EASTER WEEK 3 SUNDAY MORNING PRAISE
SONGS OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD
SUNDAY MORNING PRAYER
EASTER WEEK III
APRIL 23
PSALTER WEEK III
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VIRTUAL RESOURCES
Virtual resources provide more than the dry bones of the liturgical text. They celebrate the Hours with sounds and images. Most importantly they provide community, both community with those who produced the sounds and images, and community of those who celebrate at various times and places with the same sounds and images.
The posts for Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer include:
Both a common recitation and a sung virtual resource giving the whole text for the Hour.
Two additional sung alternatives for the beginning Hymn.
Sung alternatives for each of two psalms of each Hour.
Sung versions of both the Gospel Canticle and Lord's Prayer
Breviaries which provide the liturgical texts for the Hours usually contain multiple ribbons that are necessary to switch between sections of the breviary. Word on Fire provides a monthly booklet containing the texts for Morning and Evening Prayer. It reads straight through just like a book, except for the Hymns which are in the back of the book. Four hymn choices for each post mean that one never has to flip to the back of their booklet.
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FULL ROMAN RITE SERVICES
Three Models (Options) for Morning Prayer (Lauds):
Praying with Christ Every Day, Every Where will be greatly helped by a variety of models each illustrated by a concrete option.
Becoming skillful at understanding and adapting these models for both personal and communal prayer is a major goal of this website.
The Instruction for the Liturgy of the Hours promotes both recitation in common as well as singing the Hours.
The first model below with its option emphasizes recitation in common. The second model below with its option emphasizes the sung nature of the celebration. The third model below with its easy-to- read monthly booklet is very suitable for personal meditative prayer and study, including marking the text. Don't throw the booklets away!
Each of the three Options contains the full official text of Roman Rite for Morning Prayer.
Each of the three Options has a beginning hymn. These are noted below as an aid to choosing among options. With a little practice, one can begin with one option and its hymn, then switch to another option.
RECITATION IN COMMON MODEL
DIVINE OFFICE.ORG OPTION
Excellent model of small (household size) community reciting the office with sung hymn at the beginning. Experience the Hours as community prayer even when praying alone and as skill building in preparation for praying with others as a small group.
Invitatory Psalm 95Hymn: "Praise to the Lord, the Almighty"Translation by Catherine Winkworth *******************************************************
Invitatory Psalm 95
Hymn: "Praise to the Lord, the Almighty"
Translation by Catherine Winkworth
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COMPLETELY SUNG MODEL
SING THE HOURS OPTION
Excellent model of totally sung office, mostly by one very talented young person. His father is an excellent translator of Latin Hymns. Although they use some Latin, there is always an English translation. If English is preferred, either pause the Latin after a verse to pray the English or mute the Latin and pray the English.
Invitatory: Psalm 95Latin Hymn: "Aurora Lucis Rutilat."Latin Gospel Canticle & Lord's Prayer*******************************************************
Excellent model of totally sung office, mostly by one very talented young person. His father is an excellent translator of Latin Hymns. Although they use some Latin, there is always an English translation. If English is preferred, either pause the Latin after a verse to pray the English or mute the Latin and pray the English.
Invitatory: Psalm 95
Latin Hymn: "Aurora Lucis Rutilat."
Latin Gospel Canticle & Lord's Prayer
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PERSONAL MEDITATION MODEL
WORD ON FIRE OPTION
Bishop Baron's Word on Fire organization produces a monthly booklet that contains Morning, Evening, and Night Prayer for each day. It reads straight through like a book except for the beginning hymns for each hour which are all in the back of the booklet which does not have a ribbon!
Below is a close approximation to the hymn they have chosen. Often the video has more or different verses. Sometimes the translation and or the tune will be different. Unfortunately, sometimes the choice of hymn has to be changed due to the lack of available videos.
WORD ON FIRE BOOKLET: APRIL 2023, pages 230-239
Be Joyful, Mary, Heavenly Queen
OCP Session Choir - Topic
HYMN SELECTED FROM MY PERSONAL FAVORITES
This fourth hymn option is strongly influenced by this blog author's musical interests and collection (first vinyl discs, then cassettes, then CDs). Essentially the author has been using a musical collection for decades to do what anyone can do with YouTube videos. Anyone also can start a blog like this to record for themselves and others their musical choices.
