![]() The lay faithful are not bound to pray the Divine Office, but priests and religious (in vows) are bound to pray it everyday, and if they skip it purposely, it is actually a mortal sin. Post 3.) How to pray Terce, Sext and None. Two separate videos: community prayer vs individually. Post 2.) How to pray Matins, Lauds, Prime and Roman Martyrology. Some of my experiences with Office and the powerful realization of it being the highest form of prayer outside of the Latin Mass). How the Office changed along with the Mass after Vatican II, and how the rubrics of the Mass and Office, actually teach us to be well behaved and reverent even outside of the ceremonies. Post 1.) Today’s: Introduction video (why the Carmelite Rite, the Roman Rite in general and why Our Lord chose Latin. Once I mastered the rubrics, an eagerness took root, to share these glorious riches with other fellow Catholics, who perhaps, might be missing out on hidden treasures, flowing from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, through the recitation of the Carmelite and Roman Rite Breviaries. Which is good, but the Office has changed everything about me- from my manner of behavior among other things- utterly and completely transforming my interior. There has been weeping and gnashing of teeth on my end, in the beginning, because prior to religious formation I never prayed any version of the Divine Office (New or Old) and just stuck to praying “many rosaries”. But I also know that learning how to pray the Old Office is uncommonly difficult. Oddly enough I never liked most forms of prayer in common, whether it be a rosary or the Office. I very much prefer praying it alone proof that I certainly want to be a hermit. I have prayed it in both settings, in common as well as individually, and have had the privilege of learning a great deal with a community, and alone. Over the next few weeks, with the help of Our Sweet Lady, I will be providing a series of four posts (this one included, serving as #1) that will go over specific rubrics and protocols for how to recite the Latin/Carmelite Rite individually. I have had a few friends reach out, relaying the news that they have obtained the four-volume-set of the Divine office in the Carmelite Rite, and another dear priest and his community who have had questions about how to pray this Rite of the Office with his community of men, and what rubrics to follow etc.
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