„Esztergom Office”

Distribution of psalms in „Énekes Zsolozsma az Esztergomi Breviárium alapján” (Sung Office on the base of the Esztergom Breviery), Szent Ágostron Liturgikus Megújulási Mozgalom (St. Augustin Movement for Liturgical Renewal), Budapest, 1993.

Cursus saecularis, adapting the ancient use to the present requirements. 

 

Hora

D

f2

f3

f4

f5

f6

Sabb.

Matut.

I. 1, 2, 3

II. 8, 10, 18

III. 19, 20, 23

psalmodia currens

Laudes

92

99

62

Benedicite

148-150

50

5

66

Confitebor148

50

42

62

Ego dixi

149

50

64

66

Exultavit

150

50

89

62

Cantemus

148

50

142

66

Dne audivi

149

91

Audite /I

           /II

           /III

150

Prima

117

118/1-4

118/1-4

118/1-4

118/1-4

118/1-4

118/1-4

Tertia

118/ 5-7

118/ 14-16

119—121

119—121

119—121

119—121

119—121

119—121

Sexta

118/ 8-10

118/ 17-19

122—124

122—124

122—124

122—124

122—124

122—124

Nona

118/ 11-13

118/ 20-22

125—127

125—127

125—127

125—127

125—127

125—127

Vesp.

109, 110, 111, 112, 113/I

113/II, 114,

115, 116

128, 129, 130, 131, 132

134/ I-II,

135/ I-II-III

136, 137

138/ I, II, III

139, 140, 141,

143/ I-II

144/ I-II

145, 146, 147

Compl.

full: 4, (30: 1-6), 90, 133;    or schema I.: 4, 30 (1-6), 133;      or schamea II: 90

 

Ternios of the psalmodia currens:

 

1.   

6, 7/I-II

13. 

33/I-III

25. 

59-61

37. 

83-85

2.   

9/I-III

14. 

34/I-II, 35

26. 

63, 65/I-II

38. 

86, 87/I-II

3.   

11-13

15. 

356/I-III

27. 

67/I-III

39. 

88/I-III

4.   

14-16

16. 

37/I-II, 38

28. 

68/I-III

40. 

93, 95, 96

5.   

17/I-III

17. 

39/I-II, 40

29. 

69, 70/I-II

41. 

97, 98, 100

6.   

17/IV-VI

18. 

41, 43/I-II

30. 

71, 72/I-II

42. 

101/I-III

7.   

21/I-II

19. 

44/I-II, 45

31. 

73/I-II, 74

43. 

103/I-III

8.   

22, 24/I-II

20. 

46-48

32. 

75, 76/I-II

44. 

104/I-III

9.   

25, 256/I-II

21. 

49/I-III

33. 

77/I-III

45. 

105/I-III

10. 

27-29

22. 

51-53

34. 

77/IV-VI

46. 

106/I-III

11. 

30/I-III

23. 

54/I-II, 55

35. 

78, 79/I-II

47. 

102/I-II, 107

12. 

31, 32/I-III

24. 

56-58

36. 

80-82

48. 

108/I-III

 

Conventions:

1) The Laudes can be reduced to 3 psalms omitting psalm 62-66 and the daily psalm/canticum in weekly alternation. In this case psalm 62 and 66 should included in the Saturday Lauds this way: Week I: Ps. 91, 66, 150; Week II: Ps 62, Audite (first division9, 150.

2) Also the Vespers can be reduced to 3 psalm; in this case the weekday portions from Tuesday to Friday are divided into two weeks:

D: 109, 110, 111.

f2: 112, 113/I-II.

f3: I: 114, 115, 116. – II: 129, 120, 130.

f4 I: 131, 132, 134. – II: 135/I-II-III

f5: I: 136, 137, 138. – II: 139, 140, 141.

f6: I: 143/I-II-III. – II: 144/I-II-III

S: 145, 146, 147.

 

3) The Prime can be omitted. In this case either:

on Sunday only Hora Media is prayed with psalm 117 + 118/1-4, while psalm 118 is is prayed on two Saturdays: 5-13 / 14-22; or

psalms 117 is prayed on Sunday (Terce or Hora Media), and psalm 118 is added as an appendix at the end of the weekday Lauds one 8-verse section for each, as the sanctification of daily activity.

 

4) The psalms 1-108 (except those prayed in other Hours) are divided in small „ternios”. The person or community goes continually along the psaltery, taking 1, 2, 3 or 4 ternios for one days as the rule of comminity determines or those not obliged to to breviary can do. The simply go further when they stopped on the previous days (even when inerrupted by a feast. For the Sunday three nocturns are created from the psalms old „great Vigil” (psalms 1-25); these short psalms can be prayed on each Sunday or alternaterly over threre weeks.

 

The abbreviated monastic breviary for the use of the Benedictine nuns in Kaposszentbenedek/Hungary

 

Hora

D

f2

f3

f4

f5

f6

Sabb.

Matut.

psalmodia currens 20-108

Week I:  3+3 psalms of the monastic Ist nocturn; Week II: 3+3 psalms  of the monastic IInd nocturn.

Laudes

according to St. Benedict’s arrangment

Prima

117

118/1-4

0

0

0

0

0

Tertia

118/ 5-7

118/ 14-16

119—121

1, 2, 6

7, 8, 9/I

Sexta

118/ 8-10

118/ 17-19

122—124

9/II, 10, 11

12, 13, 14

Nona

118/ 11-13

118/ 20-22

125—127

15, 16, 17/I

17/II, 18, 19

Vesp.

according to St. Benedict’s arrangmenet

Compl.

4, 90, 133

                 

 

It is very „laudabile” to keep the full curses according to the old monastic use. How, however whish to abbreviate may follow the scheme above with the following rules and conventions:

 

1) Each Vigils has two nocturns, consisting of 3 psalms instead of 6. In Sunday Nocturn III keeps the traditional cantica.

2) The Lauds preserves the psalms determined by St. Benedict (the cantica „sicut psallit Romana ecclesia” included), on the last place, however 148 can be prayd on Monday, Thursday, 149 on Tuesday, Friday and 150 on Wednesday, Saturday, while on Sunday the three is linked as traditional.

3) In the life of a monastery the Prime has its definite function. In case, however, the community leaves it the Benedictine psalms 1-19 are transposed to the Little Hours of Saturday. The Prime is, however, retained on Saturday (with the paschal psalm of 117) and on Monday along with the „officium capituli” as a blessing for the whole weeks’s activity.

4) The second half of psalm 118 is prayed in every other week instead of Monday, and so the series of psalms 119-127 is assigned for all weekdays (except the „half-feast” Saturday).

5) In the short 4-psalm Vespers no abbreviation is justified.