tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86699509940401674222024-03-18T15:50:02.502+00:00The Saint Lawrence Press BlogRubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.comBlogger1556125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669950994040167422.post-25444593233439730772024-03-17T01:30:00.005+00:002024-03-17T01:30:00.309+00:00Passion Sunday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTn6UFlEN7Iq4r5gojnf-kbDL454tb8H6hit7NvitLHuvZgBB-oQ6RgqjmE7IzTg1hJ18OTCNTddXyQ4I5VoaXa5n8eAcxloHEUBzYKWwdMi72UthjF5La6tmhmwgJWU8uGRcx45xxb1C7/s1600-h/Passion.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318603156272170498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTn6UFlEN7Iq4r5gojnf-kbDL454tb8H6hit7NvitLHuvZgBB-oQ6RgqjmE7IzTg1hJ18OTCNTddXyQ4I5VoaXa5n8eAcxloHEUBzYKWwdMi72UthjF5La6tmhmwgJWU8uGRcx45xxb1C7/s400/Passion.jpg" style="display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 239px;" /></a><br />
Passion Sunday is the fifth and penultimate Sunday in Lent. It is a semi-double Sunday of the first class and its liturgical colour is violet.<br />
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The most apparent and visually striking feature of this Sunday is the Roman practice of veiling all crosses and images with violet cloth. The custom seems to have developed from the words in the day's Gospel <em>'Jesus autem abscondit se'</em> - but Jesus hid himself. The veiling takes place after Mass on Saturday morning before Vespers are sung. The praxis should not be confused with that of Lenten Array where holy images were covered in off-white linen or cloth from the very beginning of Lent. From Vespers along with the veiling, the liturgy of the season takes on certain more penitential aspects that belong to Passiontide. The <em>Gloria Patri</em> is omitted from the invitatory of Mattins, from the responsories of Mattins and from the short responsories of the Hours. It is also omitted from the <em>Asperges</em> ceremony before Mass on both Passion Sunday and on Palm Sunday. In Masses 'of the season' <em>Gloria Patri</em> is also omitted from the introit and <em>Lavabo</em> along with the psalm <em>Judica me Deus</em>. The Suffrage of the Saints is also omitted at Vespers and at Lauds, in all Offices, until after Trinity Sunday. <br />
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At Vespers, yesterday morning, the antiphons and psalms of Saturday were sung, the chapter was proper to Passion Sunday. The Office hymn was <em>Vexilla regis</em>. This hymn is sung at Vespers throughout Passiontide and at the Mass of the Pre-Sanctified on Good Friday morning. The antiphon on the <em>Magnificat</em> and collect were proper to the Sunday. After the collect of the Sunday a commemoration of St. Patrick was sung. At Compline the Lesser Doxology was omitted from the short responsory as noted and the Dominical <em>preces</em> were omitted.<br />
<br /><div>At Mattins the invitatory is <em>Hodie, si vocem Domini audieritis, Nolite obdurare corda vestra</em> from Ps. 94 and a special rubric indicates the omission of that verse in the psalm. The hymn is <em>Pange, lingua ...Lauream</em>. The same invitatory and hymn are sung from today until the Sacred Triduum in the Office of the Season. The antiphons given in the Psalter for Sundays are sung. In the first nocturn the lessons are the <em>Incipit </em>of the book of Jeremiah. In the second nocturn the lessons are taken from the ninth sermon on Lent by St. Leo the Great. In the third nocturn the lessons are a homily of St. Gregory on St. John's Gospel. The <em>Te Deum</em> is omitted as on other Lenten Sundays and a ninth responsory, <em>Quis dabit capiti</em>, sung in its place. At Lauds the antiphons, <em>Vide Dominum </em>etc., are proper to the Sunday and the second scheme of Psalms is sung (50, 117, 62, <em>Benedictus es</em> & 148). The chapter is proper to the Sunday and office hymn is <em>Lustra sex</em>. After the collect of the Sunday a commemoration of St. Patrick is sung.<br />
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At Prime and the Hours the antiphons, <em>Ego daemoninum </em>etc., are proper to the Sunday. At Prime the psalms are 92, 99 (displaced from Lauds) and 118(i) & 118(ii). At Prime the Dominical <em>preces</em> are omitted.<br />
