OFFICE OF THE DEAD

SAINT GABRIEL HOURS

The Good News:

Praying with Christ Every Day. 

Anytime. Anywhere. With Anyone. 

OFFICE OF THE DEAD

EVENING PRAYER MAY CELEBRATED PUBLICALLY

AS PART OF THE WAKE THE NIGHT BEFORE A FUNERAL. 

EVENING PRAYER

The Liturgy of the Hours:  According to the Roman Rite

Hymns:  Hymnal for the Hours by Fr. Samuel F. Weber, O.S.B.

Antiphons:  Gaudete Psalter: For the Liturgy of the Hours

Psalm Tones:  St. Meinrad Psalm Tones, Saint Meinrad Archabbey

MORNING PRAYER MAY CELEBRATED PUBLICALLY

THE MORNING OF FUNERAL 

EITHER BEFORE LEAVING THE FUNERAL HOME

OR IN THE CHURCH BEFORE THE FUNERAL. 

MORNING PRAYER

The Liturgy of the Hours:  According to the Roman Rite

Hymns:  Hymnal for the Hours by Fr. Samuel F. Weber, O.S.B.

Antiphons:  Gaudete Psalter: For the Liturgy of the Hours

Psalm Tones:  St. Meinrad Psalm Tones, Saint Meinrad Archabbey

THE OFFICE OF THE DEAD MAY BE CELEBRATED AS A VOTIVE OFFICE

ANY DAY WHEN A VOTIVE MASS IS OPTION

FRIDAY EVENING AND SATURDAY MORNINGS ARE GOOD CHOICES

WHEN REMEMBERING LOVED ONES

THIS IS THE PERIOD OF TIME CHRIST SPENT IN THE TOMB

SO WE REMEMBER BOTH THE SORROW OF HIS DEATH

AND ANTICIPATE HIS RESURRECTION