You Have No Fancy Liturgy Books - NOW WHAT?! Or How to pray the Liturgy of the Hours without Books.

Paul and Fr. Nate discuss how to pray the Liturgy of the Hours with no fancy liturgy books, pray through Mid-Afternoon Prayer to show you how it's done, and also give a few life updates.
Bonus Content: Bubble Water Sounds

00:00 Introduction and Sparkling Water
00:43 What do you do if you have no fancy liturgical books.
01:20 Paul's Life Updates: Baby Rose has been Baptized! (see 01:53 for pic)
02:11 Fr. Nate's Life Updates - He's now the undergraduate chaplain at Harvard Catholic Center!
02:45 Did Fr. Nate use a boat to cross the river when he took his new assignment?
03:35 How to send mail to Sing the Hours and other random items.
04:36 How can you start praying the Liturgy of the Hours if you have no books?
- https://divineoffice.org/ - https://ibreviary.com/ - https://universalis.com
05:53 Now what can we do to sing it?
06:19 Step One: Know a few basic hymn tunes.
06:49 The "8.8.8" at the bottom means "long meter." There are several you can learn.
08:17 The difference between "long meter" and "common meter."
09:08 An example of 8.8.8.8
09:57 8.8.8.8. means eight syllables, not notes.
10:14 The Recto Tono option.
10:57 The Monastic Reciting Tone
12:30 The Psalms using just one tone to get started.
12:55 Let's pray an office together using what we just learned.

Mid-Afternoon Prayer
12:57 Oh God, come to my assistance.
13:18 Hymn (8.8.8.8 long meter): "Iam surgit hora tertia," Saint Ambrose, 340-397, Translation © 2023 ICEL
14:15 Psalm 119v25-32 (Tone 8)
15:18 Psalm 26 (Tone 8)
16:42 Psalm 28v1-3, 6-9 (Tone 8)
18:11 Reading: Acts 5v41-42
18:33 Responsory
18:51 Concluding Prayers

Debrief On What We Just Did
18:24 Let's break it down a little
18:34 But first 3 announcements:
1. 18:37 Come to our retreat!! https://lothretreat.my.canva.site/
2. 19:51 Tune in to our Pentecost Vigil! Or come out to Our Lady of Good Voyage in Boston.
3. 20:15 Boston LotH Retreat - TBD 2024
20:37 Back to the debrief
20:44 If you're with a priest or deacon, they should lead in the prayer.
20:45 Generally you should stand up if praying in a group.
21:16 The antiphon for the Psalmody for daytime prayer (especially in Eastertide) is "Alleluia."
21:40 We did this all in Tone 8. There are no antiphons in the middle of daytime prayer.
21:50 We skipped the Psalm prayers because they're not actually part of the official text.
22:15 We usually do the "Gloria" in Latin.
22:32 The "Responsory" tune we use is the same one we use all throughout the Easter season.
22:48 The priest should always do the concluding prayer. And hold the phone for them!
23:07 Acclamation is going to be updated.
23:27 Wrap Up! We did a chant and a rant!
23:40 A Ceremonial Cheers
23:44 Stop by St. Paul's and say hello to Fr. Nate!
24:07 The sound of refreshment.

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