| 
| 20th century Office
Books (Breviaries)
in AMERICA for the Celebration of
the Liturgy of the Hours
 |  
 
| Texts
printed in red
denote "official" and/or "approved"
offices; texts printed in blue
denote "unofficial"
offices, though some of them have been "approved" since the Second Vatican
Council. |   
 
BEFORE THE COUNCIL -
up to 1962
| Official
books of the Divine Office - the Breviary (used by all who were obliged to the
full office)
 |  
| Book Title
 | No.
of Books | Language | Psalter (distribution)
 | Publisher | Year |  
| Breviarium
Romanum | 1
(totum) 2,4
 | Latin Vulgate or
 Pius XII
 |  
Pius X Psalter of 1911) | various | through  1962,
(with
additional printings, afterwards) |  
| Breviarium
Ambrosianum (The
Rite
of the Archdiocese of Milan, is as old as, if not older than, the Roman
Rite. This Rite is not a "usage".) | 4 (winter 1, 2, summer 1, 2)
 | Latin,
but
not the Vulgate as found in most other breviaries of the Roman
Rite or its various usages. (It is Jerome's first translation of the
Itala version, called the Romana, later on, and still used in St. Peter's
and in Milan))
 The structure and texts of the hours are
different, generally, from the same hours in the Roman Breviary  of
pre-Vatican II. | Matins
has a 2 week distribution by using decuriae (there are 10 decuriae; #1 begins on Monday, Week 1, and # 10 ends on Friday,
Week 2) | Daverio,
Milan | 1957
(but
also previous editions and subsequent printings) |  
| 
Breviarium - other usages, including
some "rites"
(e.g. Carmelite, Dominican, Premonstratensian,
Monastic
 (including Carthusian, Cistercian,
Maurist [Hungarian Benedictines], within the Roman Rite)
 |  
| Breviarium Monasticum | 2 or 4 | Latin Vulgate | 1 wk monastic
  Psalter (i.e., as formulated by Benedict in his Rule) | several but 1963 ed., 
Marietti Rome
 | through 1963 |  
| Breviarium
ad usum congregationis Sancti Mauri Ordinis Sancti Benedicti , the
"Maurinum" based on the Maurist Breviary of the Benedictine
Congregation of St. Vanne, permitted for use by indult of Gregory XVI. | 4 | Latin Vulgate, then Pius XII Psalter | 1 wk Psalter not formulated by Benedict in his Rule, but organized thematically
by day and hour - there is some adherence to the classic Benedictine formulas. | from 1842 Typographia 
Mechitaristica, Vienna
 | 1842, choir edition 1914, revised, "breviary size" books
 |  
| Breviarium
Sacri Ordinis Curtusiensis | 1 | Latin Vulgate | 1 wk monastic Psalter
  (from Benedict) with Carthusian additions | 1879 Charterhouse of Notre-Dame-des-Pres, France
 | 1879 |  
| Psalterium
Breviarii Monastici | 1 | Latin Vulgate | 1 week monastic Psalter with
some common offices and seasonal prayers; also includes Office of the Dead
and Mass prayers (before & after) | 3rd edition, Desclee de Brouwer,
 Bruges,
 | 1934 |  
| The
Monastic Diurnal or The Day Hours
of the Monastic Breviary
 compiled by the Monks of St. John's Abbey,
Collegeville, Minnesota 
 "imported" by the Benedictine Sisters of St.