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Mass is sung after Terce. The ministers wear folded chasubles. The <em>Gloria</em> is omitted. The second collect is of St. Patrick. There is no third collect in Passiontide. As usual in Lent a Tract is sung after the Gradual. The Creed is sung, the preface is of the Cross and the dismissal is <em>Benedicamus Domino</em> sung by the deacon whilst facing the celebrant and altar.<br />
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At Vespers the antiphons and psalms of Sunday are sung. The Office hymn is <i>Vexilla regis</i> which is sung at Vespers throughout Passiontide and at the Mass of the Pre-Sanctified on Good Friday morning. After the collect of the Sunday commemorations are sung of the following feast of St. Cyril of Jerusalem and of St. Patrick. At Compline the Dominical <i>preces</i> are omitted.<br />
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In the 'liturgical books of 1962' Passion Sunday becomes re-branded as 'First Sunday of the Passion'. Vespers were sung yesterday in the afternoon as at any other time of the year. There were no commemorations at either Vepsers. The Dominical <i>preces</i> have been abolished. Mattins is reduced down to the usual single nocturn of three lessons. At Prime the psalmody is Ps. 53, 118(i) & 118(ii) as on feasts. At Mass the ministers wear dalmatic and tunicle instead of folded chasubles, there is only a single collect and the dismissal is <em>Ite, missa est</em>.<br />
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Art: <a href="http://catholic-resources.org/Art/Nadal.htm">Jerome Nadal</a></div>Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669950994040167422.post-70213711783114038072024-03-10T01:30:00.002+00:002024-03-12T17:05:16.062+00:00Fourth Sunday in Lent<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ej1RHDCE6DViNk04Wv1D1cPcJ4nFG_VDF2PQGEgLxt63i5nPhmQ98hZGGAEffOydU-c__EtXPZ3YTUUY0ldvDHrPMytjZxgeSA1AuVaUceKp41it4Me5txzLwu2Ko8DeVRHEEYC7w4i5/s1600-h/DomIV.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448086326042373410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ej1RHDCE6DViNk04Wv1D1cPcJ4nFG_VDF2PQGEgLxt63i5nPhmQ98hZGGAEffOydU-c__EtXPZ3YTUUY0ldvDHrPMytjZxgeSA1AuVaUceKp41it4Me5txzLwu2Ko8DeVRHEEYC7w4i5/s400/DomIV.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 243px;" /></a> The fourth Sunday in Lent is known as <em>Laetare</em> Sunday after the opening words of the Introit at its Mass <em>Laetare, Jerusalem</em> - Rejoice Jerusalem - and is also known as 'mid-Lent' Sunday and is also 'Mothering Sunday' in many countries including Britain and Ireland. It is a semi-double Sunday of the first class.<div><br /></div><div>The distinguishing feature of this Sunday is the absence of folded chasubles and the permitted, though not obligatatory, use of rose-coloured vestments. Rose is perceived as a lighter shade of violet and the use of rose vestments developed from the older praxis of a golden rose being given to female monarchs by the Pope on this day. Cardinals of the Court of Rome <a href="https://www.liturgicalartsjournal.com/2020/09/the-rose-coloured-vesture-of-cardinals.html" target="_blank">wore rose watered-silk choir dress</a> on this Sunday along with the corresponding <em>Gaudete</em> Sunday in Advent. For the rest of Lent Cardinals wore their 'winter violet' merino cassock, <em>mantelletum</em> and <em>mozzeta</em> (not the violet watered silk of their 'summer' violet). This practice disappeared at the Papal Court towards the end of the nineteenth century but continued with Cardinals at their titular churches until the 1920s.<br />
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At Vespers yesterday morning the antiphons and psalms of Saturday were sung. The Office hymn was <i>Audi benigne conditor</i>. After the collect of the Sunday commemorations were sung of the preceding Office of St. Frances of Rome and of the Forty Holy Martyrs. The Suffrage of the Saints was omitted as were the Dominical <i>preces</i> at Compline.<br />
