short. brief.
It is nice to be back. Well it has been a while since I last posted. No. It’s not just a while. It was a millennium!
I had my passion to write awakened by let us call him Brother. He is a seminarian just like me. And he is now in France for his regency? or Pastoral Exposure.
I am going to change the nature of my blog – something that is more telling of a seminarian. I’ll be writing some of my day-to-day experiences but I’ll be focusing more on the wholesome side. 
So today, I will be talking about briefs. Yay!
No. Not the one you’re thinking about.
Brief in Latin is brevis. And this is the root word of our topic today, the breviary.
If you ever had a seminarian boyfriend, or even priest friends, there is a great possibility that you have seen this book. This is the book bound in black leather with lots of ribbons and even cards containing pictures of the saints and cellphone numbers.
This book contains the Liturgy of the Hours which is one of the official prayers of the Church. This is the Church’s way of sanctifying the hours.
Before the reform of the 2nd Vatican Council, there were 8 hours in which the prayers are said: the Matin(at cock crow?), Lauds (Morning Prayer), Prime (6am), Terce (9am), Sext (12nn), None(3pm), Vespers (Evening Prayer) and Compline (Night Prayer). Today, believe that they still exist though in practice, I only do Lauds, Vespers and Compline (or should I call it Night Prayer. Since almost all day, seminarians and priests recite the Divine Office, the breviary was called the wife of a seminarian / priest.
The time it takes to recite the breviary may vary from 10 minutes to 45 minutes. If I do it myself, it takes me around 15 minutes but if I recite it with my community we take 20-25 minutes. I don’t know why. Maybe because we sing some part.
For beginners, the use of the breviary may be very complicated. When I was still new to the breviary, I never had a ‘perfect prayer.’ It was either I was in the wrong week in the psalter or I was in a different Common. But if you get used to it, you’ll be able to enjoy your prayer time. It’s like having a new phone. It may be complicated at first, but if you get the hang of it, you’ll enjoy the use.
Well, I guess this is all for now.
Good that you’re writing again! alam mo, di ka mauubusan ng topic basta seminary life ang pag-uusapan.ü I have a similar post nga pala, entitled “death by breaviary” which I wrote mga June or July yata. God bless and keep writing; you’ll never know how much people are touched by your articles.ü
thanks bro.
happy to meet a kuya seminarista. 
hahaha! akala ko pa naman kakaibang brief. not disappointed though. thanks for shraing!
Nice! Very Nice.