How the Morning Office Is to Be Said
FeJune 15
The Morning Office on Sunday shall begin with Psalm 66 recited straight through without an antiphon. After that let Psalm 50 be said with “Alleluia,” then Psalms 117 and 62, the Canticle of Blessing and the Psalms of praise; then a lesson from the Apocalypse to be recited by heart, the responsory, the Ambrosian hymn, the verse, the canticle from the Gospel book, the litany and so the end.
Reflection
We celebrate this Office on Sundays, as well as on weekdays by say-ing Psalm 50, on Sundays with ‘Alleluia’. We oblates, if we cannot follow Lauds every morning can nevertheless find the time to say Psalm 50 easily wherever we happen to be, if we have learnt it by heart. Let us try and do this as an expression of our praise, and on Sunday add alleluia. This Psalm will help us to make the painful passage from our self-centredness as we are transformed by grace and become open to the return to God.
