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Nothing is to be put before
the love to Christ and the liturgical prayer.
(Rule of St. Benedict)

Unless stated otherwise, all the files are in Bengali.

To view a file in a new window/tab, right-click a title or hold down the Control key while clicking a title, then select Open.
To download a file, right-click a title or hold down the Control key while clicking a title, then select Save.
To download ALL the files (Monastic Liturgy and Everyday’s Readings), you may take advantage of Asram iTools.

Monastic Liturgy of the Hours
These files contain the Liturgy of the Hours as it is prayed at Sadhu Benedict Moth and as printed in the Sannyas Praharik Upasana (vol. 1).
Rather useful if you want to print selections of the Office, for instance, the liturgy of a particular feast, or if you want to have a look at the more than one hundred ancient hymns translated into Bengali. The music/swaralipi of the hymns too may be viewed/downloaded (see below).
Unless otherwise stated, these files’ last modification-date is 18 May or 13 Nov or 26 Dec 2005.

Everyday’s Readings
These files contain the appropriate Biblical and Patristic readings (with Responsory) for the Matins/Hour of Reading of the Monastic Liturgy of the Hours.
Being taken from the Monastic Office of the Moth the readings follow a two-year cycle (therefore they do not match the readings of the Roman Office).
The average size of each file is 200K. Unless otherwise stated, all files’ last modification-date is 15 (or 16) Nov or 26 Dec 2005.
       Advent - Christmas - Lent - Easter
  • Advent: odd year (9 Jan 07)
  • Advent: even year
  • Christmas: odd year (7 March 06)
  • Christmas: even year (19 Jan 08)
  • Lent: Ash Wedn - week 3: odd (11 Apr 06)
  • Lent: Ash Wedn - week 3: even (11 Apr 06)
  • Lent: weeks 4-6: odd (15 Apr 06)
  • Lent: weeks 4-6: even (15 Apr 06)
  • Easter: weeks 1-4: odd (22 May 07)
  • Easter: weeks 1-4: even (11 May 06)
  • Easter: weeks 5-7: odd (30 May 07)
  • Easter: weeks 5-7: even (22 May 07)
        Ordinary Time
  • Trinity-Corpus D.-Sacred H.: odd, even (7 March 06)
  • Weeks 1-3: odd (4 Feb 06), even (4 Feb 06)
  • Weeks 4-6: odd (3 March 06), even
  • Weeks 7-9: odd, even (7 March 06)
  • Weeks 10-12: odd (24 June 07), even (24 June 07)
  • Weeks 13-15: odd, even
  • Weeks 16-18: odd, even (9 Jan 07)
  • Weeks 19-21: odd, even
  • Weeks 22-24: odd (19 Jan 08), even
  • Weeks 25-27: odd (11 Apr 06), even
  • Weeks 28-30: odd, even (9 Jan 07)
  • Weeks 31-34: odd, even (9 Jan 07)
        Proper of Saints - Commons

Asram iTools
Asram iTools is a handy utility to automatically download in one go all the files of the Monastic Liturgy of the Hours (above), Everyday’s Readings (above), Patristic Homilies (see Patristic) and Apostolic Fathers (see Patristic).
It is smart enough to understand when a given file has been modified: in such case it will download it, otherwise it will skip it.
  •  Download  Asram iTools 1.0.5 for Macintosh OS X (995.97K)  Windows (811.68K)

Eucharistic Prayers
In the early '70s the Swiss Catholic Bishop Conference introduced four new Eucharistic Prayers which were very much liked by pastors and faithful alike. In due time the Italian Catholic Bishop Conference officially adopted them and gave them a place in the Roman Missal.
St Benedict Moth translated them into Bengali, therefore now you too may have a look at them.
The package contains the Eucharistic Prayers in two different formats; have a look at both of them and print the format you like best (in the package, read the Printing.pdf file to learn how to print the Eucharistic Prayers as a booklet).
  •  Eucharistic Prayers (70.10K - 28 June 2004)
  •  Download  Eucharistic Prayers - Package (134.24K - 28 June 2004)

Evangelarion
According to ancient tradition, at the beginning of a solemn Mass, the Book of the Gospel (Evangelarion) is to be carried in with special veneration by a deacon in the procession of ministers, and after being solemnly presented to the congregation, is to be enthroned on the altar. As St. Germanus of Constantinople, in the eighth century, wrote in his commentary, ‘The entrance of the Gospel signifies the coming of the Son of God.’ Then, at the proper time, it is carried amid candels and incense to the lectern so that the ‘Wisdom of God’ may instruct his people.
Should you download, print and bind ‘Evangelarion’, prepare a nice cover for it. Surely your congregation or community will appreciate it when they see a celebration carried on in the way as described above.
(Text without titles from the Jubilee Bible).
  •  Evangelarion (587.76K - 13 November 2005)

Introduction to the Monastic Liturgy of the Hours
Theological and practical guidelines for a deeper understanding of the Liturgy of the Hours.
  •  Introduction to the Monastic Liturgy of the Hours (123.13K - 28 June 2004)

Swaralipi for the Monastic Liturgy of the Hours
More than 50 Ragas to be used as Psalms-tunes; music for more than one hundred Hymns and for all the Psalms-Antiphones, etc.
The package contains also two useful files: How to sing the Psalms, and How to print and make a booklet out of the file.
  •  Swaralipi for the Monastic Liturgy of the Hours (227.82K - 9 January 2007)
  •  Download  Swaralipi for the Monastic Liturgy of the Hours - Package (265.38K - 9 January 2007)

Psalms and Ragas
This audio-application contains all the Psalm-tunes (Ragas) and all the Antiphons for the Psalms and Canticles from ‘Swaralipi for the Monastic Liturgy of the Hours’. Just select an Antiphon, a Canticle or a Psalm-tune (Raga) and listen to its music, once or more times.
English interface.
  •  Download  Psalms and Ragas 1.0.3 for Macintosh OS X (978.21K)  Windows (832.78K)

Benedictus and Magnificat
Leaflet containing the Benedictus and the Magnificat. Useful during the celebration of the Liturgy of the Hours.
  •  Benedictus/Magnificat (36.12K)

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