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The morning offering has been an old practice in the Church but it started to spread largely through the Apostleship of Prayer, started by Fr. Francis X. Gautrelet, S.J., and especially through the book written by another Jesuit, Fr. Henri Ramière, S.J., who in 1861 adapted the Apostleship of Prayer for parishes and various Catholic institutions, and made it known by his book "The Apostleship ...
The Angelus exemplifies a species of prayers called the "prayer of the devotee". [1] The devotion is traditionally recited in Roman Catholic churches, convents, monasteries and by the faithful three times a day: [2] in the morning, at noon and in the evening (usually just before or after Vespers).
The invitatory is used to start Nocturns in the Liturgy of the Hours, the Catholic Church's Divine Office. [2] It is usually Psalm 94(95) , which begins Venite exsultemus in Latin. After the reform of the Liturgy of the Hours following the Second Vatican Council , the Invitatory is said either before the Office of Readings or Lauds , whichever ...
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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.
Lauds, or the morning prayer or Office of Aurora, [citation needed] is one of the most ancient offices and can be traced back to Apostolic times. The earliest evidence of Lauds appears in the second and third centuries in the Canons of Hippolytus and in writings by St. Cyprian, and the Apostolic Fathers.
The collects in the Book of Common Prayer are mainly translations by Thomas Cranmer (d. 1556) from the Latin prayers for each Sunday of the year. At Morning Prayer , the Collect of the Day is followed by a Collect for Peace and a Collect for Grace . [ 6 ]
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