Presentation

I was first trained in religious life with the use of Gregorian Chant for the solemn celebration of the Liturgy every Sunday, Feast, and Solemnity. That was many years ago. Then my life journey got many detours away from Gregorian Chant, and yet, I could never forget the richness and the experience of the Words of Scripture prayed, sung with the simple yet life giving Gregorian melodies, many of which I know almost by heart.

Over the years I've found old Gregorian Chant books in the Web available for download. But what to do with them!! They were created for the traditional Breviary and Mass. Even though I had carried with me an old battered Liber Usualis and I've used it on some special occasions, the difficulty of having to adapt every single psalm to the mode of the antiphon -and you had to find the required antiphon if it existed with Gregorian melody- made for an almost impossible task.

Then by God's Providence, about a year ago, I discovered a number of tools, many amazing tools, available in the Web at the service of Gregorian, created and made available for free by many, many generous people:
. From databases of transcribed musical texts on old Gregorian Chant books,
. to thousands of manuscripts accessible at a click,
. to software to provide the needed marks -pointed psalms- just with a click as well.
. etc.

This little space that I'm starting here is an attempt at sharing an amateur work of love, and the result of many hours of dedication invested into selecting and gathering together into a simple booklet the dispersed elements of a particular Hour of the Divine Office, the official Prayer of the Church.

My intent is to post the little booklets for the main Office Hours of Solemnities, Sundays, and Feast days.

I want also to express my gratitude to the many people whose work I'm using thanks to their generosity. In the same spirit I hope and pray that this small contribution might serve to make accessible this treasure of the Church to more people -all for the Glory of God.