Joseph, Minn. | 1 | Latin Vulgate &
English (Latin and English in parallel columns) 
 English psalms by Paschal Botz, OSB and Basil
Stegmann, OSB. | all the day hours
of the Monastic Breviary; this edition designed for Benedictine Sisters
(and others) who were obliged to the office (but dispensed from Matins
"outside the Motherhouse") | H. Dessain, Mechlin | 1948 through
 1963
 (5 eds) |  
| Cistercian [essentially
the Monastic Breviary]
(Breviarium Cisterciense) | 4 | Latin Vulgate
 | 1 wk monastic Psalter | Westmalle, Belgium | 1907, 1934, 1950
 |  
| Carmelite Rite (Breviarium
Ordinis Fratrum Beatissimae Virginis Mariae de Monte Carmelo juxta Hiersolymitanae
Ecclesiae Antiquam Consuetudinem) | 4 | Latin Vulgate
 | 1 wk Psalter (basically, Pius X, Roman Rite structure)
 | Desclee, Tournai
 | 1938 |  
| Premonstratensian
Rite (Breviarium Praemonstratense) | 4 | Latin Vulgate
 | 1 week Psalter, basic
Pius X Roman Rite structure, with variations | H. Dessain, Mechlin | 1953 |  
| Dominican Rite (Breviarium
Juxta Ritum Sacri Ordinis Praedicatorum) | 2 | Latin Vulgate
 | 1 wk Psalter basic Pius X Roman Rite structure, with variations
 | Rome, St. Sabinae
(often printed by Marietti) | 1962 |  
| Bridgettine Nuns
  (Breviarium Sacrarum Virginum Ordinis Sanctissimi
  Salvatoris vulgo Sanctae Birgittae) [Horas Deiparae
  Virginis Per Ferias Distributas Continens] | 2 | Latin, Vulgate, includes
  "Sermo Angelicus" readings for Matins distributed over 1
  week. . | NOT
  the Little Office of the BVM.  Shaped in the late Middle
  Ages (14th cent) updated after Vatican II - Sermo readings now distributed
  over 3 weeks. | Tournai, Desclee [vol 2 includes the supplemental offices
  which completed the entire 150 psalms per week, e.g., Sunday office of the
  Holy Spirit, Office of the Dead, etc.] | 1908   |  
 
  
| Unofficial
("Lay Breviaries" or "Little Offices")
(used by communities not obliged to
any form of the complete office and by lay people)
 |    
| The
Roman Breviary | 2, 4 | English translation
by John, Marquess of Bute | 2
volume (Winter/Summer) translation
of the pre-Pius
X Breviarium 
- 4 volume edition printed in 1908
 | William Blackwood &
Sons, Edinburgh & 
London
 | 1879 & 1908 |  
| Breviary
for Religious (Latin-English)
 | 4, 2 | English translation by Dame
Gertrude Brown, OSB, Stanbrook Abbey | Pius XII Latin Psalter, Knox versions of the English Psalms
 | J. H. Gottmer, Haarlem
 | 1948 (4 vols) 1961 (2 vols)
 |  
| Day
Hours of the Church edited by the Benedictine
Nuns of Stanbrook Abbey; introduction by
 Abbot Fernand Cabrol
 | 1 | Latin/English | the first Diurnal
based on the revisions of Pius X (1911), in English. | London: Burns, Oates
& Washbourne | 1921 |  
| The
Roman Breviary (prepared by the Benedictine
Nuns of Stanbrook Abbey revised & edited by Charles Francis Brown)
 | 4 | English translation
of the psalms unknown | entire Roman Breviary
with 1 wk Psalter; | Burns, Oates &
Washbourne, Ltd. (and in the USA, with Benziger Brothers, NY) | 1936 - 1937 |  
| Roman
Breviary in English | 4 | English psalm translation
based on the Pius XII Novum Psalterium, but still in the previous CCD translation
(1941) style. | edited by [Rt. Rev.
Msgr.] Joseph A. Nelson, D.D. 1 week psalter | Benziger Brothers,
NY | 1950-1951 |  
| Oratio
  Vespertina A Book of Evening Prayer and Praise compiled by V.G.L. (Vilma G. Little). | 1 | Latin (Vulgate) and English
  (translation by VGL) version of "night prayers" | antiphons and psalms
  distributed over 31 days;  other texts remain unchanged. | Worcester, England:
  Stanbrook Abbey Press | 1941 |  
| Divine
Praise An Adaptation of the Day Hours of the Benedictine
Monastic Breviary
 ".though some Benedictine Sisters and Oblates
of St. Benedict will use this book it was intended primarily for the use
of the Benedictine Brothers in St. Meinrad's Abbey." A revised version
of a mimeographed edition, based on the Divine Office, printed by the Abbey
in 1936 | 1 | CCD psalms, but Office
of the Dead in Latin (Vulgate) and English [Abbot Esser identifies the translator
of the current CCD psalms as Eberhard Olinger, OSB, a monk of St.