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At Mattins the invitatory is, as on the previous Sundays of Lent, <em>Non sit vobis</em> and the Office hymn is <em>Ex more</em>. The antiphons given in the Psalter for Sundays are sung. In the first nocturn the lessons are from Exodus and the story of Moses and the Burning Bush. In the second nocturn the lessons are from the writings of St. Basil the Great on fasting and in the third nocturn the lessons are a homily of St. Augustine on St. John's Gospel. At Lauds the antiphons, <em>Tunc acceptabis</em> etc., are proper to the Sunday and the second scheme of Psalms sung (50, 117, 62, <em>Benedictus es</em>, & 148). The chapter is proper to the Sunday and Office hymn is <em>O sol salutis</em>. After the collect of the Sunday a commemoration of the Forty Holy Martyrs is sung followed by the Suffrage of the Saints.<br />
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At Prime and the Hours the antiphons, <em>Accepit ergo</em> etc., are proper to the Sunday. At Prime the psalms are 92, 99 (displaced from Lauds) and 118(i) & 118(ii). The Dominical <em>preces</em> are sung and the short lesson is <em>Quaerite Dominum</em>. <br />
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Mass is sung after Terce. As folded chasubles are not worn the organ may be played. The ministers wear violet, or rose, dalmatic and tunicle. The <em>Gloria</em> is omitted, the second collect is of the Forty Holy Martyr and the third collect is <i>A cunctis</i>. A Tract is sung after the Gradual, the Creed is sung, the preface is of Lent and the dismissal is <em>Benedicamus Domino</em>, sung by the deacon facing the celebrant and altar. <br />
<br />At Vespers the antiphons and psalms of Sunday (109, 110, 111, 112 & 113) are sung at the normal time. The Office hymn is <i>Audi, benigne Conditor</i>. After the collect of the Sunday a commemoration is sung of the Forty Holy Martyrs followed by the Suffrage of the Saints. At Compline the Dominical <i>preces</i> are sung.<br />
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In the 'liturgical books of 1962' Vespers were sung yesterday in the afternoon as at any other time of the year. There are no commemorations at either Vespers. The Suffrage and Dominical <i>preces</i> have been abolished. Mattins is cut down to a single nocturn of three lessons. At Prime the psalms are 53, 118(i) & 118(ii) as on feasts. At Mass there is a single collect. The dismissal is <em>Ite, missa est</em>. <br />
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Art: <a href="http://catholic-resources.org/Art/Nadal.htm">Jerome Nadal</a></div>Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669950994040167422.post-73255152307504877862024-03-03T01:30:00.015+00:002024-03-03T01:30:00.180+00:00Third Sunday in Lent<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZHw6hUwf6s4HaJBu8446b3c6qiH7jJdDy8QQ2gMnc1tHJzs3oHbO5AHlL6Qm20hALzupJqpdPt5mzPuZTmJHMZoaS4JQQmI1tLzRry2jV47tsKHcZooiw7KeifpV-nHPCSZ3NxX9q-a9y/s1600-h/DomIII.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 244px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZHw6hUwf6s4HaJBu8446b3c6qiH7jJdDy8QQ2gMnc1tHJzs3oHbO5AHlL6Qm20hALzupJqpdPt5mzPuZTmJHMZoaS4JQQmI1tLzRry2jV47tsKHcZooiw7KeifpV-nHPCSZ3NxX9q-a9y/s400/DomIII.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445899331946286002"></a><br />
The third Sunday in Lent is a semi-double Sunday of the first class and its liturgical colour is violet. The Gospel pericope from St. Luke at Mattins and Mass recounts the LORD casting out evil from a demoniac.<br />
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At Vespers yesterday morning the antiphons and psalms of Saturday were sung. The chapter was proper to the Sunday and the Office hymn was <i>Audi, benigne Conditor</i>. After the collect of the Sunday the Suffrage of the Saints was sung as were the Dominical <i>preces</i> at Compline.<br />
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At Mattins the invitatory is <em>Non sit vobis</em> and the Office hymn is <em>Ex more</em>, as on the other Sundays in Lent. The antiphons and psalms of Sunday are sung. In the first nocturn the lessons are taken from Genesis and the story of Joseph, his coat of many colours and his brothers casting him into a pit. In the second nocturn the lessons are taken from the Book of St. Augustine on Joseph. In the third nocturn the lessons are a homily of the Venerable Bede on St. Luke's Gospel. A ninth responsory, <em>Lamentabatur Jacob</em>, is sung in place of the <em>Te Deum</em>.<br />
