The psalms of the morning and evening prayer in the Liturgy of the Hours – selection, distribution and theological meaning Cover Image

Psalmy jutrzni i nieszporów w liturgii godzin – dobór, układ i znaczenie teologiczne
The psalms of the morning and evening prayer in the Liturgy of the Hours – selection, distribution and theological meaning

Author(s): Tomasz Bać
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Philosophy of Religion, Biblical studies
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Teologiczne
Keywords: Liturgy of the Hours; Divine Office; Breviary; psalms; Morning prayer; Evening prayer; Vatican II; liturgical psalmody;

Summary/Abstract: The selection of psalms for the Morning and Evening prayer of the Roman Liturgy of the Hours has been profoundly reconsidered on the basis of their clear literary, anthropological and theological criteria. Although both the Morning and the Evening prayers are based on the fundamental cosmic-anthropological symbolism: light and darkness, day and night, their genuine meaning is of theological and paschal nature. The psalms of the Morning prayer express the joy of Church on the threshold of a new day and the veneration of God for his creation of the world and salvation of people.

  • Issue Year: 65/2012
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 147-164
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish