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follow up on LOTH	nick	Sunday, December 30, 2007
Question: hello bro. ignatius, it's me again..nick thanks for your recommendations of LOH editions/books. i already have one, the 1 volume set by the daughters of saint paul and i've been praying the Liturgy of the hours for quite a long time now...still i have questions. and i hope this one will be one of the last :-) When is the sign of the cross done in the Gospel Canticle? before the antiphon (while saying the trinitarian formula)? during the antiphon? or during the first lines of the Gospel Antiphon? again thanks in advance... by the way, i am considering the priesthood as my vocation but i'm not yet a seminarian and still waiting for further signs from God, i hope you will include me in your prayers, and of course i will also pray for you. thanks again.
Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM Dear Nick: The link I posted last time is to a page that includes many different editions of the Divine Office that are available. The reason I posted it was primarily to direct you to the Official Latin version which is linked toward the bottom of that page. The Latin version is rather expensive, but I thought I would mention it. To set the context a little -- Just before the Gospel Canticle is the Responsory and before that the Reading. The posture during the Reading is sitting, but just before coming to the last line of the Responsory one should stand and then make a profound bow. Thus, the gesture when saying, Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, is a profound bow (and not the sign of the Cross). One returns to a standing posture as the last phrase recited, Christ, son of the living God, have mercy on us, and continues to stand until the end of the Office. The Antiphon is recited and then the Sign of the Cross is made as you are reciting the first line of the Gospel Canticle. I praise God that you are in discernment about the priesthood. We will certainly be in prayer for your vocation. God bless, Bro. Ignatius Mary Footer Notes: This forum is for general questions on the faith. See specific Topic Forums below: Spiritual Warfare, demons, the occult go to our Spiritul Warfare Q&S Forum. Liturgy Questions go to our Liturgy and Liturgical Law Q&A Forum Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) Questions go to our Divine Office Q&A Forum Defenfing the Faith Questions go to our Defending the Faith Q&A Forum Church History Questions go to our Church History Q&A Forum

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Sunday, December 30, 2007

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hello bro. ignatius, it's me again..nick

thanks for your recommendations of LOH editions/books. i already have one, the 1 volume set by the daughters of saint paul and i've been praying the Liturgy of the hours for quite a long time

now...still i have questions. and i hope this one will be one of the last :-)

When is the sign of the cross done in the Gospel Canticle?
before the antiphon (while saying the trinitarian formula)? during the antiphon? or during the first lines of the Gospel Antiphon?

again thanks in advance...

by the way, i am considering the priesthood as my vocation but i'm not yet a seminarian and still waiting for further signs from God, i hope you will include me in your prayers, and of course i will also pray for you.

thanks again.

Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM

Dear Nick:

The link I posted last time is to a page that includes many different editions of the Divine Office that are available. The reason I posted it was primarily to direct you to the Official Latin version which is linked toward the bottom of that page. The Latin version is rather expensive, but I thought I would mention it.

To set the context a little -- Just before the Gospel Canticle is the Responsory and before that the Reading. The posture during the Reading is sitting, but just before coming to the last line of the Responsory one should stand and then make a profound bow. Thus, the gesture when saying, Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, is a profound bow (and not the sign of the Cross). One returns to a standing posture as the last phrase recited, Christ, son of the living God, have mercy on us, and continues to stand until the end of the Office.

The Antiphon is recited and then the Sign of the Cross is made as you are reciting the first line of the Gospel Canticle.

I praise God that you are in discernment about the priesthood. We will certainly be in prayer for your vocation.

God bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary

Footer Notes: This forum is for general questions on the faith. See specific Topic Forums below:
Spiritual Warfare, demons, the occult go to our Spiritul Warfare Q&S Forum.
Liturgy Questions go to our Liturgy and Liturgical Law Q&A Forum
Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) Questions go to our Divine Office Q&A Forum
Defenfing the Faith Questions go to our Defending the Faith Q&A Forum
Church History Questions go to our Church History Q&A Forum