![]() The response is "Lord, hear our prayer" or a phrase that is similar and always uses the same melody. After each prayer (six in total), everyone will sing the response together. Intercessory Prayers - The cantor will sing both halves of each prayer. Gospel Canticle - Sung in unison after the cantor intones the first half of the first line Gospel Canticle Antiphon - Same format as other antiphons The cantor will sing the fifth line and then everyone sings the sixth line together. The cantor will sing the third line and then everyone will sing the fourth line together. Then everyone repeats this line together. Short Responsory - The cantor will sing the first line. Unlike at Mass, there is no introductory phrase before the reading nor a call-response phrase after. Anyone may volunteer to read by simply beginning to say the reading out loud after the cantor asks. We do not chant the reading at this time. Reading - The cantor will invite someone from the congregation to say the reading. If you do not know what choir one and choir two means then you will chant the even lines only (line 2, line 4, etc) If you understand what this means then you may choose to be part of choir one or choir two. Third through final lines alternate between choir one and choir two. Second line sung together by everyone else (cantor will sing too as needed to give musical support) Psalms and Canticles - First full line sung by the cantor (intoned). Repeated one time again in unison at the end of each psalm and canticle. Then the cantor sings the first half of the Glory Be*, and everyone sings the second half together as well as the Alleluia that follows (Alleluia is omitted during Lent).Īntiphons - Sung by the cantor alone before each psalm and canticle, then repeated by everyone together. Introduction - Cantor sings the first line alone. This cart is moved to the center aisle behind the baptismal font just before a scheduled prayer time. Mundelein Psalters and Christian Prayer books are located on the cart which is regularly stored at the back of the chapel in front of the confessional. Tones/melodies used are found in the Mundelein Psalter. Below is the format we use when chanting or singing this prayer. These can be found in full in a four volume set, or partially in the Christian Prayer book and the Mundelein Psalter.Įveryone is invited to add their voice to praying the Liturgy of the Hours if they feel comfortable doing so. This version of the Hours and the Mass are referred to as the Ordinary Form. The 1970 Hours are the Hours which coorespond to the Mass promulgated in 1970 after the second Vatican council. You will find arguments that the terms are different and refer to older and newer forms respectively. However, most often it is used to refer to the 1960 Hours and/or the Monastic Hours exclusively, omitting the newest version. The Divine Office is a term which can be used interchangebly for Liturgy of the Hours. Sometimes these are called the Roman Hours. The 1960 Hours are the Hours which coorespond with the 1962 Mass. These can be found in the Monastic Breviary or The Diurnal. The Monastic Hours are the original formulation of this liturgy for the Roman Rite and follow the guidelines given by St.
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