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	Divine Office
		This expression signifies etymologically a duty accomplished for God; in virtue of a Divine precept it means, in ecclesiastical language, certain prayers to be recited at fixed hours of the day or night by priests, religious, or clerics, and, in general, by all those obliged by their vocation to fulfil this duty.
		The usage in France of the expression "saint-office" as synonymous with "office divin" is not correct.
		At all events, during the course of the fifth century, the Office was composed, as to-day, of a nocturnal Office, viz.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/o/office,divine.html (1253 words)

	The Divine Office - Second Vatican Council, Constitution on Sacred Liturgy
		The divine office, because it is the public prayer of the Church, is a source of piety, and nourishment for personal prayer.
		Since the divine office is the voice of the Church, that is of the whole mystical body publicly praising God, those clerics who are not obliged to office in choir, especially priests who live together or who assemble for any purpose, are urged to pray at least some part of the divine office in common.
		In accordance with the centuries-old tradition of the Latin rite, the Latin language is to be retained by clerics in the divine office.
	www.ourgardenofcarmel.org /dov2.html (1511 words)

	Liturgy of the hours - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Liturgy of the Hours is the name used for the Divine Office after the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, and typically refers to the editions of 1975 and 2000.
		In the traditional Divine Office, the Psalms are numbered according to the system used in the Septuagint.
		Religious orders are bound by the rules of their order, and therefore have differing schedules and practices, a common modificiation is to extend the Office of Readings with additional readings, typically from the canonical two to four readings.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Divine_Office (1355 words)

	TRADITIO Traditional Roman Catholic Internet Site
		In fact, the Mass is part of the Divine Office, and they are so intertwined in the public liturgy of the Church that one is really incomplete without the other.
		This same Office is chanted by monks in monasteries, nuns in convents, members of lay orders, as well as devout Catholic faithful, throughout the world.
		The Divine Office itself is made up of the 150 psalms of the Old Testament, so divided throughout the seven days of the week that all the psalms are recited in one week.
	www.traditio.com /off.htm (688 words)

	Divine Office
		This is the main morning Office, one of the two most important Hours.
		This was originally a short Office a short time after Lauds, but in practice, in later times, it became an hour just before the dawn.
		Compline, from the same Latin root word as 'complete' - at the ending (of the day) - this was literally a last Office before retiring to bed, rarely changing, a rite of absolution for the sins committed during the day, and a committal of the brethren to God's care during the night.
	www.wf.quik.com /tumc/b/divine_office.htm (641 words)

	New Catholic Dictionary: Divine Office
		During the second period (6th to 16th century) the Roman Office as celebrated in the Roman basilicas spread into France, England, and Germany.
		The third period, from the 16th century to our own day, is characterized by the simplification of the Office and a rearrangement of the psalms to restore the traditional ideal of the recitation of the entire Psalter within the compass of a week.
		The Divine Office is intimately connected with the Sacrifice of the Mass which regulates the Office of the day.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/ncd02760.htm (553 words)

	THE DIVINE OFFICE
		The Divine Office is not a place, it is an action.
		Reciting portions of the psalms throughout the day is the core of the Divine Office.
		The Divine Office is the prayer of the whole Christian Community, and not just of any one individual.
	www.ohcmonks.org /Office.htm (619 words)

	Divine Office Forum: Indulgences for the Divine Office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		There are other prayers that are technically outside of the Divine Office, but of which I pray immediately after the Office, that may have an indulgence attached.
		As for a specific indulgence for the Divine Office, other than the Office of the Dead, and for the Little Offices, I cannot find listed in the current Enchiridion of Indulgences.
		There are other prayers that are technically outside of the Divine Office, but of which I prayer immediately after the Office.
	saint-mike.org /Apologetics/qa/Answers/Divine_Office/o0405270052.html (346 words)

	Theology of Divine Office - Tawil
		The Divine Office constitutes the natural preparation for the holy and Divine Liturgy, which is the summit of union with God and communion with the divine Life.
		The office of the secular churches is called "cathedral" rather than "parochial," because for centuries it was the bishop's church that was the center of all liturgical life.
		This office of the secular churches was a popular service characterized by symbol and ceremony (light, incense, processions, etc.), by chant (responsories, antiphons, hymns), by diversity of ministries (bishop, presbyter, deacon, reader, psalmist, etc.), and by psalmody that was limited and select rather than current and complete.
	www.rongolini.com /deacoffc.htm (9254 words)

