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This also can be said regarding a member of a religious community who becomes a superior, they feel incompetent, but because they are expected to carry out the duty, they receive supernatural graces for their state in life to perform the task. In order for them to fulfill it, in a way pleasing to Our Lord, the Holy Ghost gives that individual a specific grace only pertaining to them. When I say the grace of office, this applies to someone, perhaps the Holy Father or one in the Church who is given an office of some sort. “The grace of office”, literally in this case, is not just a phrase but it is real. *Summorum Pontificum Edition for Missal is HIGHLY recommended.* Materials needed for the Latin Mass (some optional materials as well):

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These videos are strictly on how to pray the Carmelite Rite, 1938, but again, I urge you to perhaps watch the introduction and see the powerful resemblance between the Old Mass and the Old Office and how through them, the true definition of sacrificial love is revealed in its pages. I also know that a lot of Catholics want to do more for Our Lord when they retire, so if you fall into this category, the Divine Office could very well be the way Our Lord desires you to share intimacy with Him in your state in life. I learned more about the Old Mass when I immersed myself in the Divine office, pre-Vatican II than I ever knew before. The Office, in a very profound and glorious way, completes the Mass. I would only urge you to watch this video of introduction, regardless if you have any desire to pray the Old Office, simply because it is important to understand our faith and the link between the Holy Sacrifice of the Latin Mass and the Old Office.

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There is also the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Roman and Carmelite Rite, so if you are busy and do not have very much time for the full Office, that is a great alternative. That is between you and Our Lady with what She desires you to do for Her Son. I know a lot of holy souls who still choose to pray all the hours in the Roman Rite, though not bound, and others who choose to say all the mysteries of the rosary for their state in life in substitute of the Office. The lay faithful are not bound to pray the Divine Office, but priests and religious (in vows) are bound to pray it everyday, and if they skip it purposely, it is actually a mortal sin. Post 3.) How to pray Terce, Sext and None. Two separate videos: community prayer vs individually. Post 2.) How to pray Matins, Lauds, Prime and Roman Martyrology. Some of my experiences with Office and the powerful realization of it being the highest form of prayer outside of the Latin Mass). How the Office changed along with the Mass after Vatican II, and how the rubrics of the Mass and Office, actually teach us to be well behaved and reverent even outside of the ceremonies. Post 1.) Today’s: Introduction video (why the Carmelite Rite, the Roman Rite in general and why Our Lord chose Latin. Once I mastered the rubrics, an eagerness took root, to share these glorious riches with other fellow Catholics, who perhaps, might be missing out on hidden treasures, flowing from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, through the recitation of the Carmelite and Roman Rite Breviaries.

Which is good, but the Office has changed everything about me- from my manner of behavior among other things- utterly and completely transforming my interior. There has been weeping and gnashing of teeth on my end, in the beginning, because prior to religious formation I never prayed any version of the Divine Office (New or Old) and just stuck to praying “many rosaries”. But I also know that learning how to pray the Old Office is uncommonly difficult.

Oddly enough I never liked most forms of prayer in common, whether it be a rosary or the Office. I very much prefer praying it alone proof that I certainly want to be a hermit. I have prayed it in both settings, in common as well as individually, and have had the privilege of learning a great deal with a community, and alone.

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Over the next few weeks, with the help of Our Sweet Lady, I will be providing a series of four posts (this one included, serving as #1) that will go over specific rubrics and protocols for how to recite the Latin/Carmelite Rite individually. I have had a few friends reach out, relaying the news that they have obtained the four-volume-set of the Divine office in the Carmelite Rite, and another dear priest and his community who have had questions about how to pray this Rite of the Office with his community of men, and what rubrics to follow etc.

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