ORDO WEEK 21 MONDAY MORNING PRAYER
SAINT GABRIEL HOURS
The Good News:
Praying with Christ Every Day.
Anytime. Anywhere. With Anyone.
MONDAY MORNING PRAYER
WEEK TWENTY-ONE OF ORDINARY TIME
AUGUST 28
PSALTER WEEK I
VIRTUAL RESOURCES
FULL ROMAN RITE SERVICES
Three Models (Options) for Morning Prayer (Lauds):
Praying with Christ Every Day Everywhere will be greatly helped by a variety of models each illustrated here by a particular option.
Becoming skillful at understanding and adapting these models for both personal and communal prayer is a major goal of this website.
The Instruction for the Liturgy of the Hours promotes both recitation in common as well as singing the Hours.
The first model below emphasizes recitation in common. The second model emphasizes the sung nature of the celebration. The third model below with its easy-to- read monthly booklet is very suitable for personal meditative prayer and study, including marking the text. Don't throw the booklets away!
Each of the three Options contains the full text of the Roman Rite for Morning Prayer.
Each of the three Options has a beginning hymn. These are noted below as an aid to choosing among options. With a little practice, one can begin with one option and its hymn, then switch to another option.
RECITATION IN COMMON MODEL
DIVINE OFFICE.ORG OPTION
Excellent model of small (household size) community reciting the office with sung hymn at the beginning. Experience the Hours as community prayer even when praying alone. Use as skill building in preparation for praying with others as a small group.
Invitatory Psalm 95Hymn: "Jesus, Our Teacher, Loving Lord and Master"translation Saint Cecilia Abbey of "Doctor Aeternus" *******************************************************
COMPLETELY SUNG MODEL
SING THE HOURS OPTION
Excellent model of totally sung office, mostly by one very talented young person. His father is an excellent translator of Latin hymns. Although they use some Latin, there is always an English translation. If English is preferred, either pause the Latin after a verse to pray the English text or mute the Latin and pray the English text.
Hymn: "Splendor paternae gloriae." Translation by Poet Laureate Robert Bridges (Latin Gospel Canticle & Lord's Prayer*******************************************************
PERSONAL MEDITATION MODEL
WORD ON FIRE OPTION
WORD ON FIRE BOOKLET: AUGUST 2023, pages 230-239
he Lord's My Shepherd (Psalm 23. Tune: Crimond.)
28,537 views Jul 19, 2020Words: Psalm 23 versified by Francis Rous (1579-1659) Scottish Psalter (1650)Tune: CRIMOND. Jessie S. Irvine (1837-1887)
HYMN SELECTED FROM MY PERSONAL FAVORITES
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THE FOUR WEEK PSALTER
VIDEOS FOR TODAY'S PSALMS
PSALM 5
Give Ear to My Words, O Lord
Karl Kolhase has done all 150 psalms. Some of the earliest are simply videos of him singing, playing the guitar and talking about his faith. His better videos have a simple background, and the text. He refers to his work as a musical adaptation, however he keeps close to the text (sometimes with an interesting translation) often using some verses as a refrain.
PSALM 29
Exodus Road Band give us a very contemplative musical and visual presentation of this powerful psalm. They have completely redone the text but in ways that are very faithful to the official text.
Psalm videos were selected to provide as much variety as possible while maintaining substantial ritual consistency by using the same authors or similar musical pieces during the four weeks. Preference was given to videos that covered most of the psalm. No attempt has been made to judge accuracy of translations. Those celebrating have already experienced the official text.
FROM TODAY'S OFFICE OF READINGS
Jerusalem Reproached
The Nations Punished and Jerusalem Restored
Zephania 3:8-20
FROM TODAY'S MASS
1 Thes 1:1-5, 8b-10
THE GOSPEL CANTICLE
THE LORD'S PRAYER
GUIDE TO PAGES ON THIS SITE
IIn addition to time and date stamped posts, such as one for Morning Prayer and one for Evening Prayer for each day, Blogger allows users to create pages to provide a framework for understanding and using the posts. The pages for this site are under construction.
A guide to the future PAGES on the site is at the bottom of each post. The guide contains information about each page and relates them to one another. New pages and updated pages will also be noted.
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DIVINE OFFICE / LITURGY OF THE HOURS
is the Prayer of Christ and the Church
"Christ Jesus, high priest of the new and eternal covenant, taking human nature, introduced into this earthly exile that hymn which is sung throughout all ages in the halls of heaven. He joins the entire community of mankind to Himself, associating it with His own singing of this canticle of divine praise." (Vatican II Constitution on Sacred Liturgy, #86)
"For he continues His priestly work through the agency of His Church, which is ceaselessly engaged in praising the Lord and interceding for the salvation of the whole world. She does this, not only by celebrating the Eucharist, but also in other ways, especially by praying the Divine Office." (Vatican II Constitution on Sacred Liturgy, #86)
"Lauds as Morning Prayer and Vespers as Evening Prayer are the two hinges on which the daily office turns; hence they are to be considered as the chief hours and are to be celebrated as such." (Vatican II Constitution on Sacred Liturgy, #89)
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FUNDAMENTAL DISCERNMENT QUESTION
How can we as persons, households, families, groups and communities, use virtual resources such as those above, to celebrate in various ways the Hours, the Prayer of Christ, Every Day, EverywhereAnytime with Anyone._______________________________________________________
"Lauds as Morning Prayer and Vespers as Evening Prayer are the two hinges on which the daily office turns; hence they are to be considered as the chief hours and are to be celebrated as such." (Vatican II Constitution on Sacred Liturgy, #89)
BASIC DISCERNMENT QUESTIONS
Time, Television and the Hours
Do we have time to pray the Hours?
Do we have time to pray the Hours?
Fifteen Minutes a Day
How much time should we spend in formal prayer each day?
How much time should we spend in formal prayer each day?
Time Management Principles
How do we pray the Hours?
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How do we pray the Hours?
BASIC PRACTICES
Celebrating the Gospel Canticles
Praise and Thanksgiving; Gospel Canticle.
Conversion and Petition; the Lord’s Prayer
Conversion and Petition; the Lord’s Prayer
Celebrating the Psalms
The Prayers of Jesus and His disciples
Celebrating with Hymns
Songs of the People of God
Option of Longer Readings
Lectionary, Office of Readings, Continuous Reading
Silence
Listening to Creation, our Hearts, and Hearts of Others
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ADVANCED PRACTICES
Keeping a Journal of the Hours
Underlining text, Word documents, a Blog
Underlining text, Word documents, a Blog
A Thirty Day Retreat
Discerning the Place of the Hours in My life?
Discerning the Place of the Hours in My life?
Bible Study
Integrating personal and group bible study with the Hours
Integrating personal and group bible study with the Hours
Office of the Dead
For Funerals and Votive Offices
For Funerals and Votive Offices
Centering the Hours on the Eucharist
Combining the Hours with Mass
Combining the Hours with Mass
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