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		Benedict impresses upon us the importance of the Divine Office, which he calls the Work of God, as the most fundamental practice by placing his chapters on this observance first in the line of chapters on concrete practices and by his famous assertion: Put nothing “ahead of the Work of God” (RB 43:3).
		Since the bulk of the Divine Office consists of the Psalter, with each of the psalms being done at least once a week, the psalms are the prime vehicle of the “literary inspiration” in the Office.
		Since this word is used in the celestial liturgy in Revelation 19, use of it in the Divine Office reminds worshipers that praying together on earth is meant to be an anticipation of praying together in Heaven.
	andrewmarr.homestead.com /files/divineoffice.htm (11003 words)

	Divine Office for Dodos
		Maybe you already know that the Divine Office is the official, formal prayer of the Church that was written to pray throughout the day.
		When you pray the Divine Office, your prayers are united with those who are praying the very same prayers around the world.
		She very patiently took this dodo under her wing and showed me each office (and the sisters prayed all seven offices in the Divine Office) and how to pray it and where to find it.
	www.penitents.org /giftshopdodos.html (514 words)

	Fr. Hardon Archives - The Divine Office as a Form of Sacrifice
		Before we take up each aspect of how the Divine Office is a sacrifice, we should note that the two kinds of sacrifice (bodily and spiritual) are not really separable in practice, as, in fact, they should not be.
		On both counts to obtain for priests and religious the grace they need to return to the Divine Office as a sustenance for their spiritual lives we should be more ready than ever to make whatever sacrifice of structure it demands.
		As we close these reflections on the Divine Office, it is well to remind ourselves that the Liturgy of the Hours is not a private prayer.
	www.therealpresence.org /archives/Prayer/Prayer_007.htm (3204 words)

	Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office)
		From the Liturgy Office of the Archdiocese of New York.
		The Divine Office as the Church's Prayer of Praise and Intercession
		The Divine Office as it was prayed in the Archdiocese of Milan until the Second Vatican Council.
	www.salvationhistory.com /library/liturgy/prayer/hours.cfm (623 words)

	The Divine Office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Divine Office, also known as the Liturgy of the Hours, is a prayer-filled communal celebration, an extension of our oblation of ourselves with Christ in the Eucharist.
		Even the private recitation of the Office is in union with the faithful and is considered a communal activity.
		Spiritual tradition has always considered the celebration of praise at the Office to be a truly angelic function, and this is why the monastic life is often called an 'angelic life.' Reciting the Office is a way of anticipating the life of heaven by the sanctification of time.
	www.stmaryseast.org /divine_office.htm (243 words)

	The Abbey of the Genesee Piffard NY Monks' Bread Cistercians Trappist Monk
		One of the blessings flowing from the liturgical reforms of Vatican II is the resurgence of the Divine Office among the laity.
		The office of Vigils consists of a hymn, psalms, readings, scriptural and patristic, and canticles suitable to the spirit of the midnight hour when one awaits the arrival of the Bridegroom (Mt 25:6; Mk 13:35).
		In monastic communities the concentration on vigilance begun with this office continues until lauds.
	www.geneseeabbey.org /divine-office.html (1159 words)

	The Divine Office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		John Chrysostom gives us a description of the Divine Office as it existed in the Christian Orient at the end of the fourth century, almost exactly as it remains today.
		But every priest must also pray on his own those portions of the Office he does not recite with others; and, to manifest the public nature of this prayer even in the silence of the empty church or the solitude of his room, he must at least form the words with his lips.
		At the center the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass shines as the sun; but around that central daily act of worship, the cycles of Hours of the Divine Office forms a sort of halo, as lesser jewels surround the principal gem in a crown.
	www.sspx.ca /Angelus/1983_October/Divine_Office.htm (1272 words)

	Hours of the Divine Office
		From the foregoing it is clear that Matins remains the principal Office of the Church, and the one which, in its origin, dates back the farthest, as far as the Apostolic ages, as far even as the very inception of the Church.
		It is doubtless, after having passed through a great many transformations, the ancient Night Office, the Office of the Vigil.
		In a certain sense it is, perhaps, the Office which was primitively the preparation for the Mass, that is to say, the Mass of the Catechumens,
	www.angelfire.com /ne/osb/Prayer.html (336 words)

	From the Abbot's Desk
		Every community, however large or small, that prays the Divine Office should be aware of being a ‘praying Church,’ which represents the Universal Church.
		The ritual celebrations of the Divine Office are a strong means of entering into a dialogue of praise and contemplation of the God who saves us.
		This reflects the constant conviction of the Church that the Divine Office is to be among the primary responsibilities of the Church (see: General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours).
	www.christdesert.org /news/priorspage.php?getID=33 (1176 words)

