*19 The chanting of the Divine Office should be moderate and devout in conforminity with the Sacred Liturgy When the hours are over, each one shall go to her respective duties of office. They are not to be absent from the choir without a just cause. The Conventual Mass is to be said daily (on one tone)*19, which all the Sisters are to attend, if they can conveniently do so. Ordinarily, the entire office is simply recited. The chants shall never be harmonized (on one tone), but all the voices in unison. On the first days of Easter, and othe days of solemnity, especially on the feast of the glorious Saint Joseph, Lauds may be chanted. 4 On Sundays and Feast Days, Mass, Vespers (Matins), are to be chanted. The following are taken from the 1990 Constitutions of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns:ģ9. Thanks to anyone who has some insight about this. I know that the change is not mandated by any wider church law or directives. Teresa's day according to the 1581 Constitutions, that I am rather stumped as to why they are willing to change this one about the liturgy of the hours. Teresa's original reform, given that she so clearly directed recitation and monotone chant? The 1990 Carmel's are so clear about wanting to retain the traditions of St. Ordinarily, everything should be recited, and also the Mass, for The Lord will be served if some time remains so that the Sisters may earn their livelihood."ĭoes anyone know when these Carmel's began using Gregorian chant and how they see it as fitting with their desire to remain faithful to St. The 1581 Constitutions, upon which the 1990 Constitutions are based state clearly (in paragraph 3 of the Kavanaugh & Rodriguez translation) that "The chant should never be sung with musical notation but should be done in a monotone and with uniform voices. The Carmels of Jesus, Mary and Joseph (Valparaiso, Elysburg and Canyon) use Latin for Mass and the office, but I am unsure if they use Gregorian chant or monotone. These include Buffalo and its foundations in Alexandria, and Brooklyn. Others have noted that some Carmelite Monasteries in the U.S., under the 1990 Constitutions, use Gregorian chant for the Liturgy of the Hours.
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