At Vespers yesterday afternoon the antiphons Jacob autem etc were sung with psalms 109, 112, 121, 126 & 147. The Office hymn was O lux beata caelitum sung with a Doxology proper to the feast: Jesu, tuis obediens etc. After the collect of the feast commemorations were sung of the day within the Octave of the Epiphany (the antiphon on the Magnificat was proper to the 9th January, Interogabat etc) and of the Sunday within the Octave of the Epiphany. The Dominical psalms were sung at Compline and the Dominical preces were omitted.
At Mattins the invitatory is proper to the feast, Christum Dei Filium etc and the Office hymn is Sacra jam splendent. In the first nocturn the antiphons Cum inducerent etc are sung with psalms 8, 18 & 23 and the lessons are from St. Paul's Epistle to the Colossians. In the second nocturn the antiphons Consurgens Joseph etc are sung with psalms 44, 45 & 86 and the lessons are taken from a brief of Leo XIII. In the third nocturn the antiphons Ibant parentes Jesu etc are sung with psalms 95, 96 & 97. The homily is from St. Bernard on St. Luke's Gospel. The Te Deum is sung. At Lauds the antiphons Post triduum etc are sung with the Dominical psalms. The Office hymn is O gente felix hospita. After the collect of the feast commemorations are sung of the Sunday within the Octave of the Epiphany and of the Octave of the Epiphany (with the antiphon on the Omnes nationes etc proper to the 10th of January).
At Prime and the Hours the antiphons from Lauds are sung in the usual order. The hymns of the Hours have the Doxology proper to the feast. At Prime (Pss. 53, 118i & 118ii) the versicle Qui Mariae et Joseph subditus fuisti is sung in the short responsory and the lectio brevis is Semetipsum exinanivit.
Mass is sung after Terce. The Gloria is sung, the second collect is of the Sunday within the Octave of the Epiphany and the third collect is of the Octave of the Epiphany. The Creed is sung, the preface and communicantes are of the Epiphany.
At Vespers the antiphons Post triduum etc are sung with psalms 109, 112, 121, 126 & 147. The Office hymn is O lux beata caelitum. After the collect of the feast commemorations are sung of the following day within the Octave of the Epiphany (the antiphon on the Magnificat being proper to the 10th January, Omnes de Saba etc), of the Sunday within the Octave and of St. Hyginus. At Compline Te lucis has the Doxology of the feast.
In the 'liturgical books of 1962' the feast of the Holy Family has been raised to II Class (in order for it to precedence over the Sunday). At Vespers (the feast gains I Vespers as it is a feast of the LORD) there were no commemorations - the Octave, of course, has been abolished. At Compline and the Hours the hymns do not have the Doxology of the feast. At Lauds there are no commemorations. At Prime and the Hours the antiphons and psalmody are of the Sunday, at Prime the lectio brevis is of 'Epiphanytide'. At Mass there is a single collect. At Vespers there are no commemorations.
I like the opening of the Collect, “Domine Iesu Christe,“ but it’s long and in my view, not terribly Roman. It anticipates the reformed rite with its longer orations. The rest of the propers except perhaps the Gradual (though it is theophanic, and this feast is one of a theophany) are wonderful and appropriate for the feast. It’s a shame this wasn’t added as a commemoration. I even think that the lesson from the epistle to the Romans is more appropriate, and the selection from Colossians, while of course is Sacred Scripture and ought to be read by Christians everywhere, seems not so much about the Lord and his Mother, but about the “new Joseph” devotion. I have no problem with ascribing good qualities to Joseph (I wish that could go without saying), but I do have a problem with liturgically canonizing new Joseph over the old (for what it is worth, I don’t think even the old devotion is necessarily 100% “accurate,” but it is better than the post-Tridentine devotion IMHO.).
ReplyDeleteOf course, I don’t know about the office, as I only have a handmissal and am not right now praying the office on anything resembling a regular basis...