Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Advent seems to be a busy time of year! Here's an hour I have missed recording in the past. The hour of Sext at Midday, which is sometimes called Noon, but shouldn't be confused with None. As always, get your PDF booklets here: littleoffice.brandt.id.au In making this recording I did find one note wrong in the old booklets - in the flex for the Little Chapter, so you might like to update your copy...

Learning these Responsories is probably the trickiest bit of the whole project. I’m not sure about how to sing the oriscuses - they are the punctums shaped a bit like a waving flag. If your choirmaster says to sing them differently, definitely follow your choirmaster. This part of Matins is good for all Advent, except feasts of Our Lady, which would be the Immaculate Conception (8th December) and...

More new recordings for Advent. It seems expedient to divide up the Matins recordings into 3 parts . It makes it easier for me to upload just the parts that need updating for each season. Also, when listening to the recordings, I can sing the first part while getting ready, then start with the second part when I head off in the car. I could stitch them together to make all the combinations for the...

Available with visuals at Youtube and soon Rumble and Odysee . I made this recording in an hotel room - a very unusual setting for me, but beautifully quiet. Helps reinforce the idea that a quiet space away from pet parrots is a very worthwhile goal! As always, the PDF booklets are at littleoffice.brandt.id.au I hope to complete a new set of recordings in time for Advent. I’m a bit sidetracked by...

UPDATE : Video now available on Youtube , Rumble and Odysee . It has been a while since I posted a video, so I added a poll on Youtube . The results strongly suggested it was time to rerecord the Little Office for Advent. One comment specifically requested Prime. So here it is. Here are the issues with this recording: * background bird noise * background traffic noise * mistakes in pronunciation -...

When I started singing the Little Office, Compline was the first hour I tackled. I made some guesses about how to sing it, going from the way similar things were sung at the time at Maternal Heart of Mary Church, Lewisham. I didn’t have any reason to go into the details. I just went from the blue Baronius Press books and guessed the rest, resulting in a few habits that subsequent study has proved...

Here is the mid-afternoon little hour of the Little Office of Our Lady sung with my son. This is probably my most overlooked hour of the Little Office. 3pm is a busy time for me. I have a job tutoring schoolkids after school a few days a week, so I’m often driving to the tutoring centre at this time. It is a really nice time to take a break though. Taking the time to slow down and listen to God re...

I’ll post this, lightly edited, as I think it’s an improvement on the previous Vespers per annum recording. I’ve included the commemoration of All Saints as in the 1915 Benziger Brothers edition. I think I should have shortened the end of the collect before that, but the extra prayers are probably still good. Just letting you know that I’m aware of it. Get full access to Little Office of the Bless...

I’m doing some re-recording to fit better into my short car trips. Booklets and more information available at: littleoffice.brandt.id.au Get full access to Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary at littleoffice.substack.com/subscribe

I’m posting Matins in parts so that I can line up the matching three parts each day to listen to on a walk or drive. You’ll need three thirds for the full Matins. * 1st third: Invitatory and Hymn * 2nd third: three Psalms * 3rd third: Lessons and Responsories Get full access to Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary at littleoffice.substack.com/subscribe

Here are the Psalms for Nocturn 3, which is sung on Wednesdays and Saturdays. I’m posting Matins in parts so that I can line up the matching three parts each day to listen to on a walk or drive. You’ll need three thirds for the full Matins. * 1st third: Invitatory and Hymn * 2nd third: three Psalms * 3rd third: Lessons and Responsories Get full access to Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary at...

Here are the Psalms for Nocturn 2, which is sung on Tuesdays and Fridays. I’m posting Matins in parts so that I can line up the matching three parts each day to listen to on a walk or drive. You’ll need three thirds for the full Matins. * 1st third: Invitatory and Hymn * 2nd third: three Psalms * 3rd third: Lessons and Responsories Get full access to Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary at lit...

This one includes the closing prayers in case you’re not ready to proceeed to Lauds. If you are ready for Lauds, I have an old recording here . I’ve made another recording trimming off the closing collect, and I will publish that soon! Get full access to Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary at littleoffice.substack.com/subscribe

Here are the Psalms for Nocturn 1, which is sung on Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays. Pre-luminous Rosary fans will notice the parallel with the days for the different mysteries. I’m posting Matins in parts so that I can line up the matching three parts each day to listen to on a walk or drive. You’ll need three thirds for the full Matins. * 1st third: Invitatory and Hymn * 2nd third: three Psalms *...

I’m giving myself a reason to improve the podcast and booklets by resolving to sing the Little Office for the length of the Dormition Fast, from 1-14 August, ready for the feast of the Assumption. I have a little bit of commuting each week, so it’s handy to have clear recordings, and my trips are short, so the pace will be a bit on the quick side. I’ve divided Matins into three parts: * Domine, la...

A fairly quick sing through so that I can listen to the whole of vespers on my drive home from work. Here's the booklet I sang from: https://littleoffice.brandt.id.au/2023/04/10/easter-booklet/ For general information on the Little Office see: https://littleoffice.brandt.id.au/ I'm incorporating 1915 features. Get full access to Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary at littleoffice.subs...

The Dominicans have their own books. Here I sing from a book of chant for third order Nuns of the Order of Preachers. More info here: https://littleoffice.brandt.id.au/2022/03/04/dominican-little-office/ Get full access to Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary at littleoffice.substack.com/subscribe

The Dominicans have their own books. Here I sing from a book of chant for third order Nuns of the Order of Preachers. More info here: https://littleoffice.brandt.id.au/2022/03/04/dominican-little-office/ Get full access to Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary at littleoffice.substack.com/subscribe

The Dominican's have their own books. Read more here: https://littleoffice.brandt.id.au/2022/03/04/dominican-little-office/ Get full access to Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary at littleoffice.substack.com/subscribe

Somehow I don't think I'm going to have the complete set of sung Advent hours by Christmas, but Lauds and Vespers and Compline makes a good set. As always, get your booklets here: https://littleoffice.brandt.id.au Happy Advent! Get full access to Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary at littleoffice.substack.com/subscribe

Tidying  up the collection of recordings of the Little Office of Our Lady,  especially sung according to the Antiphonale Romanum and maybe other  rites too. https://littleoffice.brandt.id.au/ Get full access to Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary at littleoffice.substack.com/subscribe

Tidying up the collection of recordings of the Little Office of Our Lady, especially sung according to the Antiphonale Romanum and maybe other rites too. https://littleoffice.brandt.id.au/ Get full access to Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary at littleoffice.substack.com/subscribe

I think this is the last of the Spoken series. https://www.lobvm.com/hours/roman/1962/office-1/la-en/matins/ More on the Little Office at: littleoffice.brandt.id.au Get full access to Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary at littleoffice.substack.com/subscribe

https://www.lobvm.com/hours/roman/1962/office-1/la-en/none Get full access to Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary at littleoffice.substack.com/subscribe

https://www.lobvm.com/hours/roman/1962/office-1/la-en/sext/ Get full access to Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary at littleoffice.substack.com/subscribe