Old Rite Divine Office

"And he showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street thereof, and on both sides of the river, was the tree of life, bearing twelve fruits, yielding its fruits every month, and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations."

— Apocalypse 22:1-2

Prayer Instruction

Instructions:

Just as you would add your prayer intentions before praying the Rosary, add your prayer intentions before praying the Divine Office.
For Compline you will either do an Examination of Conscience or pray the "Our Father."
Traditionally the "Our Father" is said in partial silence, which is why you'll hear a long silence at the beginning of the "Our Father" in three different spots during the hours.
If listening to Lauds immediately after Matins, it is custom to skip the last part of Matins (Collect) after the Te Deum.
The Martyrology heard in Prime is in a separate source. We recommend the one from Angelus Press linked below.

05/14/2026

- Ascension of Our Lord -

I Class

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Prayer Before the Divine Office

Matins

Lauds

Prime

Terce

Sext

None

Vespers

Compline

Prayer After the Divine Office

Breviary Guide

Tuesday: 05/05/2026

St Pius V

Pope and Confessor

III Class

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Matins:
Invit. page 803
Hymn page 803
Ant. page 333
Psalms page 334
pray the 9 Psalms
After the 9th Psalm, V & R in "Easter Time" page 345, then pray "Our Father ..."

Blessings & Absolution, page 89, Blessings on page 92

Please always pray “Lord, Your blessing, please”, before asking for each of the blessings, always.
Reading page 1298, first and second combined, lesson 3, page 1774
Te Deum page 91
Collect page 1796

Lauds:

Ant. page 346.
Psalms page 346
Little Chapter page 822
Hymn page 822
V & R page 1775
Ant. page 1776
St. Zachariah's canticle, page 94
Collect 1776

Prime:

Start page 362
Hymn page 362
Ant. page 1108, second one
Psalms page 362
After the Psalms please pray everything as in Paschaltide
Short Lesson for Paschaltide …. page 368

Terce:

Start page 369
Hymn 370
Ant. page 370
Psalms page 370
Reading 824
Short R & V 824
Collect 1776

Sext:

Start page 373
Hymn page 373
Ant. page 373
Psalms page 374
Reading 825
Short R & V 825
Collect page 1776

None:

Start page 377
Hymn page 377
Ant. page 377
Psalms page 377
Reading page 825
Short R & V page 825
Collect 1776

Vespers:

Start page 319
Ant. page 319
Psalms. page 319
Little Chapter 826
Hymn 826
For Our Lady's Magnificat:
V & R 1776
Ant. page 1776
Collect 1776

Compline:

Page 386, everything in "Paschaltide" Antiphons of Blessed Virgin Mary number III .... page 120
from Easter Sunday through Friday within v Octave of Pentecost
End Compline on page 332, with "Divine Assistance ...." etc

References

Divine Office:

Baronius Press: The Roman Breviary (1961 edition in Latin and English)

Martyrology:

Angelus Press: Roman Martyrology - Angelus Press

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