Iste Confessor Domini (Confessor Bishop, Hymn)
20K views / 11 years ago
Gregorian Notation and Chant
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THE FOUR WEEK PSALTER
WALKING AND SINGING WITH THE PEOPLE OF GOD
For health reasons, I walk forty to fifty minutes each morning and evening on a treadmill. The two above offices total about thirty-five minutes. Adding some of the additional options below brings the time to over forty-five minutes. The three options are interleaved by opening three tabs on the computer in front of the treadmill. With a little more dexterity, they could be interweaved on a cellphone or pad. The repetition of each psalm three time in three different formats provides a pleasing ritual experience.
For health reasons, I walk forty to fifty minutes each morning and evening on a treadmill. The two above offices total about thirty-five minutes. Adding some of the additional options below brings the time to over forty-five minutes. The three options are interleaved by opening three tabs on the computer in front of the treadmill. With a little more dexterity, they could be interweaved on a cellphone or pad. The repetition of each psalm three time in three different formats provides a pleasing ritual experience.
ADDITIONAL OPTIONS/ SUBSTITUTIONS
MATINS PSALMS
OFFICE OF READINGS
Latin-English text and Music Links for Psalm 145
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PSALM 92:1-5Dóminus regnávit! Decórem indútus est;*
CANTICLE DANIEL 3
Bless the Lord, all his works, praise and exalt him forever.
DANIEL 3:57-88,56Benedícite, ómnia ópera Dómini, Dómino,*
PSALM 148
Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise him in the highest heaven
PSALM 148:1-14Laudáte Dóminum de cælis,* laudáte eum in excélsis.
LECTIONARY OPTION
Short Responsory You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. Have mercy on us.You are seated at the right hand of the Father.
Responsorium breve ℣. Christe, Fili Dei vivi, miserére nobis,* Allelúia, allelúia. .℟. Qui sedes ad déxteram Patris.* Allelúia, allelúia.
AntiphonJesus called out to the disciples, who were afraid, ‘Have faith! I am here! Do not fear’
Locútus est Iesus discípulis, qui erant turbáti: Habéte fidúciam, ego sum, nolíte timére.
BENEDICTUS
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has come to his people and brought about their redemption
Benedíctus Dóminus Deus Israel,* quia visitávit et fecit redemptiónem plebi suæ
ANGLICAN MORNING PRAYER
DEANERY GARDEN CANTERBURY CATHEDRALAn excellent model of how to incorporate liturgical prayerinto our daily lives including plants, animals and the environmentas well the daily events of today and history.
DEANERY GARDEN CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL
An excellent model of how to incorporate liturgical prayer
into our daily lives including plants, animals and the environment
as well the daily events of today and history.
FULL ROMAN RITE SERVICES
DIVINE OFFICE. ORGExcellent model of small household size community praying the officealthough only fully sung for the Lord's Day
SING THE HOURSExcellent model of totally sung officebut mostly by one person
OUTLINE OF TODAY'S OFFICES ABOVEInvitatory Psalm 95 (DO only)Hymn "Praise to the Lord, the Almighty" (DO) Hymn: "Jesus Christ is Risen Today" (DH)Psalm 93Canticle: Daniel 3;57 Psalm 148Reading: Acts 10; 40-43Responsory Christ, Son of the living God, have mercy on us, alleluia, alleluia.Benedictus Intercessions: "Christ our life, save us."The Lord's Prayer & concluding prayers
SING THE HOURS
Excellent model of totally sung office
but mostly by one person
OUTLINE OF TODAY'S OFFICES ABOVE
Invitatory Psalm 95 (DO only)
Hymn "Praise to the Lord, the Almighty" (DO)
Hymn: "Jesus Christ is Risen Today" (DH)
Psalm 93
Canticle: Daniel 3;57
Psalm 148
Reading: Acts 10; 40-43
Responsory Christ, Son of the living God, have mercy on us, alleluia, alleluia.
Benedictus
Intercessions: "Christ our life, save us."
The Lord's Prayer & concluding prayers