Sunday 17 November 2013

XXVI Sunday after Pentecost

The twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost is of semi-double rite and its liturgical colour is green. This year it is the fourth Sunday of November. Texts for the sixth Sunday after the Epiphany are used along with those from the twenty-third Sunday.

At Vespers yesterday afternoon the antiphons and psalms of Saturday were sung. The Office hymn was Jam sol recedit igneus. The antiphon on the Magnificat was Qui caelorum for the Saturday before the fourth Sunday of November. After the collect of the Sunday commemorations were sung of the preceding Office of St. Gertrude and of St. Gregory Thaumaturgus. The Suffrage of the Saints was omitted due to the double feast as were the Dominical preces at Compline.

At Mattins the invitatory is Adoremus Dominum etc and the Office hymn is Primo die. In the first nocturn the lessons are the Incipit of the Book of the Prophet Osee. In the second nocturn the lessons are from St. Augustine's City of God. In the third nocturn (from the propers for the sixth Sunday after the Epiphany) the homily is from St. Jerome on St. Matthew's Gospel. The Te Deum is sung. At Lauds the Office hymn is Aeterne rerum Conditor. After the collect of the Sunday a commemoration is sung of St. Gregory Thaumaturgus followed by the Suffrage of the Saints.

At Prime (Pss. 117, 118i & 118ii) Quicumque is sung as are the Dominical preces.

Mass is sung after Terce. The introit, gradual, Alleluia verse, offertory and communion texts are those of the twenty-third Sunday. The rest of the texts are those of the sixth Sunday after the Epiphany. The Gloria is sung, the second collect is of St. Gregory Thaumaturgus, the third collect is A cunctis. The Creed is sung and the preface is of the Blessed Trinity.

Vespers see a colour change to white and first Vespers of the feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of SS Peter and Paul are sung. The antiphons Domum tuam, Domine etc are sung, doubled, with psalms 109, 110, 111, 112 and 147. The Office hymn is Caelestis urbs Jerusalem. After the collect of the feast commemorations are sung of the Sunday and of St. Gregory Thaumaturgus. The Suffrage of the Saints is omitted due to the double feast as are the Dominical preces at Compline.

In the 'liturgical books of 1962' there are no commemorations at first Vespers. Mattins is cut down to a single nocturn of three lessons. At Lauds there are no commemorations and no Suffrage. Quicumque is only sung on Trinity Sunday and the preces are always omitted. At Mass there is only one collect. Vespers are of the Sunday without any commemorations.

4 comments:

John Meyers said...

Rubricarius,
I was going to ask why at Vespers today, the Sunday was "merely" commemorated. The Sunday is of double second class rank so I would expect it to "win" over the double major.
But I figured I had better check the Quando Concurrit table first.
My take is that the Sunday takes precedence over the double major, whether the double major is preceding or succeeding the Sunday.
Am I missing something?
John

Rubricarius said...

John,

You are missing two things: a) the Sunday is of semi-double rite only; and, b) even after 1911-13 greater double feasts of the LORD take precedence in both concurrence and occurrence over such Sundays.

The feast of the Dedication of the Basilicas of SS Peter and Paul thus is celebrated in preference to the Sunday when it falls on a Sunday - as it did in 2012.

John Meyers said...

I missed the point of the dedication of the basilicas "counting" as a feast of the Lord.
And that's why I asked.
I also looked back to last year's post and see the discussion in the comments about this same question. Fortunately for me, I wasn't asking last year. I'll try to remember this next time.
Thanks again,
John

Rubricarius said...

John,

It catches us all out at first. Back in the early '90s in the days the Compilator Emeritus was producing the Ordo I recall thinking it was a mistake to see the feast take precedence over a Sunday. To my shame I said the Office of the Sunday and commemorated the feast!