BOOK OF HOURS (1955/1956)
(Encalcat: Livre des Heures - 1952)

Hour
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Invitatory
no invitatory (but note 1st psalm of LAUDS for each day)

Matins (Vigil of Sunday or 1st class Feast only)
Matins psalms are from commons: seasons or festal - see page 2

Lauds
Wk1
94 

-or-
in Lent:
50
Daniel
148

94
3
5
94
8
23
94
18a
186
94
22
25
94
26a
26b
94
44a
44b
Wk2
ditto
94
32a
32b
94
28
29
94
35
50
94
22
25
94
53
56
94
62
63
Wk3
ditto
94
64
66
94
65a
65b
94
75
84
94
46
47
94
93a
93b
94
92
99
Wk4
ditto
94
95
96
94
97
98
94
100
107
94
116
117
94
142
148
94
149
150
Wk5

(Canticles only)

ditto
Dan: 3
52-56
57-73
74-88
Tobit:13
1-9
10-16
17-23
Judith: 16
2-7
8-14
15-21
Ecclus:
42, 
15-26
43, 1-4
43, 
29-37
Hab: 63
2-6
7-12
13-19
Isaias:
61,10-62,5
Prov 31
10-20
21-31
Prime
Wk1
117
1
14
118a
118b
118c
118d
Wk2
ditto
118e
118f
118g
118h
118i
118j
Wk3
ditto
118k
118L
118m
118n
118o
118p
Wk4
ditto
118q
118r
118s
118t
118u
118v
Wk5
(Canticles only)
ditto
Prov 3
13-16
Wisd 9
1-12
Exod 2
7-23
Ecclus 4
12-22
Ecclus 6
18-29
Ecclus 14,
22-15,6
Terce
Wk1
145
2
9a
17a
10
21a
24a
Wk2
ditto
30a
34a
36a
41a
13
39a
Wk3
ditto
43a
40
49a
52
55
67a
Wk4
ditto
68a
72a
70a
57
77a
77d
Wk5
(Canticles only)
ditto
2 Kings
23, 2-7
Numb
23,7-10
1 Kings
2, 1- 10
Jerem
31,10-14
Ecclus 6
18-29
Deut
32, 1-9
Sext
Wk1
146
7a
9b
17b
19
21b
24b
Wk2
ditto
30b
34b
36b
41b
37a
29b
Wk3
ditto
43b
48a
49b
54a
58a
67b
Wk4
ditto
68b
72b
70b
71a
77b
77e
Wk5
(Canticles only)
ditto
1 Parip
29 10-13
Numbers
23,19-24
Isaias
42, 10-16
Ecclus
36, 1-13
Jerem
10, 19-25
Deut.
32, 10-14
None
Wk1
147
7b
9c
17c
20
21c
24c
Wk2
ditto
30c
34a
36c
42
37b
39c
Wk3
ditto
43c
48b
51
54b
58b
67c
Wk4
ditto
68c
72c
76a
71b
77c
77f
Wk5
(Canticles only)
ditto
Isaias
12, 1-6
Numb 24
3-9
17-19
Isaias 45
15-26
Ecclus 36
14-19
Jerem 17
12-18
Deut 32
15-21
Vespers
Wk1 109
112
113
73a
73b
73c
78
79a
79b
81
83
86
80
102a
102b
88a
88b
88c
103a
103b
103c
Wk2
ditto
101a
101b
101c
104a
104b
104c
106a
106b
106c
114
115
127
108a
108b
108c
109
110
111
Wk3
ditto
112
113
126
119
120
121
122
123
124
114
115
127
128
129
136
130
131
132
Wk4
ditto
134
135a
135b
137
143a
143b
125
138a
138b
144a
144b
144c
139
140
141
145
146
147
Wk5

(Canticles only)

ditto
Dan 3
26-33
34-40
41-45
Baruch 
2, 11-13
2, 14-18
3, 1-8
Judges 5
2-9
10-18
19-31
Exod
1-8
9-13
14-18
Isaias
63, 7-14
63,15-64,5a
64,5b-12
Deut 32
22-27
28-35
36-43
Compline
Wk1 90 4 9d 6 11 12 15
Wk2
ditto
16 33a 33b 27 31 38
Wk3
ditto
45 59 60 61 69 74
Wk4
ditto
82 85 76b 90 87 133
Wk5 

(Canticles only)

ditto
Isaias
25, 1-5
Isaias
38,10-20
Ecclus 51
1-17
Jonas 2
3-10
Jerem
Lamen 5
Isaias
26, 21-29
  • MATINS taken from: Seasonal Commons / Festal commons, only used for Vigils of Sundays and certain high-ranking feasts (similar to the prayer customs of the earliest Christians who celebrated the Vigil of Sundays and some of the then current feasts (Martyrs,  Apostles, e.g.)
  • Sundays are the same for each week
  • 1 antiphon only for all psalms in an hour.

  • Each psalm had a psalm title (to aid in its understanding in the Latin text; in English, each psalm had a verse from the Gospels, to aid in Christianizing the text).

  • NO responsories at Matins, Lauds, Vespers

  • Lectionary from Scripture & Fathers. Additional daily Gospel reading.  Each day of the year included a reading at Compline;  Sundays and certain Feasts, because of the Vigil (Matins)  included an additional reading at Matins. The Gospel was read at Prime..

  • The Latin psalter is the Pius XII version;  the English psalms are by Mary Perkins Ryan (Fides Publishers).

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