Meinrad's] | Basic Monastic psalter,
though Matins are missing, as are commemorations at Lauds & Vespers | St. Meinrad Abbey, St. Meinrad, Indiana
 | 1953 |  
| The
Little Office of the BVM (many variations for usages within the
Roman Rite and orders/communities)
 | 1 | Latin/English | same office (all hrs)
throughout wk (also Office of the Dead); also, 1953 amplior edition
prepared by Bea | several publishers | various |  
| A
Short Breviary for Religious and the Laity | 1 | English CCD
 | in 3 editions:1941,
1954 & 1963 (the 2nd &3rd edition provided both regular and unabridged editions; the
  unabridged contained the complete Psalter and readings for
every day of the year). | Popular Liturgical
Library Liturgical Press,
 Collegeville
 | 1941 (with several
printings through 1951); 1954;
 1962
 |  
| 1st
edition 
 A SHORT BREVIARY [this edition]
includes monastic feasts and a version of Monastic Compline; 
 also includes prayers, at Prime, for deceased
friends, benefactors and psalm 129, prepared in anticipation of the 14th
centenary of St. Benedict's death and because of the "times of trial like
these" (WWII had begun); originally intended for the "(lay) brothers in
our monasteries" 
 [Paschal Botz, OSB, William G. Heidt, OSB
and other Monks prepared the original manuscript in 1939-1940] - the first
edition was printed at St. John's Abbey. | 1 | CCD & Challoner-Rheims
version of the New Testament texts (copyright holder for both was Confraternity
of Christian Doctrine) -- based heavily on Bruederoffizium,
Im
Auftrage des Generalkapitels, Chrysostomus Schmid, OSB, Oberbayern: Erzabtei
St. Ottilien, 1935  (and 1953) used up to the 2nd Vatican
Council,
 (Bruederoffizium,
according to its preparer, Thomas Graf, OSB, (1st ed), and Gislar
Aulinger, OSB, (2nd ed) was based on Volksbrevier (see
Officium
Divinum Parvum below and Laienbrevier, from the Abbey of Maria
Laach) | Psalms were translated
by Paschal Botz, OSB and Basil Stegmann, OSB, Monks of St. John's Abbey. | the 1st
edition "edited by the Monks of St. John's Abbey" [and printed at the Abbey ].
 Four printings of this edition were made until
1951]; 
 (the following are called "editions", though
perhaps they are better called "revised printings of the 1st
edition)
 2nd edition - 1942; 
3rd edition - 1943;
 5th edition - 1951
 | 1941 through 1951 |  
| 2nd
edition editor now William G. Heidt, OSB, edition
"revised" 
 regular edition: 1 week Psalter plus an office for Commons (seasons and feasts); used 104 psalms, 90 during
a regular week. 
 complete edition: regular edition
with 4 wk Matins distribution
(nocturn form - 3 psalms) & 1
reading for each day of the year, either in Matins or in another (major)
Hour; included the entire Psalter. 
 propers for various orders and
congregations were made available for binding into either version. 
 Grace at meals prayers were
included. | 1 | English Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Psalms
(1950 translation - the work of Eberhard Olinger, OSB, a Monk of St. Meinrad's
Archabbey). | (By 1956, some music
had been prepared by Sr. Theophane Hytrek of the School Sisters
of St. Francis in Milwaukee for their Franciscan propers; other communities
may have done the same;
 music for office hymns, psalm tones and rhythmic
accentuation of the psalms were prepared by Claude Earls and Jerome Coller,
both Benedictines - the music and the marked psalmody appeared in both
regular and complete third editions;  however, some attempts were
made at private printings for parishes, etc., to include the hymnal and
the text of A SHORT BREVIARY along with Mass texts and music within 1 cover).)
 | two "editions" were
made - regular and complete;  the book's size was changed to a smaller,
more easily carried and held version. the printing and bindery work were no longer
done by St. John's Abbey Press, but taken over by a commercial printer
and bindery. | 1954 |  
| 3rd edition revised again
(still listed in 1977 Liturgical Press
catalog)
 | 1 | The 3rd edition 
was published even though the 2nd Vatican Council was looming and major
changes in the liturgy were forthcoming. | some changes 
(e.g., Saturday BVM office psalms, "Thou" to "You", psalms marked for chanting,
hymnal, some feasts changed, others dropped,  etc.) | Artwork (full color
graphics) and engraved music were included, as were psalms marked for chanting. | 1962 |  
| The
Divine Office (Officium Divinum Parvum),
prepared by Hildebrand Fleischmann, OSB, Abbey of
Seckau, Austria, based on Officii Divini Parvi Secoviensis *
(Volksbrevier)
(by
1959, more than 50 religious communities had made use of this office); included meal prayers, the journey
prayers, prayers for the sick and dying, a novena, etc. 
 propers for various orders were
also printed and bound into the books; | 1 | English; Confraternity
of Christian Doctrine psalms, original editions were in Latin/German and
Latin/other and vernacular texts, such as: 
 Latin/French, 
Latin/Italian,
 Latin/Spanish,
 German, French, Spanish, Italian, English,
Croatian, Portuguese, Dutch, Czech & Polish | 2 week Psalter distribution;
incomplete Psalter (128 psalms) - some psalms "edited" (i.e., shortened) 
 ( * Officii Divini Parvi Secoviensis
-by 1933 there had already been 3 editions; several more editions
were printed.) 
