{"product_id":"little-office-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary","title":"Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary","description":"\u003cp\u003ePope Benedict XVI, \u003ci\u003eMotu Proprio 'Summorum Pontificum'\u003c\/i\u003e , The Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a shorter form of the Divine Office in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It has long been the Church's daily liturgical prayer to Our Lady, and these hours of praise have been used by Priests, religious and the laity throughout the centuries. Lay people used to flock to the great Cathedrals to publicly recite The Little Office during the Middle Ages, and during the great persecution, when the practice of the Catholic Faith was illegal, the Little Office was highly recommended by the Church. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough its psalms, antiphons, readings, responsorial, and prayers the Little Office stresses the role Our Lady played in salvation history, and how through her fiat the divine Word took flesh in her womb and achieved salvation for us all; and how Our Lord granted her the first fruits of the general resurrection in her holy and glorious assumption. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll Catholics are called to a consistent prayer life. For those who do not feel called to recite the Divine Office, but still wish to participate in the liturgical prayer of the Church, or for those who have a particular devotion to the holy Mother of God, there is no finer form of prayer than the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeatures include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBased on an edition published just after the Reform Act in 1850 (allowing English Catholics to openly practice the Faith)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnglish translation uses traditional language with scripture taken from Bishop Challoner's version of the Douay-Rheims Bible\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFully updated to comply with the editio typica of the Breviary (1961) permitted by the Holy Father's \u003ci\u003eMotu Proprio 'Summorum Pontificum'\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe first ever edition to include the optional complete Gregorian chants for the Little Office\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeditations before each hour from the medieval \u003ci\u003eMirror of Our Lady\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface by the Very Reverend Fr. Berg, superior of the FSSP\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLatin-English, red and black text. (217 pp.)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePsalms from the Vulgate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlexible leather cover with stitched edge, gold gilding, 2 ribbons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Sophia Institute Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53440078577961,"sku":null,"price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/1076\/3817\/files\/A58962EE-5E2C-409D-932A-74923FA2DF6F.webp?v=1787248207","url":"https:\/\/littleflowercatholicshop.myshopify.com\/products\/little-office-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary","provider":"Little Flower Catholic Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}