7. Daytime Prayer - Step 4 of Praying the Liturgy of the Hours

[@JayKutchka]

Great videos. Thank you for your service to our Lord. These will be a great help to many people. According to the GILH section 81, if you pray only one daytime hour, you use the psalms found in the four-week psalter. If you pray all three daytime hours, you use the four-week psalter for one of the three hours and you use the complementary psalmody for the other two. Also, if at the end of the psalter for daytime prayer it states, at the other hours use I and III from the complementary psalmody, it is because one or two of the psalms in II will be in the four-week psalter for that day’s evening prayer. (See Volume I, pages 952-954). The GILH Section 113 hints that “each psalm retains its own antiphon.” That is the only mention or hint of the single antiphonal situation that occurs for example in the daytime prayers for Advent and also in the canticles provided for the Vigils in Appendix I. My thought is to use the one antiphon for each psalm or each canticle so that “each psalm retains its own antiphon.” But my reasoning is not totally satisfactory because of the word “own”Unfortunately the GILH is not clear on this situation. I love the Liturgy of the Hours. Thank you for your work in promoting this prayer of the church. Also one of my favorite things is that the Our Father prayer is not written in full anywhere in the four volume Liturgy of the Hours.

[@Chispaluz]

Awesome videos.

[@MrCtate0617]

Christopher, please keep making these videos. These are by far the best instructions I've seen on video anywhere concerning the LOH. God bless ya!

[@cmcnicholas]

Thanks for the kind words! I'm trying to figure out what I should tackle next... any ideas are welcome!

[@MrCtate0617]

@@cmcnicholas Ok, here is some food for thought, you could do an example of how Solemnities, Feast Days, Memorials and Commemorations are done. You could show what parts are used in each example. Each one of these could be a video itself. By just watching your videos, you have a gift of teaching, very clear, and concise. I know when I first picked up the LOH it was intimidating. Your videos could help a lot of newbies. I've subscribed to your channel, and will be checking from time to time. Good luck and best wishes Brother!

[@cmcnicholas]

@@MrCtate0617 LOL... I was thinking about doing that about 2 weeks ago but I wasn't sure if it was too much "info overload" ... I just needed someone to tell me differently and you did.. I'll give it a go sometime very soon. Thanks for the input and God bless!

[@mgysgtk8835]

Your Videos are awesome. Thank you for explaining. You have done the best explaining this. Thank you.

[@cmcnicholas]

Thank you! I'm always happy to hear I've helped someone figure out this very rewarding form of prayer!

[@kentheonlywellmaybedontoo9754]

exceptional.... thank you

[@12369ja]

I know someone that just received the last rites on Saturday, would it be appropriate for me to pray the office of the dead

[@cmcnicholas]

Not just appropriate, but encouraged!

[@GordMcFee]

Hi. I had a question about which antiphons to use when praying Midday Prayer on a solemnity, like today. If you notice, at Morning Prayer (page 1490), three antiphons are given and you are instructed to use the psalms and canticle from Sunday, Week I. But at midday (page 1493), you are only given one antiphon and told that the psalms to be used are on page 1291 (the Complementary Psalmody). In the Outline of the Hours cardboard card, it says that the antiphons are proper on solemnities. Does that mean you use that same antiphon for all three psalms at midday, or am I missing something? Thanks and God bless.

[@cmcnicholas]

Great question! Only one of my resources cover that: "Discovering Prayer; An Introduction and Tutorial to the Liturgy of the Hours" by Seth H. Murray. 5th Edition 2007, page 26. He mentions that you can either repeat that single antiphon for each psalm, OR you can read the antiphon at the beginning of the first psalm and at the end of the third psalm. I personally open with the antiphon, proceed through the three psalms (with a 3 second pause between each) and then close with the antiphon. Hope that helps! God bless!

[@GordMcFee]

@@cmcnicholas Brilliant. Many thanks, especially for the lightning speed with which you replied.

[@cmcnicholas]

@@GordMcFee I would have been faster but I was driving home and I needed time to look through my books 😁 :-)

[@GordMcFee]

Christopher McNicholas Amazing. Lol. God bless.

[@GordMcFee]

@@cmcnicholas Amazingly enough, I googled the "Discovering Prayer; An Introduction and Tutorial to the Liturgy of the Hours" booklet on the off chance it was online somewhere and I found it. Can't wait to read it! Many thanks again and God bless.

[@ButtercupCruElla]

What's the guidance on the time when each hours should be prayed? Does morning prayer need to be at 6am?

[@cmcnicholas]

@ButtercupCruElla Morning prayer should be done as soon as you get up. The rest is how you can fit it into your day.... I try to keep it consistent starting at 6am.. midmorning at 9am, midday at noon, midafternoon at 3pm, evening at 6pm, night prayer before bed.

[@ButtercupCruElla]

@@cmcnicholas That sounds ideal. I'm wondering if I wake up later than 6am, if I can do morning prayer at 9am or if it would be better to do it at 7 or 8 or if I should forfeit at this point.

[@cmcnicholas]

@ButtercupCruElla always do Morning and Evening at a minimum. Drop one of the daytime hours if you're not able to do ALL the hours.