As Vespers yesterday afternoon the antiphons and psalms of Saturday were sung. The Office hymn was Jam sol recedit igneus. The antiphon on the Magnificat was Aspice, Domine for the Saturday before the second Sunday of November. After the collect of the Sunday commemorations were sung of the preceding Office of St. Charles Borromeo and of the Octave of All Saints. The Suffrage of the Saints was omitted being within an Octave as were the Dominical preces at Compline.
At Mattins the invitatory is Adoremus Dominum and the Office hymn is Primo die. In the first nocturn the lessons continue to be read from Ezechiel. In the second nocturn the lessons are from an exposition on Ezechiel by St. Jerome. In the third nocturn the homily is from St. Jerome on the ninth chapter of St. Matthew's Gospel. The Te Deum is sung. At Lauds the Office hymn is Aeterne rerum Conditor. After the collect of the Sunday a commemoration is sung of the Octave of All Saints. The Suffrage of the Saints is omitted.
At Prime (Pss. 117, 118i & 118ii) both Quicumque and the Dominical preces are omitted being a Sunday within an Octave.
Mass is sung after Terce. The Gloria is sung, the second collect is of the Octave. Today there is no third collect. The Creed is sung as is the preface of the Blessed Trinity.
Vespers are of the Sunday (Pss.109, 110, 111, 112 & 113), the Office hymn is Lucis creator. After the collect of the Sunday a commemoration is sung of the Octave. The Suffrage of the Saints is omitted as are the Dominical preces at Compline.
In the 'liturgical books of 1962' the Second Sunday of November has been perpetually abolished as has the Octave of All Saints. Today the first Sunday of November is observed. There are no commemorations at either Vespers. Mattins is cut down to a single nocturn and three lessons. There are no commemorations at Lauds. There is but a single collect at Mass.
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Two questions: What is the meaning of "In the 'liturgical books of 1962' the Second Sunday of November has been perpetually abolished as has the Octave of All Saints." What is the "Second Sunday of November"?
The second question: Since the Masses within the Octave of All Saints are ranked as semi-double, why then is there only one commemoration during the Mass on Sunday?
Thanks,
Drew
@Drew,
The second Sunday of November and its entire week were excised from the 1961 Breviary due to the change of reckoning which is the first Sunday of the month.
On a Sunday within an Octave, unless there occurring commemorations only the Octave is commemorated.
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