 *
In 1966, an optional Lectionary,
"Vol. 2" (printed in 5 booklets to be inserted at the end of the first
volume) was included. This was the lectionary from the Office of Our Lady,
originally prepared by the Monks of Encalcat for the Office of Our Lady
(see below).
 | Herder & Herder,
NY, (based on the 8th German edition, published by Herder, Freiburg,
1958) | many years, 1959 -English
edition. |  
| Diurnal
  - The Hours of the Day of the Roman Breviary | 1 | Latin/English | Uses Pius XII Latin Psalter
  - English source unknown | Desclee
  & Cie, Tournai | 1956 |  
| Book
of Hours, prepared by the Benedictine Monks of
En Calcat, Dourgne, France. 
 (Optional Matins on Sundays & "1st
order feasts" only; 1 Sunday psalm set for Psalter; editions in Latin-French,
French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, etc. ) 
   | 1 & 2 vol eds | Latin/English Pius XII Psalter & Fides English psalms; 
 original Livre
d'Heures (1952) was Latin/French; work begun by Fr. Urban Seres,
OSB and a  group of Monks and other collaborators. 
French only appeared in 1954, Latin/English
edition supervised by Fr. Dominique Hermant, OSB
 | complete Psalter over
4 weeks with an additional week of scriptural canticles for a 5th
week. Sunday psalms same for all weeks; 
daily Gospel reading assignment,
 daily lectionary (scripture or homily)
 & martyrology;
 | Dourgne: Editions
d'Encalcat | Office,
1955, Lectionary & Martyrology
 1956
 |  
| Office
of Our Lady, prepared by the Benedictine Monks of En
Calcat, Dourgne, France, (1959), and (English edition -1962) the preparation
of the English edition was supervised by Archdale A. King (Preparation
encouraged and approved by Rome's  Congregation for Religious), originally
intended for religious communities with a Marian spirituality; editions in Latin-French/ Italian/ Spanish/, German and Dutch. | 2 | Latin/English- Pius
XII Psalter & Fides English psalms; original was 
Latin/French,
 (Fr. Dominique Hermant, OSB responsible, mainly,
for preparation of the office.) 
 also - 
 Latin/German 
Latin/Spanish
 Latin/Italian
 Latin/English
 and Dutch (published "privately" by the Archdiocese
of Utrecht)
 | complete Psalter - complete daily lectionary*, variety of texts
closely following the Liturgical Year (Seasonal, Sundays, Feasts &
Commemorations)
 basically 2-week Psalter, though Sunday is
the same for both weeks
 
 Lauds/Vespers Sunday psalms same as Roman
Breviary 
 * Note:  same exact Lectionary
was adopted by 1964 and later editions of Fleischmann's Officium Divinum
Parvum. | Darton, Longman &
Todd, London | 1962 |  
| The
Little Breviary, based on the Dutch Klein Brevier
(Fr. Stallaert) and prepared by the Benedictine
Nuns of Stanbrook Abbey | 1 | English, Knox psalms
original was in Dutch; it also appeared in French, Italian; Some supplements of Proper feasts for
  certain religious communities were printed and bound into the volume, e.g.,
  1961, for  Franciscans. | one week Psalter;
Matins always 3 psalms & 3 readings - incomplete Psalter | Newman Press, Maryland
and Gottmer, Haarlem , Holland | 1958 (original Dutch, 1950) |  
| Morning
Praise and Evensong, A Book of Common Prayer compiled
from the Roman Breviary, William G. Storey, DSM (see also post council
texts) | 1 | English, Fides Psalms
and OT Canticles by Mary Perkins Ryan, Kleist & Lilly NT | Lauds (2 pss &
OT Cant) and Vespers (3 pss) only. Extended readings, Litany of Supplication
(for use after the Lord's Prayer), Marian Antiphons after Vespers | Fides Publishers, Notre Dame, Indiana
 | 1963 but several editions
through 19.... 
