Sunday, 9 July 2023

The sixth week after Pentecost

2 comments:

Peter said...

What is the logic for the order of commemoration of occuring and concurring feasts at First Vespers of Sunday? For example, Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a greater double and St Henry is only a semidouble but at Vespers on Saturday, St Henry is commemorated before Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Why is that? If it weren't a Saturday (or Sunday), we would have First Vespers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, and then commemoration of the preceding feast of St Henry. Why does it get reversed when these are just commemorations in the dominical office?

Rubricarius said...

Since the changes of Leo XIII concurring Offices are always commemorated first, regardless of their rank. Before, as you suggest, commemorations were in order of rank.