409 A P P E N D I X DISTRIBUTION OF PSALMS AND CANTICLES IN THE FOUR-WEEK PSALTER OF THE LITURGY OF THE HOURS The Church’s Liturgy of the Hours contains various kinds of material, including hymns, antiphons, intercessions, orations, and longer readings from Scripture and from ecclesiastical writers. But in a certain sense, the Psalms and Biblical canticles form the heart of this official prayer of the Church. The following tables indicate the way the Liturgy of the Hours distributes the Psalms and canticles over a four-week period for prayer at the various Hours of each day. Note also that the Gospel Canticles, found on pages 398-400, are used each day in Morning Prayer (the Benedictus), Evening Prayer (the Magnificat), and Night Prayer (the Nunc dimittis). Additional notes regarding Daytime Prayer and Night Prayer are found at the end of this Appendix.
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