u/Ok_Gargoyle_93

Great way (I think) to pray the Monastic Office without Matins and a way to get through the repetition

For those that use the Monastic Diurnal, first, use this image (the Carthusian is the same as Benedictine but the gregorianbooks Benedictine schema has errors so I used this one for example) and pray those specific psalms first thing in the morning or whenever you can with your preferred psalm translation. Which leads to the second point, since Terce, Sext, and None repeat Tuesday-Saturday just pick one of those days to do those psalms and since that spot is open now you can throw the Matins psalms in for those days. Ive found myself really liking this without having the repetition of the hours throughout the week in the Diurnal. Let me know what you think. Would Benedict curse me for this?! hahah I know the schema was laid out for working monks but hey the whole psalter is done in a week without repetition.

u/Ok_Gargoyle_93 — 7 days ago