XX Sunday after Pentecost

The twentieth Sunday after Pentecost is of semi-double rite and its liturgical colour is green. This year it is the second Sunday of October. The Gospel pericopes from St. John give the account of the healing of the ruler's son at Capharnaum.

At 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 Refulsit sol for the Saturday before the second Sunday of October. After the collect of the Sunday a commemoration of St. Bruno was sung. The Suffrage of the Saints was omitted as were the Dominical preces at Compline.

At Mattins the invitatory is Adoremus Dominum etc and the Office hymn is Primo die. In the first nocturn the lessons continue to be read from the First Book of the Machabees. In the second nocturn the lessons are taken from St. Augustine writings on the City of God. In the third nocturn the homily is from St. Gregory on St. John's Gospel. At Lauds the Office hymn is Aeterne. After the collect of the Sunday a commemoration of St. Bruno is sung. The Suffrage of the Saints is omitted.

At Prime Pss. 117, 118(i) & 118(ii) both Quicumque and the Dominical preces are omitted.

Mass is sung after Terce. The Gloria is sung, the second collect is of St. Bruno. Today there is no third collect. The Creed and the preface of the Blessed Trinity are sung.

Prior to the reform of 1911-13 the first Sunday in October was the feast of the Most Holy Rosary of the BVM. All Masses, except the Conventual Mass (although a Double of the Second Class the feast had special privileges), may be of the feast. The Mass Gaudeamus is sung in white vestments. The Gloria is sung, the second collect is of the Sunday, the third collect is of St. Bruno. The Creed is sung, the preface is of the Blessed Virgin and the last Gospel is of the Sunday.

After None there is a colour change to white and first Vespers of the feast of the Most Holy Rosary of the BVM are sung. The antiphons Quae est ista are sung, doubled, with Pss. 109, 112, 121, 126 & 147. The Office hymn is Te gestientem gaudiis. After the collect of the feast commemorations are sung of  the Sunday and of St. Bruno. The Suffrage of the Saints is omitted as are the Dominical preces at Compline. At Compline Te lucis is sung with the Doxology and melody of the Incarnation.

In the 'liturgical books of 1962' today is the first Sunday of October. At Vespers on Saturday the antiphon on the Magnificat was Adaperiat Dominus. There were no commemorations. Mattins is cut down to a single nocturn of three lessons, the first and second lessons are the Incipit of the First Book of the Machabees. At Mass there is but a single collect. Vespers are of the Sunday without any commemorations. The feast of the Most Holy Rosary of the BVM has been re-branded 'BVM of the Rosary'.

Art: Jerome Nadal