, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers and Compline. P) The short responsories of the little HoursĬHAPTER VI : WHEN TO MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS, STAND, KNEEL AND SIT IN THE RECITATION OF THE DIVINE OFFICE 261-268ġ38. O) The little chapters and the short lesson at Prime M) The responsories after the lessons of Matins I) The antiphons and blessings before the lessons G) Certain peculiarities in the arrangement of the Divine OfficeĬHAPTER V : THE VARIOUS PARTS OF THE OFFICE 178-260Ī) The beginning and the end of the Hours Breviary Rubrics 1960 1960 Breviarium Romanum General Norms CHAPTER I : GENERAL NORMS 138-141ĬHAPTER II : THE TIME FOR SAYING THE CANONICAL HOURS 142-147ĬHAPTER III : THE CALENDAR TO BE FOLLOWED IN THE RECITATION OF THE DIVINE OFFICE 148-157ĬHAPTER IV : THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE DIVINE OFFICE 158-177Ī) The arrangement of the Divine Office in general
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