Breviary

[awyers]

What is the difference between the 1962 Breviarium Romanum and the present day form of the liturgy of the hours. All I know is that the modern one is in 4 volumes and the older one is in 2 volumes and I assume in Latin.

Thanks!

[cappie]

The Divine Office (1962 Book always in Latin with a English Translation) prays all 150 psalms in each week.

The Liturgy of Hours (usually in the local language, but also in Latin) divides the psalms into a four week cycle.

The obligatory Hours for the divine office are: Matins, Lauds, Prime, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers, Compline;

those for the Liturgy of The Hours ours are Lauds, Daytime hour, Hour of Reading, Vespers, Compline

Divine office has at least 3 distinct structures for the daily hours, in the Liturgy of Hours each hour has the same structure.

The daily recitation time (with 90 word per /minute speed) for the Divine office is an average 60 minutes, for the Liturgy of Hours 30 minutes.

The common is that both are the official prayer pf the Church, and both are based on the psalms, scriptural passages, and writings of saints; also both can be chanted.