 |  
 
| After
the Council - The First Wave - 1963 to 1970 |  
| Official
books of the Divine Office - the Breviary (used by all who
were obliged to the full office, or to part of it)
 |  
| Breviarium
Romanum | 
 | 
 | 
 | 
 | 
 |  
| Hours
of the Divine Office in English and Latin, a bilingual edition
of the Roman Breviary, prepared by the staff of the Liturgical Press | 3 | Latin/English Pius XII's Psalterium
Novum & CCD (1950 & later) translation of psalms | 1 week psalm distribution, with
adjusted 1960 code of rubrics. | Liturgical Press, Collegeville
 | 1963 |  
| Lauds,
Vespers Compline in English reprinted from the Hours of the Divine Office
in English and Latin, prepared by the staff of the Liturgical Press, edited
by Leonard Doyle | 1 | English CCD text of scripture, 
 c1941, 1952, 1955. | CCD text of scripture,c1941, 1952,
1955. | Liturgical Press, Collegeville | 1965 |  
| The Roman
Breviary edited by Bede Babo, OSB, with prayers translated
by Christine Mohrmann | 1 | English CCD (after 1950) translation of psalms | CCD (after 1950) translation of
psalms | Benziger Brothers, New York | 1964 |  
| Morning and Evening
  Prayers of the Divine Office: Lauds, Vespers, Compline for the Entire Year
  from the Roman Breviary edited by Bede Babo, OSB, with prayers translated
by Christine Mohrmann | 1 | English CCD (after 1950) translation of psalms | CCD (after 1950) translation of
psalms | Benziger Brothers, New York | 1965 |  
| Breviary
according to the Rite of the Order of Preachers | 2 | English Grail Psalms | based on the 1962 Latin text,
with adjustments; | St. Saviour's, Dublin | 1967 |  
| Short
Dominican Breviary (for the Brothers, Sisters and Tertiaries) | 1 | English Grail psalms | taken from the English Dominican
Breviary of 1967, but NO Matins; | Desclee, Paris, Tournai | 1967 |  
| The Day
Hours of the Roman Breviary (edited by Lancelot C. Sheppard) | 1 | English Grail psalms | entire Roman Breviary without
Matins, 1 wk Psalter; | Burns & Oates Ltd. (London),
Desclee (Tournai), Maison Mame (Tours) | 1967 |  
 
| The
"Interim" Breviary period 1970 - 1974 |  
| Prayer
of Christians Initiated and Sponsored by National Federation
of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions
 | 1 | English CCD/NAB 
(Olinger)
 Psalms
 | attempt to introduce
the new Liturgy of the Hours format ona a temporary basis; new calendar,
new sanctoral, 4 week Psalter, 
with separately prepared volumes for the
readings from the Office of Readings.
 | Catholic Book Publishing
Company, New York | 1971 |  
| Prayer
of the Church prepared by the Hierarchy of England, Ireland
& Wales
 | 1 | English Grail psalms | attempt at introducing the new
Liturgy of the Hours format on a temporary basis, with new calendar, sanctoral,
4 week Psalter | Geoffrey Chapman & Co., London. | 1971 |  
| Saint
  Columba Breviary Liturgical
  Publications, Glenstal Ireland   Also
  known as:   "The
  Legion of Mary Breviary"   | 1 | English Grail Psalms | "An abridgment of the Roman
  Breviary intended for the use of the Laity".  Compiled by Fr. Kevin
  Healy, OSB , who prepared a one week Psalter with some of the older elements
  and some of the proposed changes of the new office. | Liturgical Publications, Glenstal, Ireland | 1970 |  
 
| The Liturgy of the Hours 1971 through the present
   |  
 
| Official
and "approved" Books of the Liturgy of the Hours |  
| Liturgia
Horarum editio typica (1971)
and editio typica altera (1985-1987) of the new Liturgy of the Hours;
still incomplete (as of 1998) - missing the second cycle of Readings for
the Office of Readings as well as the psalm prayers, which were to have
been included after the psalms. | 4 | Latin psalms of Nova Vulgata edition | The office as reformed by decree
of Vatican Council II's Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy | Vatican Polyglot Press, Libreria
Editrice Vaticana, Rome | 1971 & 1985, 1986, 
1987
 |  
| The Divine
Office compiled by the hierarchies of Australia,
England, Wales & Ireland | 3 | English using Grail psalms but non ICEL translations
of prayers, antiphons and other material | The first "official" English edition
for use in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Australia and some other
English speaking areas of the world. | Collins (London), Dwyer (Sydney), Talbot (Dublin)
 | 1973-1974; re-printed in 1990 |  
| The Liturgy
of the Hours Prepared by the ICEL and approved by the North
American Conference of Catholic Bishops | 4 | English Except for the Grail Psalms, the ICEL prepared
translations for much of the material except scriptural readings | This edition is the "official" 
text of the complete office for the USA and some other English speaking
areas of the world. | Catholic Book Publishing Company,
New York (Totowa, New Jersey) | 1974- 1975 |  
| Christian
Prayer: The Liturgy of the Hours Morning Prayer, Prayer During the Day, Evening
Prayer, Night Prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours | 1 | English Except for the Grail Psalms, the ICEL prepared
translations for much of the material except scriptural readings | Basically, the entire office without
the Office of Readings, (though various editions include some readings
and other material) | Catholic Book Publishing Company,
NY St. Paul Publications, Boston; 
 Helicon Press, Baltimore 
 Liturgical Press, Collegeville | 1976 [ In 1999, only the editions of Catholic Book Publishing
Company and St. Paul Publications are available.] |  
| The Office of Readings the complete Office of Readings in
1 convenient volume. 
