the was indicated in the letter fran Sacred Congregation for Divine W::>rship, July 8, 1971. We could, of course, make special mention our the the of fact that various schemata al:ready in use in m:masteries See b e f o r e the approval granted by the lbly to the proposed project, can still retained so long as be a its they remain within the of two-week pericxl. the Praenotanda would give the basic principles for celebration of the Divine Office, and would shCM hCM the various specinens of the Office appended to the project be could :i.mplenented. The Praenotanda-draft drawn up last December was used and be as the basis for further revision, will published. the in the new redaction in next issue of Liturgy. But, be as of nCM , it might useful to make the follCMing observations. remains a-. OUr point of reference the Holy Rule of Saint we Benedict, though also allCM for adaptations based on a certain degree of pluralism: evidently, the need quarters. for adaptation is felt variously in various between wish We did not to propose a simple choice the C = Institutio generaU.s Liturgiae Horarum IGIJI ) and the Holy Rule, for the following reasons: two monks , docun:ents aa..,.. For the are of unequal weight: the Rule, its our with fourteen centuries of tradition, remains basic legislation; while the IGIH is a document in which enters into considerable details matters which will doubtless evolve, and which are rather to the relative current situation of our day. CMl1 bb- be There can no question of the outright adoption of the IGIH. Indeed, the letter fran the Sacred Congregation, dated July 8, 1971, expresses it clearly: "Simply to align yourselves on the prayer of the clergy with the pastoral be ministry, such as is to found in the Liturgia Horapµm , would deprive the spirituality of the
was indicated in the letter fran the Sacred Congregation for Divine W::>rship, July 8, 1971. We could, of course, make special mention of the fact that the various schemata al:ready in use in our m:masteries b e f o r e the approval granted by the lbly See to the proposed project, can still be retained so long as they remain within the its of a two-week pericxl. Praenotanda would give the basic principles for the celebration of the Divine Office, and would shCM hCM the various specinens of the Office appended to the project could be :i.mplenented. The Praenotanda-draft drawn up last December was used as the basis for further revision, and will be published. in the new redaction in the next issue of Liturgy. But, as of nCM , it might be useful to make the follCMing observations. a-. OUr point of reference remains the Holy Rule of Saint Benedict, though we also allCM for adaptations based on a certain degree of pluralism: evidently, the need for adaptation is felt variously in various quarters. We did not wish to propose a simple choice between the Institutio generaU.s Liturgiae Horarum C = IGIJI ) and the Holy Rule, for the following reasons: aa..,.. For monks , the two docun:ents are of unequal weight: the Rule, with its fourteen centuries of tradition, remains our basic legislation; while the IGIH is a document which enters into considerable details in matters which will doubtless evolve, and which are rather relative to the current situation of our CMl1 day. bb- There can be no question of the outright adoption of the IGIH. Indeed, the letter fran the Sacred Congregation, dated July 8, 1971, expresses it clearly: "Simply to align yourselves on the prayer of the clergy with the pastoral ministry, such as is to be found in the Liturgia Horapµm , would deprive the spirituality of the
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