Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany

Today is the fourth Sunday after the Epiphany. It is of semi-double rite and the liturgical colour is green. The Gospel at Mattins and Mass is from St. Matthew and is the account of the LORD stilling the storm at sea.

At Vespers yesterday afternoon the antiphons and psalms appointed for Saturday were sung. The Office hymn was Jam sol recedit igneus. The antiphon on the Magnificat was, as last week, Suscepit Deus. Commemorations were sung of the preceding Office of St. Francis de Sales and of St. Martina. The Suffrage of the Saints was omitted at Vespers as were the Dominical preces at Compline because of the concurrent double feast.

At Mattins the invitatory is Adoremus Dominum and the hymn Primo die . Mattins has the usual three nocturns. In the first nocturn the lessons are the Incipit of St. Paul's Epistle to the Philippians. In the second nocturn the lessons are from the Book of Morals of St. Gregory the Great. In the third nocturn the homily is from St. Jerome on St. Matthew's Gospel. At Lauds a commemoration is sung of St. Martha followed by the Suffrage of the Saints is sung. At Prime Quicumque is sung as are the Dominical preces .

At Mass the Gloria is sung, the second collect is of St. Martina, the third collect is of the BVM, Deus, qui salutis. Pennafort, the third collect is for St. Emerentiana. The Credo is sung and the preface is that of the Blessed Trinity.

At Vespers commemorations are sung of the following feast of St. John Bosco and St. Martina. The Suffrage is not sung because of the concurrent double feast and the Domincal preces are omitted at Compline.

In the 'liturgical books of 1962' there are no commemorations at either Vespers. Mattins is reduced by two-thirds to one nocturn of three lessons. There is neither a commemoration nor the Suffrage at Lauds. At Prime Quicumque is omitted as are the Dominical preces. At Mass there is only one collect. St. Martina is omitted this year.

Art: Jerome Nadal