(the work of God).” – The Rule of St. Benedict
Transitus Oblates are to pray daily the Divine Office (the Liturgy of the Hours), which is the Church’s official Psalter and sacrifice of prayer, adoration, and praise, so as to consecrate each day to God and make it holy, at once offering praise to God and interceding for the salvation of the world. Though many devotional prayers are to be found in the treasury of Christian Tradition, it is the Psalter (the Breviary) that is the true prayer book and hymnal of both the Jerusalem temple and the Catholic Church.
Members are encouraged to pray the Divine Office according to the 1962 Breviarium Romanum (Roman Breviary) preferably three-four times a day: Morning Prayer (Prime), Midday Prayer (Sext), Evening Prayer (Vespers), and Night Prayer (Compline), or as often as one is able, and if possible in Latin.
Members are encouraged to use the abbreviated 1962 Latin-English Officium Divinum (Divine Office) [Angelus Press] edition, or the forth-coming [Baronius Press] complete three-volume set, the 1962 Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary [Baronius Press], or a 1962 Latin-only edition. The Roman Martyrology (1961) is to be read during the office of Prime.
Catholic members are permitted to use any Church-approved Catholic breviary according to their liturgical rite. All non-Catholic members who are able and willing to pray the Divine Office are required to use the 1962 Roman Breviary or the 1962 Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is strictly forbidden for members to use a non-Catholic breviary for the fulfilling of their Transitus duties.
