Friday, April 11, 2008

Office of the Dead added

I've just posted a new revision, the most notable update being the addition of the Office of the Dead. I made the decision to include the complete hour of Matins for this particular Office; it seemed like the thing to do. I've made one concession to save space: the psalms for Matins are referenced, with page numbers to their location in the psalter, but they are not reprinted in place.

I've also gone through and made a number of corrections and fixes:
-The psalm "titles" are now accented
-fixed a number of spelling errors
-added a section in the Ordinary for Lauds to make it a little clearer when Lauds II is used (this was a point of confusion for some of my friends who've been praying the office).
-added the penitential psalms before the litany of the saints (thanks PaulG!) I may be changing these to reference the psalm locations; haven't decided for sure.
-and many others...

I'll be adding the complementary psalmody also, again by referencing page numbers of the psalms in the psalter.

Oh, and I am working on the rest of the Proper of Seasons...

Friday, April 4, 2008

Update Posted April 4th (Friday)

I've just posted an update, and here's the highlights of what's included:

The Proper of Seasons is now complete from the beginning of Lent through the 24th and last Sunday after Pentecost. **Note** Advent through Septuagesima is not included. This, as well as the Office for the Dead, will be my next task.

I've also done some major work on the Hymns. I have reviewed All of the Hymns in the Ordinary, Psalter, and Commons of Saints, and have attempted to find the "best" English translations for the hymns. I've added a reference line at the bottom of the hymns giving the name of the translator.

Just a quick note, A friend caught a typo in the prayer associated with the Marian Antiphon III at the end of Compline. "gladdness" should be "gladness". I apologize, but I caught this error after made the PDF's and uploaded them, and I didn't have time to redo everything. I've fixed it in my source files, and it'll get updated with the next round of revisions. Sorry for any inconvenience.

As always, please let me know if you find any typos or errors, and I'll fix them as quickly as possible!

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Proper of Seasons complete through end of Liturgical Year

I had a marathon session today, and I've completed all of the time following Pentecost! As of this posting, I haven't had the opportunity to update the books on the website. I'm hoping to do that tomorrow. In the mean time, please feel free to look at the latest additions at the following link.

As an added bonus, the above link is a PDF file which is in color (red rubrics).

From here, I'll be working on the Office for the Dead, followed by Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. Some of you will remember that I've already done most of this, but I had some issues with the English translation I was using at the time. Since most of this just needs to be updated, it shouldn't take too long to have the entire Proper of Seasons done! Once it is, I'll start work on the Proper of Saints.

As always, if you see any typos, or have any suggestions, please let me know.