Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary

I have started tagging all the recordings here. The front page of this Substack gives the opportunity to list posts sorted by tag. Somehow, up until now, I have neglected to post recordings for Septuagesima! This will be the first hour in plenty of time for next Septuagesima, 16 February 2025. Septuagesima Sunday is an old preparation for Lent. The name means “70th” and it is roughly 70 days befor...

The CD orders are steadily trickling in even though I haven’t encouraged listeners to buy them. This is a good way to keep reminding me to fix up the less polished tracks. Here is one now! This is a solo recording. To fit on the CD I needed to keep it short, but I didn’t want to rush it. Were I singing with another person we could shrink the gap between each verse. I’ve tried to imitate that by my...

Buy the book : * from my Shop Jubilus * direct from the printer, Lulu.com Or download the PDF from the github repository . I did write to my bishop for permission to print and received a positive answer, so I think that’s all good with regard to the 1983 Code of Canon Law, Canon 826 §3. Here’s an earlier article with more about the booklet: Get full access to Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Ma...

Here is the last instalment in the seven hours of the Little Office of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. You can pick up a printed book of the Little Office of the Immaculate Conception either printed here at Shop Jubilus or as a PDF in the Gitlab repo. I’m copying across these recordings from the Youtube playlist . Get full access to Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary at...

Here is the sixth installment in the seven hours of the Little Office of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. You can pick up a printed book of the Little Office of the Immaculate Conception either printed here at Shop Jubilus or as a PDF in the Gitlab repo. I’m copying across these recordings from the Youtube playlist . Get full access to Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary...

Here is the fourth instalment in the seven hours of the Little Office of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. You can pick up a printed book of the Little Office of the Immaculate Conception either printed here at Shop Jubilus or as a PDF in the Gitlab repo. I’m copying across these recordings from the Youtube playlist . Get full access to Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary...

Here is the fourth installment in the seven hours of the Little Office of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. You can pick up a printed book of the Little Office of the Immaculate Conception either printed here at Shop Jubilus or as a PDF in the Gitlab repo. I’m copying across these recordings from the Youtube playlist . Get full access to Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary...

Here is the third installment in the seven hours of the Little Office of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. You can pick up a printed book of the Little Office of the Immaculate Conception either printed here at Shop Jubilus or as a PDF in the Gitlab repo. I’m copying across these recordings from the Youtube playlist . Get full access to Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary...

Here is the second installment in the seven hours of the Little Office of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. You can pick up a printed book of the Little Office of the Immaculate Conception either printed here at Shop Jubilus or as a PDF in the Gitlab repo. I’m copying across these recordings from the Youtube playlist . Get full access to Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary...

A request for a podcast version of my recordings of the Little Office of the Immaculate Conception. Here is the Youtube Playlist . Youtube claims to have “podcast” settings, but this doesn’t carry across to podcast clients outside Youtube as far as I understand. Anyway, substack does seem to do a good job of being both a blog and a podcast. And you can pick up a printed book of the Little Office o...

A monthly article to let you know of any upcoming variations to the Little Office of Our Lady seems like a useful thing. Except that there aren’t any variations coming up until Saturday 30th November 2024. That’s right, the Little Office is so easy, that it is pretty much the same every day (except for the Matins Psalms) from Trinity Sunday through to the Saturday before the First Sunday of Advent...

Thank you Jardin de Dieu for suggesting this post! Substack is a very helpful platform. I have uploaded the video and it seems to have already made an audio file for the podcast. I hope it appears nicely in your podcast player. Get full access to Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary at littleoffice.substack.com/subscribe

You may have noticed that I have booklets available on how to sing the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Sadly, I haven’t polished these up for publication. They are still rather inconsistent and at times messy, but they are helpful for pointing you in the right direction. Preparing them for publishing feels like an epic quest beyond my present abilities. While this is a noble goal, maybe...

The Livestream this one is from was not my best recording. I’ll consider re-recording. For now, this should be listenable. I missed a flat sign in the Antiphon “Rubum quem viderat” and I must have been getting tired going by the mistakes, but this remix is a bit better than it was. Booklets are at littleoffice.brandt.id.au . Get full access to Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary at littleoffi...

Another remix from 2021. Here is the original recording . I’m using the Monastic Tonus in Directum. I don’t think it’s a deal-breaker. The booklets are still at littleoffice.brandt.id.au . Get full access to Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary at littleoffice.substack.com/subscribe

This was a fun one to fix. As well as trimming excess audio, I found a wrong note in the Amen of Ave Maris Stella. You can hear the original mistake in this livestream from 2021 . The mistake comes from mentally transposing to make the solfege easier but forgetting to add in a ti-flat (or te). This also crops up in the hymn for Roman Compline for Ferias. The booklets are at littleoffice.brandt.id....

From a recording back in 2021 , trimmed back a bit. Get full access to Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary at littleoffice.substack.com/subscribe

Sacrosanctae et individuae Trinitati, Crucifixi Domini nostri Iesu Christi humanitati, beatissima et gloriosissimae semperque Virginis Mariae fecundae integritati, et omnium Sanctorum universitati sit sempiterna laus, honor, virtus et gloria ab omni creatura, nobisque remissio omnium peccatorum, per infinita saecula saeculorum. Amen. ℣ Beáta víscera Maríæ Vírginis, quæ portavérunt ætérni Pátris Fí...

These prayers are usually said silently before the Office, followed by a silent Hail Mary or Ave Maria. Get full access to Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary at littleoffice.substack.com/subscribe

I’m struck by how much more elaborate the Christmas office is. In Australia this time of year is hot and I often find myself not keeping up with the Office. This recording comes from a Livestream from 2021 . There I also recorded the prayers before and after the Office. These would be good to have on the podcast in separate episodes so you can add them to your queue as need be. Get full access to...

One of these books recommended ending a public recitation of the Little Office with the appropriate Marian Antiphon. This is how Compline always ends, but is optional for the other hours. You could even pray it by itself. Here are the words: Alma Redemptóris Mater, quæ pérvia cæliPorta manes, et stella maris, succúrre cadénti,Súrgere qui curat pópulo: tu quæ genuísti,Natúra miránte, tuum sanctum G...

Nice quiet solo recording of Terce, tidied up a bit from this Livestream in 2021 . In the livestream I finished with the Solemn Marian Antiphon, but I thought I would upload that separately - it’s an optional ending for most of the hours. It’s mandatory for Compline. Get full access to Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary at littleoffice.substack.com/subscribe

Preparing for Christmas looks different for all different families. Some are shopping, some are cooking, some are decorating. I’m editing audio. This recording comes from a Livestream from 2021 . I’ve edited it down a bit, run the noise reduction and amplify over it so it should be easier to listen to. There’s a bit of bird noise in the background - quite a few magpie calls. This is the Australian...

Another one from the 2021 Livestreams. You can watch the original video here. There is a little bit of coughing. Happily, I’ve reduced it a little and trimmed it a bit. God bless you! Get full access to Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary at littleoffice.substack.com/subscribe

This comes from a Livestream I recorded back in 2021 . I have trimmed it a little and applied a noise removal and amplification. The beginning starts with chirps from my pet budgerigars, but they soon settle down. Get full access to Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary at littleoffice.substack.com/subscribe