	Fr. Hardon Archives - The Divine Office as Liturgy
		This is that sadly the Divine Office has been so neglected, so widely, in so many circles – among priests and religious and, tragically, among cloistered contemplatives – that to speak of the Office as Liturgy seems to some to be strange.
		And our Divine Office is that much more liturgical as we who participate are more united in heart and soul.
		Yet as the faithful are so often telling me, they too often witness such a jumble of ritual idiosyncrasies and such individualism among priests and ministers at the altar that not a few Catholics have been disheartened to the point of despair at what they rightly regard as a public scandal.
	www.therealpresence.org /archives/Prayer/Prayer_006.htm (2872 words)

	Raccolta - Divine Office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		THE DIVINE OFFICE AND THE OFFICE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN.
		Pope Leo X. granted to all persons under obligation to recite the Divine Office, or the Office of the Blessed Virgin.
		And as this grant is not properly an Indulgence, but rather a compensation for, or a supplying of the defects committed in the recitation of the Office, it follows that it is not suspended during the Holy Year like the other Indulgences.
	members.aol.com /liturgialatina/raccolta/office.htm (204 words)

	CNP Articles - Simply Divine Office
		So a time of renewed participation in the Divine Office seems to be at hand — and not a moment too soon.
		Wishing to solve the frustration involved in learning to pray the Office, Murray has written an online tutorial, describing precisely how to find one's place in the breviary, which prayers are optional or mandatory, and what gestures (sign of the cross, bowing, standing/sitting) may be used and when.
		The Divine Office may not be the easiest thing in the world to learn, but you'd be hard pressed to elicit any regrets among those who've made the effort.
	www.canticanova.com /articles/liturgy/art9ae1.htm (1155 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Divine Office: Daily Prayer: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The School of Prayer: An Introduction to the Divine Office for All Christians; Leather Bound ~ John Brook
		The Divine Office: Advent to Lent Vol 1; Leather Bound ~ Catholic Church
		The set-up of the book and the directions would be very difficult for a lay person unacquainted with the Divine Office.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0005995043 (515 words)

	Divine Office Sources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Both are one-volume versions of the multi-volume Divine Office and both are of approximately the same size (about 2,000 pages) and format.
		Original texts of intercessions, antiphons, and the English translations of canticles (Magnificat, Nunc Dimittis, Benedictus), the Te Deum and Doxology, are translations approved by the bishops of Australia, England and Wales, and Ireland, confirmed by the Congregation for Divine Worship in 1973 and 1974.
		is a one-volume edition of the Divine Office, translated by ICEL, approved by the bishops of the US for liturgical use (also approved for liturgical use in Canada, New Zealand and several other countries, but not for Australia, England, Wales, Ireland or Scotland).
	www.adoremus.org /499DivineOffice.html (441 words)

	Divine office - TV & Radio - Entertainment - smh.com.au
		Divine office - TV & Radio - Entertainment - smh.com.au
		The thorns in his side include scheming cardinals and a pope who is determined to shirk the duties of his office.
		"In many ways, Popetown is a very traditional office sitcom because it's about having to deal with your boss, and not understanding what they mean most of the time, or what their goals are," Ox says.
	smh.com.au /news/tv--radio/divine-office/2005/07/04/1120329378939.html (656 words)

	The Divine Office for DODOS! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Divine Office for DODOS is, quite simply, the only resource you will ever need to learn to pray the Liturgy of the Hours.
		Madeline Pecora Nugent prays all seven hours of the Divine Office daily.
		The author dedicates this book to the members of the Confraternity of Penitents who pray the Divine Office daily and most especially to her dear husband Jim who has faithfully prayed Morning and Evening Prayer with her for almost seven years.
	www.divineofficefordodos.com (341 words)

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		PRIMITIVE FORM OF THE OFFICE The custom of reciting prayers at certain hours of the day or night goes back to the Jews, from whom Christians have borrowed it.
		In the Psalms we find expressions like: "I will meditate on thee in the morning"; "I rose at midnight to give praise to thee"; "Evening and morning, and at noon I will speak and declare: and he shall hear my voice"; "Seven times a day I have given praise to thee"; etc. (Cf.
		DEVELOPMENT The development of the Divine Office was probably in the following manner: The celebration of the Eucharist was preceded by the recital of the psalms and the reading of the Old and New Testaments.
	www.ewtn.com /library/LITURGY/11219A.TXT (1245 words)

	Colwich Abbey - Divine Office
		Morning Office, Midday Office, Vespers and Compline are sung in choir at set times every day.
		Each Office is made up of psalms, readings, hymns and prayers.
		The Divine Office is linked to the daily Community Mass by the common thread of the calendar of the Church.
	www.colwichabbey.org.uk /life/office.htm (726 words)

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