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At Lauds the antiphons are proper to the Sunday, <em>Fac benigne</em> etc., sung with the second scheme of Psalms (50, 117, 62, <em>Benedictus es</em>, 148). The chapter is proper to the Sunday and the Office hymn is <em>O sol salutis</em>. After the collect of the Sunday the Suffrage of the Saints is sung.<br />
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At Prime and the Hours the antiphons are proper to the Sunday, <i>Et cum ejecisset Jesus</i> etc. At Prime the psalms are Pss. 92, 99 (displaced from Lauds) and 118(i) & 118(ii). The Dominical <em>preces</em> are sung.<br />
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Mass is sung after Terce. The deacon and subdeacon wear violet folded chasubles. There is no <em>Gloria</em>. The second collect is <i>A cunctis</i>, the third collect is <i>Omnipotens</i>. A Tract is sung after the Gradual, the Creed is sung, the preface is of Lent and the dismissal is <em>Benedicamus Domino</em>, sung by the deacon facing the altar and celebrant.<br />
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At Vespers the antiphons and psalms of Sunday are sung at the normal time. The Office hymn is <i>Audi, benigne Conditor</i>. After the collect of the Sunday commemorations are sung of the following feast of St. Casimir, and of St. Lucius followed by the Suffrage of the Saints. At Compline the Dominical <i>preces</i> are sung.<br />
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In 'liturgical books of 1962' Vespers yesterday were sung in the afternoon as at any other time of the year. The Suffrage of the Saints and the Dominical <i>preces</i> have been abolished. Mattins is cut down to a single nocturn of three lessons. At Prime the psalms are Pss.53, 118(i) & 118(ii) as on feasts. At Mass the ministers wear dalmatic and tunicle, as in Septuagesima etc. There is but a single collect and the dismissal is <em>Ite, missa est</em>. At Vespers there are neither commemorations nor Suffrage. <br />
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Art: <a href="http://catholic-resources.org/Art/Nadal.htm">Jerome Nadal </a>Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669950994040167422.post-46843446495845066692024-02-25T01:30:00.006+00:002024-02-25T01:30:00.132+00:00Second Sunday in Lent<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XJbS1cAWiCQC&newbks=0&dq=missale%20romanum&pg=PA40-IA1&source=bookclip&ci=527%2C245%2C407%2C466"><img src="https://books.google.co.uk/books/content?id=XJbS1cAWiCQC&pg=PA40-IA1&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&bul=1&sig=ACfU3U0ObwqIyGIwERM7KvAub289d_g7Rw&ci=527%2C245%2C407%2C466&edge=0" /></a></div>
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The second Sunday in Lent is a semi-double Sunday of the first class and its liturgical colour, until Vespers this year, is violet. The Gospel pericopes from St. Matthew's Gospel give the account of the Transfiguration of the LORD. The feast of St. Matthias is transferred to Monday.<br />
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At Vespers yesterday morning the antiphons and psalms of Saturday were sung. The chapter was proper to the Sunday and the Office hymn was <i>Audi, benigne Conditor</i>. After the collect of the Sunday the Suffrage of the Saints was sung as were the Dominical <i>preces</i> at Compline.<br />
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At Mattins the invitatory is <em>Non sit vobis</em> and the Office hymn is <em>Ex more</em>. The antiphons and psalms given for Sunday are sung. In the first nocturn the lessons are from the twenty-seventh chapter of Genesis and the story of Jacob and Esau. In the second nocturn the lessons are taken from the book of St. Augustine against lying and explain the mystery of Jacob's actions. In the third nocturn the lessons are a homily of St. Leo the Great on the Transfiguration of the LORD. A ninth responsory, <em>Cum audisset Jacob</em>, is sung in place of the <em>Te Deum</em>.<br />
