The feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross is of greater double rite and takes precedence, as a feast of the LORD, over the XIV Sunday after Pentecost (this year the third Sunday of September and the Sunday within the Octave of the Nativity of the BVM). The origin of the feast was the dedication of Constantine's basilica in Jerusalem in 335. The feast appears to have been celebrated in Rome since the seventh century. A double feast in the Tridentine Missal of 1570 it was raised to greater double rank by Clement VIII. The liturgical colour, until Vespers, is red. The fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, and this year the third Sunday of September, is commemorated at Vespers, Mattins, Lauds and Mass. The week ahead will be that of the September Ember Days.
At Vespers yesterday afternoon the antiphons O magnum pietatis opus etc were sung, doubled, with psalms 109, 110, 111, 112 & 116. The Office hymn was Vexilla regis. After the collect of the feast a commemoration of the Sunday was sung (the antiphon on the Magnificat being Ne reminiscaris for the Saturday before the third Sunday of September). The Suffrage was omitted due to the double feast as were the Dominical preces at Compline.
At Mattins the invitatory is Christum Regem, pro nobis in Cruce exaltatum, Venite adoremus and the Office hymn is Pange, lingua. In the first nocturn the antiphons Nobile lignum etc are sung, doubled, with Pss.1, 2 & 3 and the lessons are taken from the Book of Numbers with responsories propert to the feast. In the second nocturn the antiphons O Crucis victoria etc are sung, doubled, with Pss. 4, 10 & 20. The lessons describe the taking of the Cross from Jerusalem and its triumphant return. In the third nocturn the antiphons Adoramus te Christe etc are sung, doubled with Pss. 95, 96 & 97. lessons are from a homily on the Passion of the Lord from St. Leo the Great. The ninth lesson is of the Sunday, a homily from St. Augustine on St. Matthew's Gospel. The Te Deum is sung. At Lauds the antiphons O magnum pietatis opus etc are sung, doubled, with Pss. 92, 99, 62, Benedicite and 148. The Office hymn is Lustra sex. After the collect of the feast a commemoration of the Sunday is sung.
At the Hours the O magnum pietatis opus etc are sung in the usual order. At Prime, Pss. 53, 118(i) & 118(ii), both Quicumque and the Dominical preces are omitted, the lectio brevis is proper, Humiliavit semetipsum.
Mass is sung after Terce. The Gloria is sung, the second collect is of the Sunday. There is no third collect today. The Creed is sung, the preface is of the Holy Cross and the last Gospel is of the Sunday.
Prior to the reform of 1911-13 Sunday within the Octave of the Nativity of the BVM was the feast of the Holy Name of the BVM. One Mass, other than the Conventual Mass, may be sung of the feast. The Mass Vultum tuum is sung with Gloria, the second collect of the Holy Cross, the third collect of the Sunday. The Creed is sung, the preface is of the BVM and the last Gospel is of the Holy Cross.
Vespers see a colour change to white and first Vespers are sung of the following feast of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin. The antiphons Quo abiit etc are sung, doubled, with Pss. 109, 112, 121, 126 & 147. The Office hymn is Jam toto subitus. After the collect of the feast commemorations are sung of the preceding feast of the Exaltation of the Cross and of the Sunday. At Compline Te lucis is sung with the Doxology proper to the feast of the Seven Sorrows, Jesu tibi sit gloria, Qui passus es pro servulis etc.
In the 'liturgical books of 1962' although the feast has been raised in rank to 'second class' (connected with the abolition of the May feast of the Invention of the Holy Cross) it loses first Vespers with the exception of when it falls on a Sunday. The Sunday is not commemorated being considered an identical mystery of the Lord with the feast. If the Sunday were to be commemorated it would be the second Sunday of September not the third. At the Little Hours the antiphons for the Sunday, not the feast are sung. At Prime, Ps. 117, 118(i) & 118(ii), the lectio brevis is of the Sunday. At Mass there is a single collect and the last Gospel is In principio. Vespers are second Vespers of the Exaltation of the Cross without commemoration of the following Office of the Seven Sorrows or of the Sunday. At Compline Te lucis is sung with the ordinary Doxology. The Ember Days will not be celebrated for another week.
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I believe, even prior to the reform of 1911-1913, the Exaltation of the Cross outranked the Holy Name of Mary even though both are secondary feasts, so the Holy Name of Mary would be transferred to the next free day not impeded by a feast of 9 lessons. And in the 1910-1911 rubrics, just before the reform, the provision was made that the Holy Name of Mary would be set on Sept. 12 if a higher ranked feast occurred on Sunday (the Exaltation or the Seven Sorrows).
Is not the hymn for Vespers: Jam toto subditus?
André,
Yes, my apologies - changed now.
Paul,
Yes, in terms of the rankings of feasts in accidental occurrence. However, the Mass of the Holy Name of Mary, when celebrated on the Sunday within the Octave, is a privileged votive Mass that can only be impeded by a D1Cl or D2Cl.
In an 1862 Bamberg Ordo I managed to find online, it shows that the Exaltation of the Cross is celebrated Sept. 14 and the Holy Name of Mary is transferred to the 26th of Sept. I haven't found that the Holy Name of Mary is a privileged votive Mass in the pre-DA or 1910-1911 rubrics. Where did you find it? I've checked de Herdt and Wapelhorst, but I couldn't find anything.
Paul,
1862 is irrelevant, unfortunately IMHO. It is nothing to do with the translation of feasts. With the DA rubrics only D1Cl and D2Cl can be transferred anyway. O'Connell (J.B) gives a section on privileged votive Masses including those that may be celebrated on the relevant Sundays. Vide: The Celebration of Mass, Vol. 1, Ch. VI, (III) Privileged Votive Masses, 9 Votive Mass of a feast formerly celebrated on a Sunday.
Thanks! I really have to read the DA rubrics, and particular O'Connell for the ranking of Masses and the such. I am only too familiar with pre-DA rubrics.
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