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Distractions, voluntary and involuntary.

       Does a person reciting the hours sin, if he have distractions?

       Causes excusing from reading the hours.

       Scruples and the direction of the scrupulous.

      ART. I. RULES FOB PIOUS RECITATION OF HOURS.

      1. The words read. 2. To whom we speak. 3. We pray in the name of the church. 4. Our associates on earth. 5. The purpose of our prayer. 6. It gives glory to God and draws down his blessings. 7. It brings help to those who recite it fervently.

      ART. II. THE MEANS TO ADOPT OF PIOUS RECITATION.

      A. Before Recitation.

      1. Purify conscience. 2. Mortification of passions. 3. Guarding the senses. 4. Knowledge of the work that is to be done.

      B. THE IMMEDIATE PREPARATION FOR THE RECITATION.

      1. Reading the Ordo Recitandi officium.

       2. To recollect ourselves.

       3. To invoke God's aid.

       4. To unite ourselves with Christ.

       5. (a) Christ our model in prayer.

       (b) Our prayers to be offered through him.

       (c) Church wishes this and practices it ever.

       (d) Lives of saints show how they united with Christ in prayer.

       (e) Remembrance of the sublime work we engage in.

       (f) To propose general, special and particular intentions.

      ART. III. AIDS DURING THE RECITATION OF THE HOURS.

      (a) Suitable place. (b) Respectful and devout attitude. (c) Slow, deliberate pronunciation. (d) Distractions. (e) To apply the mind to what is read. (f) To read without critical judgments. (g) To think of Christ's Passion. (h) To think of the presence of God and of our Angel Guardian.

      ART. IV. AFTER SAYING THE OFFICE.

      1. Thanks to God. 2. Ask his pardon for faults. 3. Say the Sacro-sanctae. 4. The Sacro-sanctae.

      PART III

      THE CANONICAL HOURS.

      CHAPTER I.—MATINS (TITLE XIII).

      Parts Pater Noster and Ave (Title XXXII)

       Credo (Title XXXIII)

       Domine labia mea—Deus in

       Invitatory (Title XIX)

       Hymns (Title XX)

       Antiphons (Title XXI)

       Psalms (Title XXII)

       Canticles

       Replies of Biblical Commission on Psalms

       Versicles and responds (Title XXIV)

       Absolutions and blessings (Title XXV)

       Lessons (Title XXIV)

       Responses (Title XXIV)

       Rubrics and Symbolism

       Te Deum (Title XXXI)

       Texts and Intentions

      CHAPTER II.—LAUDS AND PRIME TITLES (XIV AND XV).

      Lauds.

       Etymology, Definition, Symbolism, Origin, Antiquity.

       Reasons for Hour, Structure, Rubrics

       Antiphons, Capitulum (Title XXX)

       Benedictus

       Oratio, Collect (Title XXX)

       Rubrics and explanation of Rubrics

       Texts and Intentions

      Prime.

       Etymology, Origin, Contents, Structure

       Athanasian Creed (Title XXXIII)

       Reasons for the Morning Hour and Rubrics

       Preces (Title XXXIV), Confiteor

       Structure and Short Lesson

       Texts and Intentions

      CHAPTER III.—TERCE, SEXT, NONE (TITLE XVI).

      Terce.

       Etymology, Structure, Antiquity.

       Reasons for Hour

       Texts and intentions

      Sext.

       Etymology, structure, antiquity

       Reasons for Hour

       Texts and intentions

      None.

       Etymology, structure, antiquity

       Reasons for Hour

       Texts and intentions

      CHAPTER IV.—VESPERS AND COMPLINE PAGE (TITLE XVII-XVIII).

      Vespers.

       Etymology, structure, antiquity.

       Reasons for Hour

       Texts and intentions

      Compline.

       Etymology, structure, antiquity

       Reasons for Hour

       Suffrages of the Saints (Title VII)

       Anthems of Blessed Virgin

       Texts and intentions

      The Little Office of the Blessed Virgin (Title XXVII)

      PART IV.

      HEORTOLOGY.

      CHAPTER I.—A. PROPER OF THE TIME.

      Advent

       Christmas

       St. Stephen; St. John; Circumcision; Epiphany;

       Septuagesima; Lent; Easter and Paschal Times;

       Ascension; Whit Sunday; Trinity Sunday

      B. PROPER OF THE SAINTS.

      December; January; February; March; May;

       June; July; August; October; November

      ROGATION DAYS AND LITANIES

      NOTE A. Breviary Hymns.

       NOTE B. Particular Examen.

       NOTE C. Bibliography.

PART I.

       Table of Contents

      GENERAL QUESTIONS.

      THE DIVINE OFFICE

       Table of Contents

CHAPTER I.

       Table of Contents

      IDEA OF THE BREVIARY.

      Etymology.—The word, Breviary, comes from an old Latin word, Breviarium, an abridgment, a compendium. The name was given to the Divine Office, because it is an abridgment or abstract

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