The Divine Office

This page contains links to posts on Chantblog about the Office propers throughout the year, and to posts here about the Divine Office generally (along with several external links).  The hymn schedule comes, with only a couple of exceptions as otherwise noted in individual posts, entirely from Hymn Melodies for the Whole Year from the Sarum Service Books.

The Seasonal Offices

• The Advent Office
• The Christmas Office
• December 26: The Feast of St. Stephen
• December 27: The Feast of St. John Evangelist  
• December 28: Holy Innocents
• January 1: The Feast of the Circumcision 
• The Epiphany Office
• The Office hymns "From the Octave of the Epiphany until the 1st Sunday in Lent". That links to a generic page that lists all 21 hymns for this period:  3 different hymns per day, for each day of the week.  Each day's hymns for this period, including texts and audio files, are available at the following links: 
  
  • Sunday
  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday
  • Saturday
  
  
• The Lent Office
• The Office during the Octave of Easter
• The Eastertide Office
• The Ascension Office
• The Pentecost Office
• The Trinity Office
• The Corpus Christi Office
• The Sarum Office Hymns "From the Octave of Corpus Christi until Advent" (See also The "Weekday Propers Sung," according to the Lutheran Liturgical Prayer Brotherhood)  
• On the Feast of the Dedication of a Church

The Offices for the Common of Saints

• Common of Saints: On Feasts of Apostles & Evangelists 
• The Sarum Office Hymns "On the Feast of One Martyr"
• Common of Saints: On Feasts of Several Martyrs (or Confessors)

The Offices for the Proper of Saints

• On the Feast of the Conception of the B.V. Mary (Dec. 8)
• On the Feast of S. Vincent, M. (Jan. 22)
• The Feast of the Purification of the B.V. Mary  (February 2)
• On the Feast of the Annunciation of the B. V. Mary (March 25)
• On the Feast of the Invention of the Holy Cross (May 3) - see  The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (September 14)
• Office Hymns for the Feast of the Visitation (May 31, although once July 2)
• June 24: The Feast of the Nativity of S. John the Baptist
• The Feast of SS. Peter & Paul (June 29)  
• On the Feast of S. Mary Magdalene (July 22)
• Hymns for the Feast of S. Anne, Mother of the B. V. Mary (July 26)  
• On the Feast of the Transfiguration (August 6)
• On the Feast of the Most Sweet Name of Jesus ( Aug 7)
• On the Feast of the Assumption of the B. V. Mary (August 15)  
• On the Feast of the Decollation of S. John the Baptist (August 29)
• On the Feast of the Nativity of the B.V. Mary (September 8) 
• The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (September 14)
• St. Michael and All Angels (September 29)
• November 1: The Feast of All Saints; see also All Saints' Day: The Complete Office
• All Souls' Day:  The Complete Office (November 2)

Hymns at the Lesser Hours

• The Hymns at the Lesser Hours: Terce 
• The Hymns at the Lesser Hours: Sext
• The Hymns at the Lesser Hours: None  
• The Hymns at the Lesser Hours: Compline I
• The Hymns at the Lesser Hours: Compline II  
• The Hymns at the Lesser Hours: Compline III
• The Hymns at the Lesser Hours: Prime I
• The Hymns at the Lesser Hours: Prime II
• The Hymns at the Lesser Hours: Prime III
• The Hymns at the Lesser Hours: Prime IV  
• The Hymns at the Lesser Hours: Prime V

Office Resources

• The Ordinary of the Divine Office, according to the Lutheran Liturgical Prayer Brotherhood 
• The Divine Office (A video about the Daily Office in general, from Mount Angel Abbey in Oregon)
• Breviary Offices, from Lauds to Compline Inclusive (Society of St. Margaret, Boston).  A complete breviary for the year with Psalms, collects, antiphons, hymns, and etc.  Publish date 1885; no music included.  Downloadable at Google Books.
• Breviary Offices: The Night Hours, Volumes 1-2.  This is the companion book to the volume above, also from the Society of St. Margaret, Boston.  As noted, it contains "the Night Hours" - AKA Mattins; publish date 1899.
• Hymn Melodies for the Whole Year from the Sarum Service Books.  Downloadable at Google Books.  
• J.M. Neale: The Hymnal Noted: Parts I & II.   Neale's 1851 book of hymns from the Salisbury hymnal.