Author Topic: Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Read 1846 times)

vinceaglieri · « **on:** July 23, 2013, 08:58:21 AM »

I want to start up this devotion and was wondering if it can be substituted for regular morning prayers?

Does anyone know of a good website where this office can be found?

I found one on http://www.liturgies.net/Liturgies/Catholic/LittleOffice1.htm.

Any advice is appreciated,

Thank you!

Jonah · « **Reply #1 on:** July 23, 2013, 12:24:36 PM »

Quote from: vinceaglieri

I want to start up this devotion and was wondering if it can be substituted for regular morning prayers?

Does anyone know of a good website where this office can be found?

I found one on http://www.liturgies.net/Liturgies/Catholic/LittleOffice1.htm.

Any advice is appreciated,

Thank you!

You can find it at http://divinumofficium.com/ in English and Latin side by side.

Sigismund · « **Reply #2 on:** July 23, 2013, 08:16:30 PM »

It is the Liturgy of the Church. It is the best morning prayer there is.

vinceaglieri · « **Reply #3 on:** July 24, 2013, 08:38:01 AM »

Ah I see I see. I can't seem to find it on Divinum Officium.

You don't have to SING the hymns, do you? Eventually I will learn, but its not absolutely required right?

Thank you for your input! :)

Frances · « **Reply #4 on:** July 24, 2013, 11:00:10 AM »

No, you don't have to sing. If you're tone deaf, why torture Heaven? What moves God's heart is when you pray from your heart to His.

PatrickG · « **Reply #5 on:** July 24, 2013, 12:38:36 PM »

Try http://www.ageofmary.com/ .

The Little Office of Our Lady is a shortened Breviary (with a full seven hours - Matins & Lauds, Prime, Tierce, Sext, None, Vespers and Compline) which was very popular in England prior to the apostasy of England in the 1500s. It was maintained both on the Continent and by recusants here. I should buy the full Little Office if I were you.

Laudate Mariam!

Various editions:

http://www.carmel-books.org/the-little-office-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary-p-1475.html
http://www.baroniuspress.com/book.php?wid=56&bid=47#tab=tab-3

Jonah · « **Reply #6 on:** July 24, 2013, 12:46:52 PM »

Quote from: vinceaglieri

Ah I see I see. I can't seem to find it on Divinum Officium.

Thank you for your input! :)

Select "Parvum B.V.M." in the farthest right column.

ancien regime · « **Reply #7 on:** July 24, 2013, 01:35:28 PM »

A print copy is also available from : St. Bonaventure Publications for $24.00 plus shipping.

Be aware that while the Barionus Press edition is very pretty, it leads off with an introduction by Fr. Berg, the superior general of the FSSP. It also follows the "Editio Typica of the 1961 Breviary." With that edition, they were starting to monkey with the Little Office as they were everything else -- cut a little here, cut a little there -- until they did away with it entirely and brought out the book of "Shorter Christian Prayer." . . . so much for Our Lady!

I believe the other edition dates from 1905.

Marlelar · « **Reply #8 on:** July 24, 2013, 02:53:13 PM »

Quote from: Jonah

Quote from: vinceaglieri
Ah I see I see. I can't seem to find it on Divinum Officium.

Thank you for your input! :)

Select "Parvum B.V.M." in the farthest right column.

But you have to click on "PC" from the link, then, scroll down, it is in the box on the bottom right.

Marsha

Croix de Fer · « **Reply #9 on:** July 24, 2013, 04:21:06 PM »

This one [url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1626203148/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1626203148&linkCode=as2&tag=httpwwwchanco-20 is available at Amazon as a new paperback, and it's only $11.20; and it's supposed to be the "pre-Vat II version". It was formatted by a person named Karl Keller, therefore, I'm not sure if there are any guarantees against errors.

vinceaglieri · « **Reply #10 on:** July 25, 2013, 03:45:01 PM »

Thank you, everyone, for your kind replies!

I think I will order it from Carmel Books.

God Bless,

Vince