Divine Office
The Divine Office is the official prayer of the Church. Members of the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius publicly recite and chant the Divine Office daily. The public is encouraged to join them and offer the Church’s official prayer in reparation for or on behalf of those priests and religious, who no longer pray the Divine Office, to which they are bound by duty of their vocation. This beautiful prayer of the Church is recommended as a wonderful “...complement to the fullness of divine worship that is contained in the Eucharistic sacrifice.”
Sunday
6:30 a.m. — Matins (Office of Readings) & Lauds (Morning Prayer)
2:00 p.m. — Rosary, Vespers (Evening Prayer), Exposition and Benediction
6:00 p.m. — Compline (Night Prayer)
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
6:50 a.m. — Matins (Office of Readings) & Lauds (Morning Prayer)
11:45 a.m. — Midday Prayer
4:45 p.m. — Rosary and Vespers (Evening Prayer)
7:15 p.m. — Compline (Night Prayer)
Wednesday
6:50 a.m. — Matins (Office of Readings) & Lauds (Morning Prayer)
11:45 a.m. — Midday Prayer
4:45 p.m. — Rosary and Vespers (Evening Prayer)
8:15 p.m. — Compline (Night Prayer)
Saturday
7:55 a.m. — Matins (Office of Readings) & Lauds (Morning Prayer)
6:00 p.m. — Rosary, Vespers (Evening Prayer) & Compline (Night Prayer)
- Divine Office – Sacrosanctum Concilium
- The Origin of the Breviary
- Component Elements of the Breviary
- The Excellence of the Breviary
- Divisions of the Breviary
- Introduction to the Breviary
- The Canonical Hours
- Matins
- Lauds
- Prime-Terce-Sext-None
- Vespers
- Compline
- Praying the Psalms
- The Spirituality of the Divine Office