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Author Topic: Went to my first Sunday Vespers  (Read 418 times)
NonSumDignus

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« on: August 30, 2009, 05:37:PM »
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Wow! Truly incredible! I was so blown away. It helped me understand why the Office is second only to the Mass.

We had a full choir of at least 30-50 people, and maybe about or double that number in the pews, so the responses and the singing were really hearty. When the Salve was chanted at the end, I could not tell if I was in heaven or earth!

Now I know why so many people go on about the LotH/Divine Office on this forum.
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markadm

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« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2009, 10:55:PM »
We sing Vespers monthly in the Cathedral here, and I know completely what you mean. It is truly amazing.
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Credo

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« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2009, 02:49:AM »
Neat.

Are you sure you were at Vespers? You may have been at  Compline if the Salve Regina was sung.
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glgas

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« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2009, 04:07:AM »
Quote from: Credo
Neat.

Are you sure you were at Vespers? You may have been at  Compline if the Salve Regina was sung.

In the good old times of my grandfather the Antiphons of Mary were sung after each separate hours

Definition from the inline rubrics

8 A primis Vesperis Festi SS. Trinitatis usque ad Nonam Sabbati
ante Adventurn inclusive.

8 A Vesperis Sabbati ante Dominicam I. Adventus usque ad
secundas Vesperas Purificationis inclusive:
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NonSumDignus

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« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2009, 05:40:AM »
Quote from: Credo
Neat.

Are you sure you were at Vespers? You may have been at  Compline if the Salve Regina was sung.

It was Vespers; it seemed like the Salve Regina was sung more out of piety than it being part of the rubrics
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« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2009, 07:58:AM »
That's the thing; under the modern rubrics I would argue that it is not required. However, our Schola nearly without fail sings the Salve (or whichever one) after Vespers simply for piety, devotion and as a musical piece.

Of course glgas is very right: there is so much that has now been stripped out of the Office, the Suffrages, the Marian Antiphon after each Hour... etc.  I used to think I only yearned for the 1961 liturgical books, but sometimes (shhhhh!) I cast my eyes further back!
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« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2009, 05:54:AM »
We sang vespers in the pews (me, an ex-seminarian and 2 priests) for the feast of St Pius X in my chapel (SSPX) not too long ago. I was incredibly overwhelmed with the beauty of the sequence when it was sung by a priest (the District Superior for SSPX Asia) who had a prettry good voice. Really felt like i had gone to heaven!
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