 [When combined with one of the  Christian
Prayer editions, a financial & practical 2 volume alternative to
the complete 4 volume
Liturgy of the Hours.] | 1 | English Except for the Grail Psalms, the ICEL prepared
translations for much of the material except scriptural readings | The Office of Readings for the entire year | Pauline Books and Media, Boston (Daughters of St. Paul)
 | 1984 |  
| Daytime Prayer -
from
the Liturgy of the Hours -Midmorning, Midday, Midafternoon Prayer,
with Proper of Seasons, Solemnities of the Lord, Proper of the Saints. | 1 | English - ICEL translation and Grail psalms | paperback edition of the "Little Hours",
sponsored by the Publications Division of NCCB | U.S. Catholic Conference, Washington, D.C.
 | 1978 |  
| Daily
Prayer compiled by the hierarchies of Australia,
England, Wales & Ireland | 1 | English | as above | Collins (London), Dwyer (Sydney), Talbot (Dublin)
 | 1974 |  
| Morning and Evening
Prayer with Night Prayer from The Divine Office
 compiled by the hierarchies of Australia,
England, Wales & Ireland | 1 | English | Morning and Evening Prayer + Night Prayer | Collins (London), Dwyer (Sydney), Talbot (Dublin)
 | 1st printing 1976; newest reprint -  1999
 |  
| A Shorter Prayer
During the Day The Psalter of the Divine Office
 compiled by the hierarchies of Australia,
England, Wales & Ireland | 1 | English | The "middle hour" or daytime prayer , "with
selected texts for the Seasons, Feasts of the Lord and Solemnities" | Wm Collins & Co, London & Glasgow
 | 1986 |  
| Simplified Morning
and Evening Prayer An Introduction to The Divine Office, 
 compiled and edited by John Brook | 1 | English | A simplified four week Psalter as an introduction
to the office | HarperCollins, London
 | 1997 |  
| Shorter
Morning and Evening Prayer | 1 | English, in 2 editions: a: (1983) for jurisdictions of the hierarchies
of Australia, England, Wales & Ireland, and 
 b: (1987) for ICEL jurisdictions | a simplified excerpt of the Liturgy
of the Hours, compiled by Wm. Collins & Sons (London) | Collins; current American distributor: Liturgical Press | 1983 1987 |  
| Shorter
Christian Prayer 
 The Four Week Psalter of the Liturgy of the
Hours Containing Morning and Evening Prayer with selections for the Entire
Year | 1 | Except for the Grail Psalms, the
ICEL prepared translations for much of the material except scriptural readings | a simplified excerpt of the Liturgy
of the Hours, compiled by Catholic Book Publishing Company with the approval
of ICEL and BCL | Catholic Book Publishing Company,
NY | 1988 |  
| Diurnal Liturgia de las Horas
 (Spanish version of Christian Prayer)
(this,
and other Spanish texts, are included here as 1/5 of the Catholic population
in the US claims Spanish as a first language or cultural heritage)
 | 1 | Spanish | This is the official version from
Spain;  it is allowed for use in the USA but different from the
other Spanish texts listed here. | Coeditores Liturgicos, Barcelona
 | 1st ed 1982 6th ed, 1993
 |  
| Liturgia
de las Horas para los fieles (a Spanish version of Shorter Christian
Prayer)
 | 1 | Spanish, as used in some countries
of Central and South America (and in the US) | One of the official versions allowed
for use in the USA,
but different from the other Spanish texts listed
here. | ediciones Paulinas (the Daughters
of St. Paul), Lima and other cities | 1st edition, 1992 7th edition, 1999
 |  
| Liturgia
de las Horas del Pueblo (another Spanish version of Shorter Christian
Prayer)
 | 1 | Spanish, as used in some countries
of Central and South America (and in the US) | Another official version allowed
for use in the USA, but different from the other Spanish texts listed
here. | San Pablo (Alba House) the 
Pauline Fathers and Brothers (brother community to the Daughters of St.
