One size cannot possibly fit all from contemplative to PIP. But Cranmer did a pretty good job of devising something useful as a Parish Office.If the office is too much of a load, only those obligated to will celebrate it. If it is too little, the transcendental contemplation of the monastics would be jeapardised.
Sequestering the Office of Readings into its own book(s), so that instead of four seasonal volumes there would be one "Christian Prayer" book plus book(s) for OOR--as in the 1980s Pauline edition.
I'd also like to see the psalms formatted in a way that would facilitate chanting using ordinary psalm tones.
*Restoration of the old hymns, which is supposedly already in the works for the coming edition (hooray)
181. Since traditionally morning prayer puts the whole day in God's hands, there are invocations at morning prayer for the purpose of commending or consecrating the day to God.
182. The word preces covers both the intercessions at evening prayer and the invocations for dedicating the day to God at morning prayer.
...achieve the same goal...
THE DIVINE OFFICE
THE LITURGY OF THE HOURS ACCORDING TO THE ROMAN RITE
Apostolic Constitution
Promulgating the Divine Office as Revised in Accordance with the Decree of the Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican
Paul Bishop
Servant of the Servants of God
In Perpetual Remembrance
The General Instruction on the Liturgy of the Hours
Chapter One
The importance of the Liturgy of the Hours or the Divine Office in the life of the Church
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