There is also the 1962 Breviary as well as the Office as prayed in 1955, when Pope Pius XII made a number of changes to the rankings of the feast days and changed the number of octaves drastically.
In the post-Vatican II Liturgy of the Hours, they removed some of the hours, changed some of the names of the hours, re-distributed many of the psalms, reduced the number of psalms prayed, and excised verses of the psalms judged un-ecumenical or not in conformity with the spirit of the modern age. There is the Liturgy of the Hours used by the Novus Ordo in accordance with the post-Vatican II rites and liturgical calendar. Now, there are several versions of the Divine Office. Granted, the laity are not bound by any obligation to pray the Office, and their praying of it is very different from priests and religious, but they will certainly profit greatly from the habit of devoutly praying the Office Those who do so inevitably receive many graces and derive much merit and fruit from this laudable spiritual exercise. And we can do so likewise.īut for those of you called to married life or single life, you too may pray the Divine Office, according to your abilities and duties of state in life. In addition, and more directly, it is in conformity with the prophetic utterance of King David in the Psalms: “Seven times a day I rose to sing Thy praises” (Ps 118:164). Why is the Divine Office prayed seven times a day? Seven is certainly a number which represents perfection and plenitude. And those chosen by God to consecrate their entire lives to His service will have the awesome privilege and duty of praying the Divine Office seven times a day.
Now, I’m not suggesting that all are called to the priesthood and religious life, but I suspect that among our readers there are souls that God has called to that consecrated life.
Through the Divine Office we can sanctify our day and live more in tune with the rhythms of the liturgical year. PART IV: LIVING A LITURGICAL LIFE DAY-TO-DAY
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