Something new

This is my first actual post on this new blog, and I wanted to give a little background information. For about a year now, I've been working on a project: I've been compiling a parallel Latin/English Diurnal for the 1962 Roman Breviary. Let me take a moment and explain a little bit about what this means.
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The Roman Breviary is something used by Catholics to pray the Divine Office. This is a psalm-based prayer dating back to the very early days of the Church. In fact, psalm-based prayer predates Christianity, as it was used in Judaism for centuries before the time of Christ.

I'm going to make a separate post of an article done by the Right Reverend Abbot Fernand Cabrol, OSB (of blessed memory), giving more information about the Divine Office, but here is a short description:

The Divine Office has traditionally been divided into two major sections: Daytime, and Nighttime. The daytime office takes as its origin the verse: "Seven times a day I have given praise to thee" (Ps. 118:164). A Diurnal is used for these day hours: Laudes, Prime, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers and Compline. The night office is Matins, which is traditionally broken into three nocturns. During the course of a week, all 150 psalms are prayed during these hours.

My goal is this: I'm compiling a parallel Latin/English Diurnal, according to the 1962 Divine Office. The psalms and other scripture come from the Clementine Latin Vulgate of St. Jerome, and the Bishop Challenor version of the English Douay-Rheims Bible. The Latin prayers and other texts come from the 1962 Breviary, with their English translations coming primarily from a similar work published in 1921. This work was entitled the Day Hours of the Church, and was compiled by the Benedictine Nuns of the Stanbrook Abbey. (It is nearly impossible to even find a copy of this fine work these days, but I found one and have scanned it, and it is also available on my website.)

This seems to be a good place to stop for the moment. May our Lord's will be done in this project, and in all that we do. May all the glory and honor be His.