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At Lauds the antiphons <em>Domine labia mea aperies</em> etc are proper to the Sunday and are sung with the second scheme of Psalms (50, 117, 62, <em>Benedictus es</em> and 148). The chapter is proper to the Sunday and hymn is <em>O sol salutis</em>. After the collect of the Sunday the Suffrage of the Saints is sung.<br />
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At Prime and the Hours the antiphons are proper to the Sunday. At Prime the psalms are 92, 99 (displaced from Lauds) and the first two divisions of Ps. 118. The Dominical <em>preces</em> are sung and the short lesson is <em>Quaerite Dominum</em>.<br />
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Mass is sung after Terce. The deacon and subdeacon wear violet folded chasubles. There is no <em>Gloria</em>. The second collect is <i>A cunctis</i>, the third collect is <i>Omnipotens</i>. A Tract is sung after the Gradual, the Creed is sung, the preface is of Lent and the dismissal is <em>Benedicamus Domino</em>, sung by the deacon facing the altar.<br />
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After None there is a colour change to red and first Vespers of the transferred feast of St. Matthias are sung. The antiphons <em>Hoc est praeceptum meum</em> etc are sung, doubled, with Pss. 109, 110, 111, 112 & 116) from the Common of Apostles. The Office hymn is Exsultet orbis gaudiis. After the collect of the feast a commemoration of the Sunday is sung. The Suffrage is omitted as are the Dominical <i>preces</i> at Compline.<br />
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In the 'liturgical books of 1962' Vespers on Saturday are sung at the same time as any on other day of the year. The Suffrage of the Saints and the Dominical <i>preces</i> have been abolished. Mattins is cut down to a single nocturn of three lessons. At Prime the psalms are the festal arrangement of Ps. 53, 118(i) & 118(ii). At Mass the ministers wear dalmatic and tunicle, as in Septuagesima, there is only a single collect and the dismissal is <em>Ite, missa est</em>. Vespers are of the Sunday without commemorations. The feast of St. Matthias the Apostle is omitted entirely this year.<br />Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669950994040167422.post-39538381359517310452024-02-18T01:30:00.001+00:002024-02-18T01:30:00.197+00:00First Sunday in Lent<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGGkAmVFUGTxS_sP6Gg_aRKptxbNs1wfYOII4LchgfFyX1GpW1BSOeN7zhD9U9gkfCUbzSGHhjNp-ykk2r4UPHafDYfAYSwbuK_p8ZTR1ukVwju-m3vUg5oDKvzWU0ntDPW2MT1ncQSFqD/s1600-h/Q1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307873736940361778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGGkAmVFUGTxS_sP6Gg_aRKptxbNs1wfYOII4LchgfFyX1GpW1BSOeN7zhD9U9gkfCUbzSGHhjNp-ykk2r4UPHafDYfAYSwbuK_p8ZTR1ukVwju-m3vUg5oDKvzWU0ntDPW2MT1ncQSFqD/s400/Q1.jpg" style="display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 240px;"></a><br />
The first Sunday in Lent is a semi-double Sunday of the first class. No feast can take precedence, in occurence, over it or any such Sunday. The liturgical colour of the Sunday is violet. At Mass, unlike in Septuagesima, the ministers wear the ancient vesture of folded chasubles rather than dalmatic and tunicle and the organ is silent (as has been the practice too since Ash Wednesday). The Gospel pericope at Mattins and Mass is St. Matthew's account of the LORD's temptation by Satan in the desert. Vespers yesterday morning marked the ancient beginning of Lent before the addition of Ash Wednesday and the intervening days. On these added days although certain penitential practices have entered the Liturgy such as the use folded chasubles and the ferial <i>preces</i> at the Hours the Office hymns etc were still those used in previous weeks. Vespers of the first Sunday in Lent mark the beginning of the <i>Pars Verna</i>, the Spring volume of the Breviary.<br />
