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Volume 2 (Lent) will be available in January followed by the other volumes ending in Volume 1 (Advent) in November.
This English Breviary is approved only for the USA. The rest of the English speaking world will continue to use the present translations as far as I know.
Supposedly this new Breviary will become obligatory in 2028. But I think that there is a lot or wiggle room since any cleric who prays the Hours with others satisfies their obligation even if it is from another office, e.g. the monastic office of the Eastern rites. For probably much longer that 2028 the only way to pray the office with the laity will likely be to use the old books, or buy Barron's $9 a month booklets which have in them Morning, Evening and Night prayer.
If you want to pray the full Hours the best place to start is
Divine Office – Liturgy of the Hours of the Roman Catholic Church (Breviary)
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This great example of mostly voluntary lay leadership hopes to put up the new edition of the Divine Office as well as a Spanish edition! This organization fought both ICEL and the bishops to get what they have now, and I suspect they will have to fight the bishops to get approval for doing the new edition.
Christian Prayer, is a one volume edition of the present translation of the Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer. I have not heard anything about plans to produce a one volume edition of these key Hours. Are deacons expected to buy the four volume set even though they are obliged to recite only Lauds and Vespers?
My website SAINT GABRIEL HOURS is essentially a breviary for Morning and Evening Prayer culled from Divine Office and other websites.
While Bishop Barron is promoting celebrating the Hours anywhere, anytime with anyone, he still argues that because of the sacramental nature of the Church we should be using books, either the four-volume set or the monthly worship aides.
I think virtual resources have a far better chance of accomplishing anywhere, anytime and with anyone than books. More importantly virtual resources create community whether or not their members meet physically.
Bishop Barron's rich donators are going to provide a four-volume set to all the seminarians in the country.
