What would you like to know about Matins and why...***

In my previous post I signalled that I plan to provide some material on the Benedictine form of  Matins.

Today a brief note on the aims of the material I plan to provide, plus a chance for you to get in your requests and preferences by filling out a short survey!


Blog aims

The materials will aim to:

• give some general background on the hour of Matins, so you can understand its place in the Benedictine Office;
• set out the 1963 rubrics for Matins;
• introduce you to the content of the hour, including its psalms and hymns;
• suggest strategies for learning to say and sing the hour, and adapt it to your own available time and circumstances;
• provide a guide to the available resources for Matins, including chant books; and
• help you navigate a Latin breviary (1963 or earlier) so you can eventually pray it liturgically if you wish.

What would you like to know...

In order to tailor the posts (and the order they come in), though, I would really appreciate knowing a little bit more about your interests.

If there are some things you particularly want me to cover in relation to Matins, please do either make a comment on this blog post, or email me.


Survey

To help me target the material, though, I'd very much appreciate it if you could complete the short survey below.  It isn't compulsory of course, and is completely anonymous, but knowing a little bit more about you will hopefully help me to target the material better.

Create your own user feedback survey

**PS Since many people seem to prefer to comment on posts via facebook rather on blogs themselves, I've created a group Traditional Benedictine Office 1963 rubrics to facilitate discussion on the posts here.  Please do join!