Monday, 22 September 2025

The fourth week of September


Update
In response to the comment by 'Phil' below is a photograph of a 1930 Toulouse ordo in my collection. Note the arrangment of the lessons from Esther:

Perchance I came across an ordo for Munich for 1884, pre-DA rubrics, that has the same arrangement:

4 comments:

Paul said...

In the US and Canada, where the feast of Sts. Isaac Jogues and his Companions is said on the 26th as a Double of the 2nd Class, is the Friday reading of the 5th Week of September moved to the 27th this year or is it still the Saturday reading?

Rubricarius said...

Paul, I have never seen any source suggest the impeded Friday lessons should be themselves transferred or, in contrast to Machabees in October, anything about keeping the sequence, so understand in your example the Friday readings are omitted this year.

Phil said...

Not sure if this pertains to the 1939, but this is from the old CTO Ordo from John R. old blog

* The fifth Sunday and week of September have no place in the kalendar this year. The occurring Scripture for the last three days of the fourth week (i.e. Thursday-Saturday) of September omits the remaining lessons from Judith, and is rendered this year as follows:
Thursday - lessons and responds for the fifth Sunday of September (Incipit of Esther)
Friday - lessons and responds for the Monday in the fifth week
Saturday - lessons and responds for the Tuesday in the fifth week

Rubricarius said...

Phil,
The rubric in the BR(1939) given on Thursday of the fourth week of September 'Si haec feria occurrat post diem 24 Septembris' etc states that, if that is the case, on Thursday the Inicpit of Esther is read and then further states 'Sequentibus feriis dicantur Lectiones de respondenti Feria VI aut Sabbato ejusdem Hebdomadae V.'

Pre-1911 editions indicate Esther is to be read but do not give the instruction about the respective following Friday and Saturday.