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At Vespers yesterday morning the antiphons and psalms of Saturday were sung. The chapter was proper to the Sunday, <i>Fratres: Hortamur vos</i>, and the Office hymn was <i>Audi, benigne Conditor</i>. After the collect of the Sunday a commemoration of St. Simeon was sung followed by the Suffrage of the Saints. At Compline the Dominical <i>preces</i> were sung.<br />
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At Mattins the invitatory is <em>Non sit vobis</em> and the hymn is <em>Ex more</em>. These are both used throughout the first four weeks of Lent. The antiphons and psalms given in the Psalter for Sundays are sung, as on previous Sundays. In the first nocturn the lessons are from the Second Letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians. In the second nocturn the lessons are taken from a sermon on Lent by St. Leo the Great and in the third nocturn the lessons are a homily of St. Gregory the Great on St. Matthew's account of the temptation of the LORD. As in Septuagesima there is no <em>Te Deum </em>but a ninth responsory, <i>Angelis suis Deus mandavit de te</i>.<br />
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At Lauds the antiphons are proper to the Sunday, <i>Cor mundum</i> etc., and the second scheme of Psalms is sung (50, 117, 62, <em>Benedictus es</em>, 148). The chapter is proper to the Sunday and the Office hymn is <em>O sol salutis</em>. After the collect of the Sunday a commemoration of St. Simeon was sung followed by the Suffrage of the Saints.<br />
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At Prime and the Hours the antiphons are proper to the Sunday, <i>Jesus autem</i> etc. At Prime the psalms are 92, 99 (displaced from Lauds) and 118(i) & 118(ii). The Dominical <em>preces </em>are sung and the short lesson is <em>Quaerite Dominum</em>.<br />
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Mass is sung after Terce. As folded chasubles are worn by the ministers the organ is silent. The <em>Gloria</em> is not sung. The second collect is of St. Simeon, the third collect is <i>A cunctis</i>. A Tract is sung after the Gradual, the Creed is sung, the preface is of Lent and the dismissal is <em>Benedicamus Domino</em>, sung by the deacon facing the celebrant and altar.<br />
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Vespers are of the Sunday, sung at the normal time (as Sundays are not fast days). The antiphons and psalms are those used on Sundays, the chapter is proper and the Office hymn is <em>Audi, benigne Conditor</em>. After the collect of the Sunday the Suffrage of the Saints is sung. At Compline the Dominical <i>preces</i> are sung.<br />
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In the 'liturgical books of 1962' Vespers on the weekdays of Lent are sung at the same time as during the rest of the Liturgical year. There are no commemorations at Vespers. The Suffrage of the Saints and Dominical <i>preces</i> have been abolished. Mattins is cut down to a single nocturn of three lessons. At Lauds there are no commemorations. At Prime the psalms are Ps. 53, 118(i) & 118(ii) as on feasts. At Mass the ministers wear dalmatic and tunicle, as in Septuagesima. There is but a single collect. The dismissal is <em>Ite, missa est</em>.<br />
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Art: <a href="http://catholic-resources.org/Art/Nadal.htm">Jerome Nadal</a>Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669950994040167422.post-37532545131840038872024-02-11T01:30:00.004+00:002024-02-11T01:30:00.140+00:00Quinquagesima Sunday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH9fTpgZw47c1341jV55wOK3CnGCwQCvZ39AgPv-L_eWV-L0V0f6MKxmrHrA4TrsLbZPs2-M6YZGIX2z6Wr5U4VJDdzCrW3gCugQKr7_zkRrbs5djcnCvWrxa34OIt6N3GxQrC_5UfweHC/s1600-h/Quin.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304526821434303170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH9fTpgZw47c1341jV55wOK3CnGCwQCvZ39AgPv-L_eWV-L0V0f6MKxmrHrA4TrsLbZPs2-M6YZGIX2z6Wr5U4VJDdzCrW3gCugQKr7_zkRrbs5djcnCvWrxa34OIt6N3GxQrC_5UfweHC/s400/Quin.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 246px;" /></a><br />
Quinquagesima Sunday is a semi-double of the second class and its liturgical colour is violet. The Gospel pericopes are taken from St. Luke and give the account of the giving of sight to the man born blind.<br />
