Second Sunday after the Epiphany

The second Sunday after the Epiphany is of semi-double rite and its liturgical colour, from Mattins, is green. The Gospel pericopes at Mattins and Mass are from St. John's account of the Marriage Feast at Cana.

Yesterday afternoon second Vespers of the Octave Day of the Epiphany were sung. The antiphons Ante luciferum genitus etc were sung, doubled, with Pss. 109, 110 111, 112 & 113. The Office hymn was Crudelis Herodes. The antiphon on the Magnificat was Tribus miraculis and the collect was of the Octave Day. After the collect of the Octave Day commemorations were sung of the Sunday (the antiphon on the Magnificat being Suscepit Deus which will be used on all Saturdays when Vespers are of the Sunday until Septuagesima), of St. Hilary of Poitiers and of St. Felix. The Suffrage was omitted as were the Dominical preces at Compline. At Compline Te lucis was sung with the Doxology of the Epiphany.

At Mattins the invitatory is Adoremus Dominum and this will be sung on Sundays until Septuagesima. The Office hymn is Primo die and this will be sung at Sunday Mattins until the first Sunday in Lent. In the first nocturn the lessons are the Incipit of the Second Epistle to the Corinthians. In the second nocturn a sermon of St. Chrysostom provides the lessons and, in the third nocturn, the homily is from St. Augustine. The Te Deum is sung. At Lauds the Office hymn is Aeterne and that too is sung at Sunday Lauds until the first Sunday of Lent. After the collect of the Sunday commemorations are sung of St. Hilary and of St. Felix. The Suffrage is omitted.

At Prime both Quicumque and the Dominical preces are omitted.

At Mass the Gloria is sung, the second collect is of St. Hilary, the third collect is of St. Felix. The Creed is sung and the preface is of the Blessed Trinity.

At Vespers the antiphons and psalms of Sunday are sung. The Office hymn is Lucis creator. After the collect of the Sunday commemorations are sung of the following feast of St. Paul the first Hermit, of St. Hilary and of St. Maurus. The Suffrage is omitted as are the Dominical preces at Compline due to the double feasts.

In the 'liturgical books of 1962' the Octave Day of the Epiphany, as such, has been abolished and replaced with the feast of the Baptism of the Lord. However, textually, the new feast is essentially the same as the Octave Day.  At Vespers of the feast on Saturday there are no commemorations.  At Compline Te lucis has the ordinary Doxology.  Mattins is reduced to a single nocturn of three lessons. There are no commemorations at Lauds. At Mass there is a single collect. At Vespers there are no commemorations.

Art: Jerome Nadal