MINOR HOURS

Prime (6 a.m.), Terce (9 a.m.), Sext (noon), and None (3 p.m.) of thedivine officefollow the same format: openingversicleDeus in adjutorium, hymn, threepsalms, each framed by the sameantiphon, a Biblical chapter followed by a shortresponsory, and the concluding versicleBenedicamus Domino. Only the responsory isproper.

See alsoCompline; Gregorian Chant; Lauds; Matins; Vespers.