This arrangement interrupted the weekly recitation of the whole psalter, and caused great difficulty in later times; for when the feasts increased in number the ferial psalter fell almost into complete disuse.

The valid recitation of the Divine Office requires that the priest should have in his mind an intention of praying, for the Divine Office is a true and real prayer, not a mere vocal exercise.

It shows how God watches over the daily work of priests, while His angels record in golden or silvern letters the work of pious recitation, or perhaps hold their pens at rest.

In this work of daily recitation of the Office, we are ambassadors, not of some petty king or tiny state, but we represent the entire Church, the well-beloved spouse of Christ, to whose prayer He ever hearkens.

To obtain these results the Church relies very much on the devout recitation of the Office.

" I recited the few words that were now pounding madly through my brain, but the mere recitation would not satisfy Holman.

" Another blessing springs from the attentive recitation of the Breviaryviz., the daily withdrawal from the world and its cares which must be banished from the soul which speaks with God.

But writers on this point emphasise the importance of audible recitation as a preventive of slurred, mutilated Latinity, which often leads to careless, or even invalid recitation.

External attention is attention of such a kind that it excludes every exterior action physically incompatible with the recitation of the officee.g., to write or type a letter, to listen attentively to those conversing, are acts incompatible with the simultaneous recitation of the office.

And then Mr. Andrews, too often, goes stiffly through a scene from a play, or gives a dramatic recitation.

The recitation of offices from other breviaries does not fulfil the obligation of those bound to breviary recitation.

This substitution requires that you develop a new technic of learning, for the mental processes involved in an oral recitation are different from those used in listening to a lecture.

And the lake within that forest, ever resounding with Vedic recitations, became sacred like a second region of Brahma.

"Vocal," the Church orders the vocal recitation, the pronunciation of each word.

the harsh recitation still flows on with equable loud slowness.

Humorous recitations and others relating to smiles were given by some good readers.

To do the work in their way, they required to be brooded over, or had at least the aid of tune and of impassioned recitation.

Imperfect vocal recitation often leads to doubts and scruples in old age when remedies either cannot be applied or prove useless.

Repairing next to Kindana and Kinjapya, one acquireth, O Bharata, the merit of giving away in measureless abundance and the infinite recitation of prayers.

For (1) the Holy Ghost warns us to sing wisely, Psallite sapienter (Ps. 46.8); (2) that priests may sing wisely, may say the daily Office piously is the reason and end of liturgical studies of the psalms and of the Breviary in theological colleges; (3) the saints who wrote so piously and so learnedly on the psalms and on psalmody are for ever impressing this matter of intelligent recitation.

But writers on this point emphasise the importance of audible recitation as a preventive of slurred, mutilated Latinity, which often leads to careless, or even invalid recitation.

Thus, if a friend invite a priest to joint recitation of an Hour, and the priest have not the preceding canonical Hours recited, he is justified in accepting the invitation and in inverting the order of the Hours.

What knowledge is needed for the valid and for the licit recitation of the Hours?

While listening to this little recitation the Justice had respectfully removed his hat.

He had a particularly clear, deep voice, and earlier in life had earned himself a pleasant reputation for his feeling and lively recitations of works of poetry and oratory.