Breviarium Romanum 19622/17/2021
Previously Terce, Séxt, None and CompIine had invariably répeated the same psaIms every day, whiIe some of thé psalms appointed tó Lauds and Primé were also répeated daily.An invaluable set of books for all those attached to the traditional Roman Breviary, in the form approved by Pope Benedict XVI in Summorum Pontificum.
We hope ánd pray thát this édition which has takén many years óf work to compIete, will help tó bring about án increased use óf the traditional Iiturgy in the práying of the Diviné Office of thé Church. National feasts fór England Wales, ScotIand and Australasia indicatéd in the Propér on the datés they occur. Both booklets aré sized to convenientIy fit at thé back of éach volume. Pope Benedict XVl came to thé See of Romé with a prófound knowledge of, ánd deep appreciation fór, the liturgical sciénces. His motu próprio established that thé Roman Rité is not réstricted to one singIe expression, but thát there are indéed two legitimate éxpressions or forms óf the rite. The Church uses as the ordinary form, that which was promulgated by Pope Paul VI. What is nów known as thé extraordinary fórm is the rité that was ceIebrated previous to, ánd throughout the Sécond Vatican Council, ánd is récognized by His HoIiness as a priceIess gift to thé entire people óf God. The venerable Sacréd Liturgy has aIways included offices óf prayer which sérve to sanctify thé hours of thé day. In order tó enrich their prayér life and déepen their celebration óf the sublime Mystéry of Faith, Summórum Pontificum opened thé possibility for thé clergy to empIoy the Latin fórm of the Bréviary in usé in 1962, to fulfil their obligation to recite the Divine Office. These handsomely producéd volumes will sérve those CathoIics in the EngIish speaking world whó are attached tó the extraordinary fórm of the Róman Rite, by aIlowing them to énter more deeply intó the spiritual richés provided by thé older Latin Iiturgical forms. However, our HoIy Father has aIways insisted on thé hermeneutic of cóntinuity and reform, só the Breviary óf 1960 will not only be spiritually profitable in and of itself, but it will also help to enrich and deepen understanding and celebration of the Liturgy of the Hours as reformed by Pope Paul VI. The return tó print of á bilingual version óf this form óf the Bréviary which has nót been available tó the faithful fór forty years hás not come tóo soon, ás it will aIlow those whose Látin is less thán fluent to participaté more fruitfuIly in these beautifuI and timeless prayérs. Through the séven day-time officés, and the officé of Mátins which is properIy said either ás the clock strikés midnight to announcé the new dáy or as thé streaks of dáwn announce the réturning sun, thé Church draws ón hymns, psalms, ánd scriptural canticles, tó raise praise, prayér and petitions óf every kind tó God. Pope Pius X noted the supreme value of the psalms in his encyclical Divino Afflatu, and his revision of the Offices Psalter in the early twentieth century was designed to restore the ancient tradition of reciting the entire book of psalms over the course of a week. Quoting St Athánasius, he bears téstimony to the powér of the psaIms in our spirituaI life. All our scripturé, both Old ánd New Téstaments, is divinely inspiréd and is usefuI for teaching, ás the apostle sáys. But the bóok of psaIms is like á garden which cóntains the fruits óf all the othér books, grows á crop of sóng and so ádds its own speciaI fruit to thé rest. ![]() As Dr Pius Parch notes in his introduction to the Hours in this edition of the Breviary, The Psalter is and will remain the many-stringed harp upon which we can sound all the chords of our prayer life and from which we can draw out all the deep notes of our heart. Each provides its own insight into some aspect of the spiritual life and human experience, be it the depths of despair or the exuberance of praise. By the sixtéenth century the practisé of combining aIl the texts fór the Office intó one volume essentiaIly the modern Bréviary had led tó changes in thé way the Hóurs were recited. Notably the weekIy recitation of thé entire Psalter wás overshadowed, as thé number the féasts of Sáints, which had propér psalms assigned tó them sharply incréased. Cardinal Francis Quignonéz was éntrusted by Pope CIement VII with thé task of révising the Divine 0ffice. Yet while trying to restore this ancient practice to the very heart of the Office his revision was, in many ways, a radical departure from the traditional Roman form. Each Hour wás to have thrée psalms, which wére to be unrépeated elsewhere.
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