VII Sunday after Pentecost

The seventh Sunday after Pentecost is of semi-double rite and its liturgical colour is green. The Gospel pericopes from St. Matthew contain the words of warning from the LORD concerning false prophets appearing as sheep but who, in reality, are wolves.

At Vespers yesterday afternoon the antiphons and psalms of Saturday were sung. The Office hymn was Jam sol recedit igneussung with the Doxology of the Incarnation, Jesu, tibi...Qui natus etc. After the collect of the Sunday commemorations were sung of the preceding Office of St. Henry the Emperor and of the BVM of Mount Carmel. The Suffrage of the Saints was omitted. At Compline Te lucis was sung with the Doxology of the Incarnation and the Dominical preces were omitted.

At Mattins the invitatory is Dominum qui fecit nos and the Office hymn is Nocte surgentes. In the first nocturn the lessons are the Incipit of the Third Book of the Kings. In the second nocturn the lessons are taken from am epistle of St. Jerome to Nepotianus. In the third nocturn the homily on St. Matthew's Gospel is from St. Hiliary. The Te Deum is sung. The Te Deum is sung. At Lauds the Office hymn is Ecce jam noctis. After the collect of the Sunday a commemoration is sung of the BVM of Mount Carmel. The Suffrage of the Saints is omitted.

At Prime (Pss. 117, 118i & 118ii) and the Hours the hymns have the Doxology and melody of the Incarnation. Both Quicumque and the Dominical preces are omitted and the versicle in the short responsory is Qui natus es.

Mass is sung after Terce. The Gloria is sung, the second collect is of the BVM of Mount Carmel. Today there is no third collect. The Creed is sung. the preface is of the Blessed Trinity and the last Gospel is of the BVM.

At Vespers the antiphons and psalms (109, 110, 111, 112 & 113) of Sunday are sung. The Office hymn is Lucis creator sung with the Doxology of the Incarnation. After the collect of the Sunday commemorations are sung of the following feast of St. Alexis and of the BVM. The Suffrage is omitted. At Compline Te lucis is sung with the Doxology of the Incarnation and the Dominical preces are omitted.

In the 'liturgical books of 1962' there are no commemoration at either Vespers. The ordinary Doxology is sung with all the Office hymns. Mattins is cut down to a single nocturn of three lessons. At Lauds there are no commemorations. At Prime the versicle is not changed. At Mass there is a single collect and the last Gospel is In principio.

Art: Jerome Nadal