Sunday 12 December 2021

The third week of Advent

5 comments:

Paulus said...

Why is the commemoration of the octave at second vespers of St Lucy taken from the first vespers?

Anonymous said...

Why aren't there proper Last Gospel from the Ember Wednesday in the Octave Day of Immaculate Conception?

Rubricarius said...

@Paulus,
Because when a day within an Octave, or Octave Day, is preceded by another feast the Octave is commemorated using the antiphon from I Vespers, c.f. Additiones et Variationes Tit.VII, 4.

@Anonymous,
Why don't you look at the Gospel appointed for each and that will give you the answer.

Anonymous said...

What does the the 'X' after the given color for the day mean? For instance, "AX" on Dec 14th and "RX" on December 16th. I understand that 'A' means "white" and 'R' means "red," but I cannot figure out the meaning of the 'X' and I did not see an explanation anywhere.

Rubricarius said...

@Anonymous 5thJan,

You need to look on p. 16 of the Ordo. 'X' indicates a private Votive Mass or Requiem in permissible.