The second Sunday of Advent is a semi-double Sunday of the second class and its liturgical colour is violet. The Gospel pericopes, from St. Matthew, tell of St. John the Baptist in prison sending two of his followers to meet the LORD. The liturgical colour is violet.At Vespers yesterday afternoon the antiphons Ecce in nubibus caeli etc were sung, not-doubled, with psalms of Saturday. The Office hymn was Creator alme siderum. After the collect of the Sunday a commemoration of the Sunday was sung followed by a commemoration of St. Nicholas of Myra. At Compline the Dominical preces were omitted due to the commemorated double feast.
At Mattins the invitatory is Regem venturum and the Office hymn is Verbum supernum. In the first nocturn the antiphons Veniet ecce Rex etc are sung with the usual psalms for Sunday. The lessons are a continuation of Isaiah and today contain the beautiful symbolism of the Rod of Jesse. In the second nocturn the antiphons Gaude et laetare etc are sung and the them of the Rod of Jesse is continued as the lessons are taken from St. Jerome's Expositon on Isaias the Prophet. In the third nocturn the antiphons Gabriel Angelus etc are sung and the homily is from St. Gregory. The Te Deum is omitted and in its place a ninth responsory, Ecce Dominus veniet, is sung.
At Lauds the antiphons, Ecce in nubibus caeli etc are sung with the Sunday psalms. The hymn is En clara vox. After the collect of the Sunday a commemoration of St. Nicholas is sung. At Prime the versicle in the responsory is Qui venturus es in mundum. The Dominical preces are omitted.
Mass is sung after Terce, the deacon and subdeacon wear violet folded chasubles. The Gloria is not sung. The second collect is of St. Nicholas. Today there is no third collect. The Creed is sung and the preface is of the Trinity. Benedicamus Domino is sung as the dismissal by the deacon facing the altar.
At Vespers the antiphons Ecce in nubibus caeli are again sung this time with Pss. 109, 110, 111, 112 & 113. The Office hymn is Creator alme siderum. After the collect of the Sunday commemorations are sung of the following feast of St. Ambrose and of St. Nicholas. At Compline the Dominical preces are omitted.
In the 'liturgical books of 1962' there are no commemorations at either Vespers. Mattins is cut down to a single nocturn of three lessons. At Lauds there are no commemorations. At Mass the ministers wear dalmatic and tunicle, there is only one collect and the dismissal is Ite, missa est.
Art: Jerome Nadal
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ReplyDeleteIt's a little late this year but I would like to know for next year. The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe is a Duplex I. classis where I live (a former Spanish territory of the United States), I am not sure if it has an Octave or not. I know I have to commemorate the Feria but I was wondering, do I need to commemorate the Octave of the Immaculate Conception as well?
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ReplyDeleteThe feast would be considered the same mystery as and so there would not be a commemoration of the Octave of the Immaculate Conception, c.f. the Seven Dolours on the Octave Day of the Nativity of the BVM (when it had a proper Octave) the Octave Day was not commemorated.