tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post4879983832647552770..comments2024-03-25T11:09:41.538-04:00Comments on a minor friar blog: Breviarium Romanum vs. Liturgy of the HoursBrother Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-8453944433711645402022-12-19T11:37:03.849-05:002022-12-19T11:37:03.849-05:00Stick with the BR, St Therese of Lisieux and thous...Stick with the BR, St Therese of Lisieux and thousands of the Saints and millions of clergy, religious and laity have used/still are using it. If you use parallel text breviary or excellent Divinum Officium free on line. You will very quickly pick up the Latin. Leave out Matins and try Lauds and Vespers and one daytime little office after a while. The classic Roman Breviary is a monument of European and world excellence. Please persevere. I use the 1960 edition online or in book form.walsingham*wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15009775461040430366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-5827672077371687092012-06-23T11:52:43.999-04:002012-06-23T11:52:43.999-04:00That's the conclusion a lot of acquaintances o...That's the conclusion a lot of acquaintances of mine have reached, too. <br /><br />I have explored just about every form of the Office over the past three years (BR, LH in ICEL English and in Latin, Little Offices of the BVM, and even the traditional Benedictine Monastic Diurnal from Farnsborough Abbey), and I've concluded that I am a man without an Office. I either have to deal with dull and uninspiring ICEL English in the LOTH or a huge time commitment and asynchronous EF calendar with the BR. <br /><br />For now I just pray the Rosary.<br /><br />Thanks for your blog!Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02623178558385901138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-16258373431435185112012-06-23T06:00:53.733-04:002012-06-23T06:00:53.733-04:00Well, given that I pray some of the Hours in commo...Well, given that I pray some of the Hours in common with the friars, who use the Liturgy of the Hours, and I decided, based on Universae Ecclesiae, that it wasn't good to mix and match, I haven't been using the BR much since these first experiments.<br /><br />Thanks for the comment!Brother Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-31342759620301420632012-06-23T00:47:33.796-04:002012-06-23T00:47:33.796-04:00Just wondering which version you've settled on...Just wondering which version you've settled on. It's been 4 years, so habits are established.......Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02623178558385901138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-30136525153706843472009-05-03T14:02:00.000-04:002009-05-03T14:02:00.000-04:00Further update: Lately I've been working through S...Further update: Lately I've been working through Stanislaus Campbell's <I>From Breviary to Liturgy of the Hours</I>, a fascinating and detailed account of the process of the reform. It has helped me to understand a lot of the differences, though it has not changed the opinions I express in the post!Brother Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-62400851567780330162009-04-25T15:24:00.000-04:002009-04-25T15:24:00.000-04:00Dear Brother(s),
If you wish to part with your Fra...Dear Brother(s),<br />If you wish to part with your Franciscan Breviary let me know. <br /><br />I also am specifically searching for a early to mid 1940s Breviarium Romano-Seraphicum.<br /><br />My email address is jedco AT telus DOT net.<br /><br />Yours in Christ,<br />Jerry, TOSFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-3031473672168850102008-12-19T19:35:00.000-05:002008-12-19T19:35:00.000-05:00Practical update...I have gotten into the habit of...Practical update...I have gotten into the habit of using the BR for the mid-day office. It's so portable and I like it better than the current breviary. I take on my errands, or to the funeral home, or the bus.Brother Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-29866708284424029602008-11-06T05:54:00.000-05:002008-11-06T05:54:00.000-05:00I think you are right, Thomas. As I've continued t...I think you are right, Thomas. As I've continued to explore the BR, I've realized that the capituli and the readings from the new version are not really analogous; they seem to be different in purpose and function. So perhaps my direct comparison isn't entirely fair in this case. Thanks for the comment!Brother Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-35271145973351146042008-11-05T19:52:00.000-05:002008-11-05T19:52:00.000-05:00One of my favorite things about the BR is that the...One of my favorite things about the BR is that the different hours have unique characters to them structurally.<BR/><BR/>I would note that the readings at Lauds an Vespers never change ferially, since they are "capituli"--from memory, but I suppose that is a matter of taste.Vavsevekivekovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01117172963007802976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-5572343650838412912008-10-14T18:39:00.000-04:002008-10-14T18:39:00.000-04:00Fascinating!I have no familiarity with the Roman B...Fascinating!<BR/><BR/>I have no familiarity with the Roman Breviary, so it is very interesting to read your thoughts.<BR/><BR/>Have you/do you do the reading from the Roman Martyrology at Prime? What do you think of it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com