U.S. bishops approve revisions to Liturgy of the Hours

The conference’s Committee on Divine Worship recommended the action in light of new liturgical texts

In this 2006 photo Postulants follow along as Benedictine Sister Magdalena
Berndlamier reads the Gospel during the Liturgy of the Hours at the
Abbey of St. Walburga in Virginia Dale, Colo. Paula Glover / CNS.

Catholic News Agency reports that a plan to revise the English-language Liturgy of the Hours has been approved by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops:

The conference’s Committee on Divine Worship, headed by Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond of New Orleans, had recommended the action in light of new liturgical texts, including the Third Edition of the Roman Missal, the revised Grail Psalms and biblical canticles, and revision work begun by the International Committee on English in the Liturgy.

The vote at the general assembly of bishops’ Nov. 13 morning session in Baltimore involved only the Latin Rite bishops, who passed the proposal by 189 to 41, with one abstention.

The preliminary vote means the Committee on Divine Worship will begin translation and editing. It will present a full draft to the conference when its work is completed. If approved, the draft would be submitted to the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments for approval.

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