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  • noun The office of the breviary.

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  • noun canonical prayers recited daily by priests (e.g. the breviary of the Roman Catholic Church)

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  • Opus Dei, as St. Benedict terms the Divine Office - was solemnly carried out.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

  • The most recommended is the Liturgy of the Hours or Divine Office, which is prayed daily by clergy and most monks and nuns.

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  • IDLE SPECULATIONS: The singing of Psalms and the Divine Office skip to main

    The singing of Psalms and the Divine Office 2009

  • They commit themselves to saying parts of the Divine Office, including Morning and Evening prayer, as well as spiritual reading and at least a half an hour of mental prayer a day.

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  • She also listened with joy to the bells which rang the Hours of the Divine Office, claiming that she heard her Voices most distinctly when the bells rang for Matins and Compline.

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  • In the Divine Office, however, there is a metrical hymn at every Hour.

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  • Since leaving seminary some twenty odd years ago I have attempted to keep up the Divine Office post Vatican II with varying degrees of success as it's not always easy if one is in full time employment.

    Old Mass and old breviary 2009

  • In the Divine Office, however, there is a metrical hymn at every Hour.

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  • Not surprising; this is the Highest Holiday of the year, and the Divine Office, too, reflects that.

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  • Not surprising; this is the Highest Holiday of the year, and the Divine Office, too, reflects that.

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