Little Office Of The Blessed Virgin Mary

The little office of the blessed virgin mary contains the revised edition approved by the sacred congregation for divine worship and the united states bishops committee on the liturgy.

Little office of the blessed virgin mary. It has a nihil obstat from daniel v. And an imprimatur from patrick j. Only the first words preceding the asterisk of the antiphons are said before the psalms but the entire antiphon is recited after the psalms when exceptions are made and antiphons are recited as of double rite.

The content of the offices was revised in conformity with the norms of the typical edition of the roman breviary published in 1961. It is a cycle of psalms hymns scripture and other readings. Through you we drink from the wellsprings of salvation o blessed virgin mary.

All of the daily variation occurs in matins the text of the other offices remains the same from day to day in. Flynn j c d censor librarian. From the sacred wounds of christ o blessed virgin mary glory be to the father and to the son and to the holy spirit now and for ever and ever.

It has long been the church s daily liturgical prayer to our lady and these hours of praise have been used by priests religious and the laity throughout the centuries. Angel s prayer at fatima. The little office of the blessed virgin mary is a shorter form of the divine office in honour of the blessed virgin mary.

Through you we drink from the wellsprings of salvation o blessed virgin mary. Carmel with the office of the dead according to the carmelite rite new york. Praying the little office of the blessed virgin mary is very much a manly aspiration to devout catholic men as it is a womanly aspiration to devout catholic women.

The little office of the blessed virgin mary also known as hours of the virgin is a liturgical devotion to the blessed virgin mary in imitation of and usually in addition to the divine office in the catholic church. Sheridan vicar general archdiocese of new york. Office of the blessed virgin mary according to the use of the carmelite order london.