At the conclusion of each Hour, the Sisters proceeded with the chanting or recitation of the Brigittine Divine Office. The men recited or chanted the regular Divine of the diocese. Proximity of the Brigittine Brothers to the Sisters in the double monasteries made a double Divine Office possible. Redpath God’s Ambassadress Bruce Publishing Company, Milwaukee, MN USA 1947 page 71. There were days when the angel did not come on those days, Saint Birgitta told her spiritual director that she had nothing to present. Saint Birgitta then turned it over to her spiritual Father. With paper, pen and ink prepared she waited until the angel came, who dictated her the text of the lessons. Every morning after she has recited her prayers, Saint Birgitta sat at her desk in Rome, from which she could see the high altar of the Church of Saint Lorenzo in Damasco. The revelations were communicated to her by an angel. The text of the Angelic Discourse is based on revelations to Saint Brigitta. The text of the hymns demonstrates a clear coherence with the lessons of the day. These readings define the theme of the day and are garlanded by the other parts of the Divine Office. The hymns are different for each day for all the Hours. These 21 lessons are allocated to the 7 days of the week, three lessons apiece per day For each day. The fulcrum of the Brigittine Divine Office consists of the Angelic Discourse, divided into 21 portions. However, structurally, it is a fuller, more developed version, more closely resembling the traditional Latin Divine Office, also termed the Roman Divine Office.
These remarks explain the text of the traditional Brigittine Breviary in use by Syon Abbey until the late 60-es and which is in current use by the Brigittini Servitores Sanctissimi Salvatoris Institute.Īs far as its theme goes, the Brigittine Divine Office is similar to the Little Office of Our Lady, where the focus is on honouring Our Lady. Given the central place of liturgical prayer in the Brigittine way of life, the starting point for understanding the Brigittine spirituality is studying the composition and contents of the original Brigittine Divine Office. INTRODUCTION TO THE LATIN TRADITIONAL BRIGITTINE DIVINE OFFICE.THE LATIN TRADITIONAL BRIGITTINE DIVINE OFFICE
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