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Further research into the Little Office of Our Lady.
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Further research into the Little Office of Our Lady.
I’m heading away for a few days and wanted to take the Little Office with me. I’ve made this little booklet, taking out some parts that I have reliably in memory.
The Little Office is not sung in public during the Sacred Triduum. The last Little Office hour would be Compline on Wednesday and would resume with Matins of Sunday (with the Te Deum!)
A quick note to say the in Passiontide in the Little Office the Gloria Patri is nowhere omitted.
Someone requested details on how to sing the Carmelite Little Office.
The Little Office of the Immaculate Conception is much shorter than the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It has no Psalms, only hymns, which all share the same meter.
I will be reviewing four copies of the Little Office which are currently in print:
UPDATE: The Internet Archive has this booklet with all the music for the Dominican Little Office dated 1928. I’ve cleaned it up with scantailor for you to download and print here - just updated 2022-07-29 as the first version was missing pages 2-11.