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In the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, bishops, priests, deacons and the members of the consecrated life are obliged to recite the hours each day, keeping as far as possible to the true time of day, and using the text of the approved liturgical books that apply to them. [31] [32] The laity are encouraged to recite the prayer of the hours. [33]
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. The Liturgy of the Hours forms the official set of prayers "marking the hours of each day and ...
National calendars of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church are lists of saints' feast days and other liturgical celebrations, organized by calendar date, that apply to those within the nation or nations to which each calendar applies who worship according to the Roman Rite of the Latin Church.
Catholic churches of east-syriac rite maintains the same liturgical calendar until the current date except that many consider 7th and 8th seasons as a single one. The biblical reading and prayers during Mass and Liturgy of the Hours vary according to different seasons in the liturgical calendar.
These celebrations are a fixed annual date, or occur on a particular day of the week. Examples are the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord in January and the Feast of Christ the King in November. Other dates relate to the date of Easter. Examples are the celebrations of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
The purpose of the "Little Hours" sanctify the day by pausing in the midst of their work and dedicate various moments to prayer throughout the course of the day. [14] The time of day for Terce is associated with the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles on the day of Pentecost "seeing it is but the third hour of the day" ( Acts 2:15 ). [ 5 ]
Start Date Duration 1: Annunciation (Subara) The Sunday between November 27 and December 3: 3–4 weeks 2: Nativity: December 25: 1–2 weeks 3: Epiphany (Denha) The Sunday between January 2 and 6; otherwise January 6, if no such Sunday exists: 4–9 weeks 4: Great Fast (Sawma Rabba) The 7th Sunday before Easter [note 1] 7 weeks 5: Resurrection ...
The Mass ordinary (Latin: Ordinarium Missae), or the ordinarium parts of the Mass, is the generally invariable set of texts of the Mass according to Latin liturgical rites such as the Roman Rite. This contrasts with the proper (proprium) which are items of the Mass that change with the feast or following the Liturgical Year.