Pausing to Pray
Notes and Resources
The Canonical Hours – Seven prayer time services prescribed for these times, namely matins, prime, terce, sext, nones, vespers, and compline http://www.thefreedictionary.com/canonical+hour
For Noontime Reflections on appointed hours of prayer, enter the following words into the blog search bar: Compline, Magnificat, Benedictus, Liturgy of the Hours – Part I, and Liturgy of the Hours Part II
For History, Versions, Other Details – http://www.ewtn.com/expert/answers/breviary.htm
For Definitions – Seven or eight prayer services prescribed with the following names: Matins, Lauds, Prime, Terce, Sext, Nones, Vespers (Evensong), and Compline http://www.thefreedictionary.com/canonical+hour
- Matins or Night Watch – 2 a.m. or sunrise http://www.thefreedictionary.com/matins
- Lauds and/or Prime 6 a.m. or dawn (praying Prime separately makes eight prayers) http://www.thefreedictionary.com/lauds
- Terce – 9:00 a.m. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/terce
- Sext – noon http://www.thefreedictionary.com/sext
- Nones – 3:00 p.m. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/nones
- Vespers – Evensong – late afternoon or evening http://www.thefreedictionary.com/vespers
- Compline – before retiring http://www.thefreedictionary.com/compline
Vespers, Matins, Lauds are NIGHT OFFICES
Prime is the MORNING OFFICE
Terce, Sext, Nones are DAY (or LITTLE, or DEAR) OFFICES
Compline is the EVENING OFFICE
Phyllis Tickle The Divine HoursTM Oxford Press: The Night Offices, 2006 and Doubleday: Prayers for Autumn and Wintertime, February 2000, Prayers for Summertime, September 2000, Prayers for Springtime, 2001
For the daily prayers for the Morning, Daytime, Evening and Night visit: http://divineoffice.org/
USCCB web site: http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgical-resources/liturgy-of-the-hours/
THE ANGELUS
“Although the origin of the Angelus is obscure, it is certain that the morning, midday and evening Angelus did not develop simultaneously. By the sixteenth century the various customs were unified. The morning prayer was recited to commemorate Christ’s resurrection; at noon, Christ’s passion; and in the evening to recall the Incarnation, since St. Bonaventure taught that the angel’s visit to Mary came in the evening. (Adapted by Fr. Johann G. Roten, SM from an article written by Brother John M. Samaha, SM.)
For more information on the ANGELUS PRAYER and the painting by Millet above and why it is often called “The Painting of a Prayer,” click on the image or go to: http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/gallery/artists/angelus.html
Roten, Johann. “The angelus: an artistic rendering.” University of Dayton Web Server. University of Dayton, 14 3 2012. Web. 19 Jul 2013. <http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/gallery/artists/angelus.html>.
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