tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post730356810420971450..comments2024-03-29T09:39:50.604+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: REFORM OF THE REFORM: THE BREVIARYFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-12402181928502155512009-09-17T00:13:45.888+01:002009-09-17T00:13:45.888+01:00I'm all for using incense on a daily basis, bu...I'm all for using incense on a daily basis, but the General Instruction on the Liturgy of the Hours (Chapter V-I, 261) reads,<br /><br />"During the gospel canticle at morning prayer and evening prayer there may be an incensation of the altar, then of the priest and congregation."<br /><br />"May be" - on what basis do you conclude that this means "should be"?The Religious PĂcarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03620636294081499041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-23668748096992501982009-09-16T14:57:27.513+01:002009-09-16T14:57:27.513+01:00Deo gratias! The old books can still be had - in p...Deo gratias! The old books can still be had - in particular the Monastic Diurnal and Matins books offered by Lancelot Andrewes Press. They also offer a book of rubrics detailing how the office is to be said.<br /><br />http://www.andrewespress.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-30440870891651752592009-09-16T12:08:29.023+01:002009-09-16T12:08:29.023+01:00Oh for the happy days, now nearly a century ago, ...Oh for the happy days, now nearly a century ago, when in a church dedicated to St. Thomas EM one would have had commemorations, in varying order, of the Nativity, St. Stephen, St. John the Evangelist, the Holy Innocents and St Thomas all concurrently. <br /><br />Even better a church with the co-titulars of SS Sabinus, Exuperantius, Marcellus and Veustian with St Thomas!<br /><br />Of course Rubricariushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-19110817649136771652009-09-16T11:45:01.351+01:002009-09-16T11:45:01.351+01:00I rather regret the loss of the distinctive introd...I rather regret the loss of the distinctive introduction to Compline. Restoring it, however, means (in order to avoid repeating the texts) providing a different Chapter on Tuesdays, and a different Blessing. One could, I suppose, use those in the old Office (the Chapter for Tuesday thus duplicating the one for Friday), but I wonder whether this isn't veering in the direction of making the Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010105719301587195noreply@blogger.com