Office of Readings

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canonical hour liturgical hour

The Office of Readings is a major liturgical hour in the Liturgy of the Hours that features extended Scripture passages and spiritual writings for meditation.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Office of Readings in the Liturgy of the Hours 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canonical hour ⓘ
liturgical hour ⓘ
associatedWith Liturgy of the Hours ⓘ
surface form: Divine Office
canBeCelebratedAs Vigil ⓘ
canBeCombinedWith Liturgy of the Hours ⓘ
surface form: Office of Readings with Morning Prayer
celebratedBy clergy ⓘ
laity ⓘ
religious ⓘ
follows psalmody schema of four-week psalter ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Matins ⓘ
Office of Vigils ⓘ
Vigils ⓘ
hasCharacteristic can be celebrated at any time of day ⓘ
extended Scripture readings ⓘ
meditative character ⓘ
patristic readings ⓘ
spiritual readings ⓘ
hasComponent antiphons ⓘ
concluding prayer ⓘ
hymn ⓘ
long Scripture reading ⓘ
non-biblical reading ⓘ
psalm-prayers ⓘ
psalms ⓘ
responsories ⓘ
hasLiturgicalRank major hour ⓘ
hasPurpose meditation on Scripture ⓘ
sanctification of time ⓘ
languageOfOfficialEdition Latin ⓘ
mayInclude hagiographical texts ⓘ
writings of saints ⓘ
writings of the Fathers of the Church ⓘ
obligatoryFor Latin-rite clerics ⓘ
observes liturgical feasts ⓘ
liturgical seasons ⓘ
liturgical solemnities ⓘ
partOf Liturgy of the Hours ⓘ
preReformName Matins ⓘ
promulgatedIn 1970 ⓘ
reformedBy Second Vatican Council ⓘ
regulatedBy General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours ⓘ
textPublishedIn Part Four: Christian Prayer ⓘ
surface form: Christian Prayer (abbreviated form)

Liturgy of the Hours ⓘ
surface form: Liturgia Horarum

Liturgy of the Hours ⓘ
surface form: Liturgy of the Hours (English 4-volume set)
usedBy Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
usedIn Roman Rite ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Holy Saturday → hasLiturgicalHour → Office of Readings ⓘ
Te Deum → liturgicalPlacement → Office of Readings ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office of Readings in the Liturgy of the Hours