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- From: jww@evolving.com (John W. Woolley)
- Subject: Re: Period Calendar Wanted
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.171037.33089@evolving.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 17:10:37 GMT
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- snolan@postmaster@hq.af.mil (Duncan Tiercel MacLeod) writes:
- : What are the monastic times of the day, and what do they equate to,
- : and why?
-
- There are eight monastic offices. The time of day is often referred to
- the office said then. They are:
-
- Matins "Morning", but usually said *early* in the morning, like one
- or two a.m. Some orders do Matins around four, and it can be
- sometimes "anticipated", i.e. said the previous evening.
- Lauds "Praises". Said around dawn. Mass usually follows.
- Prime "First". From about seven a.m. till nine or so. (The office
- only takes maybe fifteen minutes, but when the name of the
- office is used as a time of day, it covers the time till the
- start of the next office.)
- Terce "Third". The forenoon, after breakfast and before midday.
- Sext "Sixth". Noon till three.
- None "Ninth". Said around three p.m.; late afternoon.
- Vespers "Evening". Usually said about five p.m.
- Compline Said at bedtime, maybe nine p.m. or so.
-
- Remember that, no matter the time of year, there are twelve equal hours
- of day and twelve of night; so that in winter day hours are much shorter
- than night hours.
- --
- Fr. John Woolley (jww@evolving.com); vastly enthusiastic about Augustine,
- Austen, babies, Bach, backgammon, baseball, beer, the Bible, Botticelli, Burke,
- Chesterton, Dante, Dixieland, hardboiled, Hitchcock, Dr Johnson, Latin, Mozart,
- Shakespeare/de Vere, St Teresa, Tolkien, Trollope, Fats Waller, and Washington
-