Paul) | 1st edition, 1991 current edition, 1995
 |  
| Unofficial 
* (though some are "approved") |  
| Book
of Prayer Book of Prayer for Personal Use A SHORT
BREVIARY abridged and simplified by monks of Saint John's Abbey from the
Liturgia Horarum wholly revised fourth edition, 1975; preparation for this
edition inaugurated in 1970 | 1 | English translations taken from the Hours of the Divine
Office with new translations for new elements | The NCCB prohibited
distribution of this book; however, for many reasons, every copy of the
printed book was sold | Liturgical Press, Collegeville
 | 1975 |  
| Little
Office of the BVM | 1 | English, ICEL and Grail Psalms | the "approved" USA version, edited
John A. Rotelle, OSA | Catholic Book Publishing Company, New York
 | 1988 |  
| Morning
and Evening Prayer - selections from the Liturgy of the Hours. The
  Official Prayer of the Church for Popular Use edited by Revs. D. Joseph Finnerty & George
Ryan | 1 | English, ICEL and Grail Psalms | excerpts from the English translation
of Morning and Evening Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours | Regina Press, New York
 | 1978 
 (and most recently, a "Jesuit" edition - 5th
printing) |  
| Lord
Hear Our Prayer compiled by Thomas McNally, CSC and William
G. Storey, DMS; reprinted 1994 | 1 | English, various translations | various prayers, basic one week
Morning and Evening prayer (1 psalm for each hour - ICEL copyrights) | Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame
 | 1978 |  
| Every
Day We Praise You Prayers, Readings, and Devotions for the Year 
Including Morning and Evening Prayer from
the "Liturgy of the Hours" (1st Week)
 edited by Victor Hoagland, C.P. and Maureen
Skelly, S.C. | 1 | English | first week of the 4 week approved Psalter, with various prayer and devotional material.  Includes music. | Catholic Book Publishing Company New York
 | 1978 |  
| Work
of God Benedictine Prayer 
 ed Judith Sutera, OSB 
 2 week Morning and Evening Prayer, 1 Night
Prayer | 1 | English, New ICEL "Liturgical
Psalter of 1994) and NRSV Scripture | 2 week Psalter, sinplified, but
relative to Benedict's office structure in his Rule; includes Oblate material for meditation and
prayer | Liturgical Press, Collegeville | 1997 |  
| Handbook
of Prayers ed James Socias, 
 3rd American edition 1995 | 1 | English "excerpts from the Liturgy of the Hours, c
1982, ICEL"; 
 Grail psalms | basic prayer book includes 1 Morning Prayer and 1 Evening Prayer | Scepter Publishers Midwest Theological Forum.
 Princeton, NJ,
 with OSV 
Huntington, Indiana
 | 1992 |  
| Pray
Without Ceasing Prayer for Morning & Evening, 
 prepared by Joyce Anne Zimmerman, CPPS, 
Kathleen Harmon, SNDdeN, Jean-Pierre Prevost, SMM and Delphine Kolker, CPPS
 | 1 | English Psalms translated by Institute for Liturgical
Studies at Maria Stein Center. | Textbook size 2 week Psalter,
prepared with music | Liturgical Press, Collegeville | 1993 |  
| The People's
Companion to the Breviary (earlier title was The New Companion to the
Breviary with Seasonal Supplement) | 2 | English very inclusive translation of the psalms (horizontal
& vertical) | 4 week Psalter; includes some "non-official" festal celebrations
(e.g., Simone Weil, Merton, Romero, etc.) | Carmelites of Indianapolis, Indianapolis
 | 1988 and 
 1997 |  
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| Christuslob (included here because it is the direct
descendant of Officium Divinum Parvum - see "The Divine Office"
above) | 1 | German | includes 4 week Psalter and music | Herder, Freibourg | 1994, 1997 |  
| Psalms
for Morning and Evening Prayer (in 2 bindings, one hardcover, suggesting
permanence) | 1 | English Psalms 1994 ICEL The Liturgical Psalter:
Text for Study and Comment; antiphon texts from ICEL's 1995Daily
Praise: A Study of Morning and Evening Prayer | "inclusive" translation of the
Psalms, probably to be termed "official" , with changes; permitted for
publication, though not "liturgical use" - NCCB Imprimatur removed 1998 | LTP (Liturgy Training Publications,
Archdiocese of Chicago), Chicago
 | 1995 |  
| Benedictine
Oblate Companion compiled and edited b y Fr. Austin Newberry,
OSB, and Fr. Meinrad Brune, OSB, St. Meinrad's Archabbey, St. Meinrad, Indiana
 | 1 | English | uses the 1995 ICEL Psalter | a one week cycle for the Divine
Office which is an "adaptation of the office as prayed by the Monks of
St. Meinrad's Archabbey" | 1997 |  
| Lauds and Vespers   1st
  volume, per annum.  Intended to foster the Latin celebration of
