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The text forms a part of the daily office in the Catholic Vespers service, the Lutheran Vespers service, and the Anglican services of Evening Prayer, according to both the Book of Common Prayer and Common Worship. In the Book of Common Prayer Evening Prayer service, it is usually paired with the Nunc dimittis.
The Magnificat follows – the canticle of the Blessed Virgin Mary from the Luke 1:46–55 – the key daily canticle of Vespers. Like the psalmody, the Magnificat is always preceded by an antiphon, and followed by the Gloria and the repeated antiphon. While singing the Magnificat the altar may be incensed, followed by the ministers and the people.
Cistercian monks praying the Liturgy of the Hours in Heiligenkreuz Abbey. The Liturgy of the Hours (Latin: Liturgia Horarum), Divine Office (Latin: Officium Divinum), or Opus Dei ("Work of God") are a set of Catholic prayers comprising the canonical hours, [a] often also referred to as the breviary, [b] of the Latin Church.
Similarly, Evening Prayer, also derived from German Lutheran liturgies, incorporated both the Magnificat from Vespers and the Nunc Dimittis from Compline. In Cranmer's adaptation of preceding Lutheran forms, each canticle was preceded by a reading from scripture.
This web app provides a digital version of Divine Worship: Daily Office (Commonwealth Edition) and includes all the materials needed to pray Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer according to the text of Divine Worship: Daily Office: Commonwealth Edition. The app is designed to make the Daily Office accessible to users anywhere.
Canticle Four — The Prayer of Habakkuk (Habakkuk 3:1–19) Canticle Five — The Prayer of Isaiah (Isaiah 26:9–20) Canticle Six — The Prayer of Jonah (Jonah 2:2–9) Canticle Seven — The Prayer of the Three Holy Children (Daniel 3:26-56) [5] Canticle Eight — The Song of the Three Holy Children (Daniel 3:57-88) [5]
Eastern Orthodox icon of the Praises of the Theotokos, before which the Akathist hymn to Mary may be chanted. Marian hymns are Christian songs focused on Mary, mother of Jesus. They are used in devotional and liturgical services, particularly by the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran churches. [citation ...
From Late Antiquity onwards, the office of vespers normally included psalms, the Magnificat, a hymn, and other prayers. By the Early Middle Ages, it became common for secular clergy to combine vespers and compline. By the sixteenth century, worshippers in western Europe conceived 'evensong' as vespers and compline performed without break. [3]