Byzantine Catholic Book Review | Let Us Pray to the Lord Vol. 1
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- čas přidán 9. 10. 2022
- Let Us Pray to the Lord is a Byzantine (Ruthenian) Catholic Daily Office book that is published by EC Pubs. It contains the words of the hourly prayers as well as devotional prayers.
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Looking forward to the walkthrough and the review of the second volume. Great review as always!!
Thanks Austin!
Thanks for the review. I've just ordered a copy of V1.
Nice! I think they may have improved the binding and cover since my review
This is my go-to for travel, 100%. I've started a collection of Byzantine liturgical books, starting about 10 years ago. The fullest versions of the Divine Office (Casoslov/Horologion/Divine Praises/Book of Hours, alternatively), are the new Book of Hours from Eastern Christian Publications, which is the only approved English version of the entire Horologion of the Ruthenian Recension, which is authoritative for several different sui iuris Eastern Catholic jurisdictions, and the Stamford Eparchy's "Divine Office." This latter version has been around a little while longer and is the English version of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic "Molytvoslov" (Book of Prayers/Hieratikon) for clergy to fulfill their obligation of praying the Offices, with some abbreviations to allow for secular clerical usage outside of monasteries. Other Slavonic sources, more geared towards laity, as the present volume is, are such works as "Byzantine Catholic Prayers for the Home" (Ruthenian), which is available as a free PDF online (include the word "PDF") or a Kindle self-published volume on Amazon, or my personal favourite, "Beneath the Mantle of Your Mercy" which is an English version of the full "Molytovnyk" ("Prayerbook", not to be confused with the Molytvoslov) which has very abridged versions of the Offices for laity to pray and has been around in Church Slavonic and other local Slavic languages for generations. Glad that more people are making use of the English language versions. God bless!
I am so glad this new book of Hours came out
This rosary would help me out a lot. I currently have one rosary with pretty small beads and as I am learning how to pray the rosary 📿 I keep losing track of where I’m at with the tiny beads. One with larger beads would help! Gonna share your channel on my Instagram page stories. 😊
Thank you for sharing my channel!!
I'm Byzantine Catholic and only found out about this in September. I am looking forward to your review of Volume 2 with the Divine Liturgy.
I am looking forward to reviewing it!
@@ConvincedCatholicism It would be great to show the Byzantine Prayer Book. Sure your Latin followers would love seeing a prayer rope and finding out about the Jesus Prayer whenever you do your next Byzantine book. The Melkite Catholic Publican Prayer book is also great for a future review.
Eastern Christian Publications just published the full Book of Hours of the Ruthenian Recension (authoritative texts for Ruthenian/Ukrainian/Belarusian Greek Catholics), also called Casoslov. Another good lay version of an abbreviated Divine Office or Liturgy of the Hours is in Beneath the Mantle of Your Mercy from Edmonton Eparchy.
You should write a check to Alleluia Press and get the Byzantine Daily Worship book. I see almost no reviews on it because acquiring the book is so obscure, but mine just came in!
That is a good idea! I will probably do that. I hope you enjoy it!
Id like to see more Byzantine Catholic Prayer Book reviews? I'm Roman Catholic as well and am curious of Byzantine Catholic. Do they embrace the Filioque?
I a have a TON of Byzantine Books. They do not use the Filioque in the creed
Great! I did see you have a few more videos and subbed. I did a small bit of research and it looks like it is " from the Father but (through)the Son rather than (and) the Son ( technical translation of Filioque). So its not the same as Orthodox being just the Father. Through the Son in a single spiration to me reflects " the Filioque" more accurately.
Thank you for this video. What psalm translation is used? I think it might be the 1963 Grail translation, but I’m not sure. Thanks, again!
When it comes to the Ruthenian Catholics the translation and numbering always seem to be a mystery but I think you are right. It is some sort of Grail translation
@@ConvincedCatholicism Thanks!
@@ConvincedCatholicism Yes it is the Grail.
How do you figure out the tone? (Reason I am asking is that I couldn’t figure it out on the Anthologion)
Great Question! The tone is determined by Sundays and its distance from Pentecost or Easter he Sundays after Pentecost
With the second Sunday after Pentecost, we come back to Tone 1, and continue in an uninterrupted cycle of Tones until the next Great and Holy Week:
Second Sunday after Pentecost - Tone 1
Third Sunday after Pentecost - Tone 2
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost - Tone 3
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost - Tone 4
@@ConvincedCatholicism thanks! so it’s much easier than I thought!
Do you have a review of volume 2?
Not yet. It is on the list!
As a Melkite and former religious somewhat familiar with the Ruthenian Recension, I found the book intensely frustrating. I discussed it with Jack and with other friends who are Ruthenian, and it's just not practical. Until the Uniontown books are printed again, I guess it's what's available, though. The services are way too abbreviated and there are only token stichera to insert. The Ukrainian Divine Office anthologion of sorts is a much better volume, although I use the new Anthologion by St Ignatius when I travel and to keep at my desk at work. The Publican Prayer Book is of course a favourite and has an abbreviated office for personal use. At home, I have the Nassar 5-pounder that I grew up using and the complete set of books for the year from the Melkite Sophia Press. At best, I see this book here as a framework for a daily prayer discipline, but it's not really reflective of the Office as it is. How one would use it liturgically is even more confusing.
Thanks for the comment. I am surprised you use the Nasser 5 Pounder, good for you though! I definitely have mixed feelings on this book too!
@@ConvincedCatholicism I come from a clerical family on both sides and my father is Antiochian. Growing up in the 80s, it was just about the only comprehensive volume. My mum's father sent stuff to us from St Basil's, but it was not much at that time. The BDW was the lifeblood of my mum's side. When we say Orthros and Typika on Sundays, we now use the Melkite books. Growing up, we did daily and Saturday vespers and Sunday Orthros, hours, and Typika. The Nasser plus a French copy of the octoechos had everything we needed except for Typika, which we had a pamphlet to follow.
Did you not use the Nasser at all? It's still a useful book, if awkward in how the services themselves are arranged.
@@ConvincedCatholicism If I may plug my own efforts, I created a CZcams channel a few Great Lents ago called the Lenten Sixth Hour, complete with all the readings. I usually set it up to release each video on the appropriate day. With the Fast around the corner, I reckoned you might enjoy it.
Is volume 2 good For the Divine Liturgy? I am thinking of getting the book of hours for all other services and let us pray to the lord volume 2 for Divine Liturgies .. please let me know
@@InnocentAlaska Great question. I have owned volume 2 for about 6 or 7 years and I can honestly say I have never brought it to Liturgy. Other people are in the same boat as I am. I am not sure why, but it just doesn't jive well with the flow of the Liturgy. Maybe I can pinpoint that sentiment in the review