  Lauds & Vespers.   The remaining
  seasons (and feasts) will be printed in additional, future volumes.   General
  editor: Rev. Peter Stravinskas   | 1 | Latin
  and English   Missing:   a)
  An  Invitatory, for those who begin the day's hours with
  Lauds/Morning Prayer;   b) 
  Psalm Titles and Headings, which are intended to help the user
  to better understand and pray the psalms;   c) 
  Psalm Prayers, found in the American edition of the Liturgy of the
  Hours, though not yet in the Latin official books. | uses
  the current official Neo-Vulgate Latin and various English translations. The
  "concordat cum originali" (the editio typica altera),
  for the Latin text, reminds users that the English is only an aid to
  understanding Latin. | Scepter
  Publishers (Princeton, NJ), the Opus Dei publishers,  in
  cooperation with Newman House Press (Mt. Pocono, PA) | 2001 |  
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| Other
"Non
Roman Catholic" English texts |  
Text added October
11, 2000
| The Anglican
Breviary containing the Divine Office according
to the general usages of the Western Church put into English in accordance
with the Book of Common Prayer
 compiled by Rev. Joseph Crookston, OSF, Little
Portion Friary, Mt. Sinai, New York | 1 | English | essentially the pre-Vatican
II Roman Breviary, with some usage adjustments (e.g., numbering of the
Sundays as "after Trinity"), and the inclusion of feasts proper to the
various churches of the Anglican Communion | Frank Gavin Liturgical
Foundation, Mount Sinai, Long Island, New York
 
 reprinted in 1998 by Daniel James Lula | 1955 and
 1998
 |  
| Monatic
  Breviary MATINS | 1 | English | the cursus of Benedict's
  rule "with additional rubrics and devotions for its recitation in
  accordance with the Book of Common Prayer and Monastic Diurnal. | Society of the Sacred
  Cross, Tymawr, Wales [1961 ed included the most recent 
  changes made to Monatic office] | 1955 & 1961 |  
| The Taizé Office | 1 | English | tr from the original French of 1963;
  several options for psalm, including a 6 wek cursus for the entire Psalter and
  a 4 week cursus with a selection from the Psalter | The Faith Press, London | 1966 |  
| Morning and Evening
Prayer with selected psalms and readings for the Church Year compiled by Howard Galley | 1 | English, BCP (1979) psalm and prayer translations | 2 week psalm cycle (though addition
of readings bring this to 4 weeks); average 2 psalms per hour; structure of hours is BCP. | Church Hymnal Corporation, New
York | 1983 and 1993 |  
| The Monastic Diurnal Revised | 2 | English, BCP (1979) psalms | based partly on the Thesdaurus, there
  is a 2 week cursus for Matins (one section of these Matins
  psalms remains unchanged) | Community
  of St. Mary, Eastern Province, Peekskill,
  New York | 1989 |  
| Celebrating Common Prayer a version of the Daily Office, SSF, (reprinted
in 1993) | 1 | English 
 1979 BCP psalms | Anglican adaptation of the Daily
Office prepared by and for the Society of St. Francis in England, originally,
  then issued to the public. | Mowbray, London
 | 1992 |  
| A Monastic
Breviary edited by the Order of the Holy Cross and
the Order of Saint Helena (Anglican) 
 (originally prepared by The Rev. Bonnell Spencer,
OHC) | 1 | English 1979 BCP psalms (in draft proposed form); 
 based on earlier, similar edition in 1968,
called A Four Office Breviary, using the RSV Psalter. | 2 week Psalter of 4 daily hours:
Matins, Diurnum, Vespers &Compline | Holy Cross Publications, West
Park, NY distributed by Morehouse-Barlow, Wilton, CT | 1976 (reprinted 1997) |  
| The Divine
Hours Prayers for Summertime
 (Springtime and others to follow)
 (compiled and edited by Phyllis Tickle) | 1 | English, leans heavily on BCP. claims 6 week Psalter cycle, though most psalms
are not complete. | Morning Midday
 Vespers
 Compline
 interesting two- color printing for Summertime
book (green rubrics, black text) | Doubleday, New York
 | 2000 |  
| Venite A Book of Daily Prayer
 compiled and edited by Robert Benson
 | 1 | English, translation "paraphrases
from many sources", an "ecumenical" text; 30 day cycle of psalms (used as "Readings");
 interesting structure
 | Morning (Lauds) Midday (None)
 Evening (Vespers)
 Night (Compline), includes temporal and sanctoral
"remembrances"
 | Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam New York
 | 2000 |  updated 
April 23, 2000
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