13 The Celebration of Sext in the Refectory The earth has yielded it God, fruit, for God, our has blessed us. we Nevertheless, envisage the progressive enrichment of this psalm:rly, in and a variety the choice of the psaJms acx:x>rding to the day. s. The Prayer The fo.xroulas we use sean suitable enough, need but we a a still greater variety.2 One cannot ask the to be daries always ;Q:rp.:rov;i.sing, and this is doubtless even not desirable. But a greater range of choice would make to the possible a better adaptation oonc:rete cirCL1TIStances, and minor would render easier the glosses or cations as of the text such oould effectively make these prayers really meaningful for everyone••• to It would be good have in this repertory of follllUlas betlYeen a careful ance universal or general intentions(we we ought oot to forget that the prayer should be the expl"essing is prayer of the Church)and those requests which m:>xe oonc:Eml particularly the ccmmmity (we ought not to any be the less mindful of fact that the prayer which roust be ls·· put into words the prayer of this particular group of brethren living in these particular hie et nunc cirCL1TIStances). preceding The rana.rk is oo less far the true The 6. been litany. It will already have remarked Litany the how arrangement to the of intentions Satisfies this exigency. But we want a:nphasize that the proposed structure is oo more than a bare canvas to needing be filled in••• to It should be noted that the introduction this litany includes a mention of Our Lady:one possible solution -one annng others -of the problem of "Marian antiphons". What we to want is ensure the presence of Our Lady at the very heart in and not sarething tacked on of the Office, beginning end, at the or at the as a kind of preamble. Her time be and the presence within our Office should at one sane
The Celebration of Sext in the Refectory 13 The earth has yielded it fruit, for God, our God, has blessed us. Nevertheless, we envisage the progressive enrichment of this psalm:rly, and a variety in the choice of the psaJms acx:x>rding to the day. s. The Prayer The fo.xroulas we use sean suitable enough, but we need a a still greater variety.2 One cannot ask the daries always to be ;Q:rp.:rov;i.sing, and this is doubtless not even desirable. But a greater range of choice would make possible a better adaptation to the oonc:rete cirCL1TIStances, and would render easier the minor glosses or cations of the text such as oould effectively make these prayers really meaningful for everyone••• It would be good to have in this repertory of follllUlas a careful ance betlYeen universal or general intentions(we ought oot to forget that the prayer we should be expl"essing is the prayer of the Church)and those requests which oonc:Eml m:>xe particularly the ccmmmity (we ought not to be any less mindful of the fact that the prayer which roust be put into words ls·· the prayer of this particular group of brethren living hie et nunc in these particular cirCL1TIStances). 6. The Litany The preceding rana.rk is oo less true far the litany. It will already have been remarked how the arrangement of the intentions Satisfies this exigency. But we want to a:nphasize that the proposed structure is oo more than a bare canvas needing to be filled in••• It should be noted that the introduction to this litany includes a mention of Our Lady:one possible solution -one annng others -of the problem of "Marian antiphons". What we want is to ensure the presence of Our Lady at the very heart of the Office, and not in sarething tacked on at the end, or at the beginning as a kind of preamble. Her presence within our Office should be at one and the sane time
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