Abbreviated version of the 1961 Divine Office in Latin and English according to the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. Here you have the most critical hours of the Divine Office for the layman in the world. Prime is the perfect Morning Prayer, Compline the perfect night prayer, and Sext is for the middle of the day. Includes everything for the Hours of Sunday Lauds, Prime, Sext, Vespers, and Compline; Prime, Sext, and Compline for each other day of the week.

Features: An 11-page Introduction explaining the Divine Office and how to pray it, including guidelines on how to interpret the psalms in a Catholic manner; Table of Contents; The prayers to be said before and after reciting the Divine Office; Melodies in Gregorian notation for those who chant the office in common; In timeless Latin with parallel English translations; Beautiful edition with sewn binding; Leatherette cover; Rounded edges; Black text with rubrics in red; Two ribbons; Individually shrink-wrapped. Latin pronunciation guide bookmarker included; 221pp, leatherette sewn hardcover, 2 ribbons.

The Divine Office (the Liturgy of the Hours) is the Church’s official Psalter and sacrifice of prayer, adoration, and praise, so that the Christian may consecrate each day to God and make it holy, at once offering praise to God and interceding for the salvation of the world. Though many devotional prayers are to be found in the treasury of Christian Tradition, it is the Psalter (the Breviary) that is the true prayer book and hymnal of both the Jerusalem temple and the Christian church.