Volume 1 CONFRATERNITY OF SAINTS PETER AND PAUL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE RECITATION OF THE DIVINE OFFICE Volume 1 : The Four-Volume Roman Breviary i CONFRATERNITY OF SAINTS PETER AND PAUL Instructions for the Recitation of the Divine Office Adapted from Learning the Breviary by Bernard A. Hausmann, S.J. Confraternity of Ss. Peter & Paul 6397 Holloway Drive Liberty Township, OH 45044 Phone 513.777.7635 • Fax 513.777.7689 www.breviary.net ii Contents 1. The Four Volumes of the Breviary ......................................................................... 2 2. The Divisions of the Breviary ................................................................................. 4 3. Propers of a Nation, Diocese or Religious Order .................................................. 6 4. Other Prayers and Blessings ................................................................................. 7 5. The Seven Canonical Hours .................................................................................. 8 6. The Rank of a Feast .............................................................................................. 9 7. The Rite of an Office ............................................................................................ 10 8. How the Rank of a Feast co-relates with the Rite of an Office ............................ 13 9. Ceremonial Rubrics of the Divine Office .............................................................. 16 10. Kneeling Days ...................................................................................................... 17 11. Plan of the Succeeding Pages............................................................................. 18 12. Matins................................................................................................................... 19 13. Structure and Content .......................................................................................... 21 14. An Overview of the Introduction to Matins ........................................................... 22 15. The Preparatory Prayer Aperi, Domine ............................................................... 23 16. The Triple (and Dual) Prayer ............................................................................... 24 17. The Opening Versicles ........................................................................................ 26 18. The Invitatory and Hymn ...................................................................................... 27 19. An Overview of the Body of Matins...................................................................... 28 The First Nocturn ........................................................................... 28 The Second Nocturn ...................................................................... 29 The Third Nocturn .......................................................................... 29 20. The Antiphons ...................................................................................................... 30 21. The Psalms .......................................................................................................... 32 22. The Lessons ........................................................................................................ 33 23. The Responsories ................................................................................................ 34 iii 24. The Te Deum ....................................................................................................... 36 25. An Overview of the Conclusion of Matins ............................................................ 38 26. The Dominus Vobiscum ....................................................................................... 39 27. The Collect ........................................................................................................... 40 28. The Closing Versicles .......................................................................................... 41 29. Summary of the Order of Matins.......................................................................... 42 30. The Classes of Office........................................................................................... 44 31. The Solemn Office ............................................................................................... 45 32. The Sunday Office ............................................................................................... 47 33. The Ordinary Office.............................................................................................. 49 34. Structure and Content .......................................................................................... 51 35. An Overview of the Office of Matins of One Nocturn .......................................... 52 36. The Simple Office ................................................................................................ 54 35. The Ferial and Vigil Offices .................................................................................. 56 36. Scheme I and II of the Third Nocturn ................................................................... 59 37. The Ninth Lesson ................................................................................................. 60 38. Special First Nocturn Lessons ............................................................................. 62 39. Lauds ................................................................................................................... 64 40. An Overview of the Introduction to Lauds ............................................................ 65 41. An Overview of the Body of Lauds ...................................................................... 66 42. The Antiphons ...................................................................................................... 67 43. Scheme I and II of Lauds ..................................................................................... 68 44. The Benedictus .................................................................................................... 69 45. The Ferial Preces................................................................................................. 70 46. Conclusion of the Collect ..................................................................................... 71 47. The Commemorations ......................................................................................... 72 48. Practical Illustration of the Commemorations ...................................................... 73 49. When Commemorations are from the same Common ........................................ 74 50. The Suffrage ........................................................................................................ 78 iv 51. The Commemoration of the Cross....................................................................... 80 52. An Overview of the Conclusion of Lauds ............................................................. 81 53. The Final Antiphon of the Blessed Virgin Mary ................................................... 83 54. Summary of the Order of Lauds .......................................................................... 86 55. The Solemn Office ............................................................................................... 87 56. The Sunday Office ............................................................................................... 89 57. The Ordinary and Simple Offices......................................................................... 90 58. The Ferial and Vigil Offices .................................................................................. 91 59. Prime .................................................................................................................... 93 60. An Overview of the Introduction to Prime ............................................................ 94 61. Changing the Last Stanza of the Hymn (Proper Doxology) ................................ 95 62. An Overview of the Body of Prime ....................................................................... 96 63. The Antiphon ........................................................................................................ 97 64. The Psalms .......................................................................................................... 98 65. The Athanasian Creed ......................................................................................... 99 66. The Chapter ....................................................................................................... 100 67. The Brief Responsory ........................................................................................ 101 68. Changing the Verse of the Brief Responsory .................................................... 102 69. The Ferial Preces............................................................................................... 103 70. The Dominical Preces ........................................................................................ 104 71. The Confiteor ..................................................................................................... 106 72. The Collect and Closing Versicles ..................................................................... 107 73. The Martyrology ................................................................................................. 108 74. The Capitular Office ........................................................................................... 111 75. The