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At Vespers yesterday afternoon the antiphons and psalms of Saturday were sung. The chapter was proper to Quinqugesima Sunday, <i>Fratres: Si linguis hominum</i>, and the Office hymn was <i>Jam sol recedit igneus</i>. The hymn was sung with the Doxology of the Incarnation <i>Jesu, tibi...qui natus</i> etc. The antiphon on the <em>Magnificat</em> and collect were proper to Quinquagesima Sunday. After the collect of the Sunday commemorations were sung of St. Scholastica and of Our Lady of Lourdes. The Suffrage of the Saints was omitted as were the Dominical <i>preces</i> at Compline.<br />
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At Mattins, as on the previous two Sundays, the antiphons and psalms are those used on Sundays throughout the year and the Office hymn is <i>Primo die</i>. In the first nocturn the lessons are again from Genesis and this Sunday concern the story of Abraham. In the second nocturn the lessons are from St. Ambrose on the Book on the Patriarch Abraham and in the third nocturn the lessons are a homily from St. Gregory on St. Luke's Gospel of the man blind from birth whose sight was restored by the LORD. The blind man is a figure of the human race according to St. Gregory. A ninth responsory, <i>Caecus sedebat secus viam</i> etc, is sung in place of the <em>Te Deum</em>.<br />
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At Lauds the 'second scheme' of psalms is sung: Pss. 50, 117, 62, <em>Benedictus es</em> and 148. The antiphons at Lauds are proper for Quinquagesima Sunday, <i>Secundum multitudinem</i> etc. The Office hymn is <i>Aeterne</i>. The antiphon at the <em>Benedictus</em> and the collect are proper to Quinquagesima. After the collect of the Sunday a commemoration of Our Lady of Lourdes is sung. The Suffrage of the Saints is omitted.<br />
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At all the Hours the antiphons and chapters are proper to Quinquagesima Sunday, the hymns are sung with the meloday and Doxology of the Incarnation. At Prime the order of psalmody is that used when the second scheme of Lauds is sung, i.e. Pss. 92, 99 (displaced at Lauds) and Ps. 118i & 118ii. The versicle in the short responsory at Prime is <i>Qui natus es</i>. The Dominical <em>preces</em> are omitted.<br />
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At Mass the <em>Gloria</em> is omitted, the second collect is of Our Lady of Lourdes. Today there is no third collect. A Tract is sung after the Gradual, the Creed is sung and the preface is of the Blessed Trinity. <em>Benedicamus Domino </em>is sung as the dismissal by the deacon facing the altar and the last Gospel is of the BVM.<br />
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At Vespers the antiphons and psalms of Sunday are sung, the chapter is proper to the Sunday. The Office hymn is <i>Lucis creator</i> sung with the Doxology of the Incarnation. After the collect of the Sunday commemorations are sung of the following feast of the Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order and of OUr Lady of Lourdes. The Suffrage of the Saints is omitted as are the Domincal <i>preces</i> at Compline.<br />
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In the 'liturgical books of 1962' the ordinary Doxlogy is sung at all the hymns. There are no commemorations at either Vespers. At Mattins there is only a single nocturn. At Prime Pss. 53, 118i & 118ii are sung, as on festal days, the versicle in the short responsory is <i>Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris</i>. At Mass there is a single collect and <em>Benedicamus Domino</em> is suppressed in favour of <i>Ite, Missa est</i> and the last Gospel is <i>In principio</i>.<br />
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Art: <a href="http://catholic-resources.org/Art/Nadal.htm">Jerome Nadal</a>Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669950994040167422.post-50613394454038568922024-02-04T01:30:00.002+00:002024-02-04T01:30:00.339+00:00Sexagesima Sunday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjiHMsBTVGCxxHQDEUEkC7iv3mY8T3pMXIofsmoR2g5pnSV8t51YBbUz5-EEsMWzUlntYGboXiDgGGtOkka2Wg8TNppuUr48itRO7D3VxH_V7UfXyxcWHZf5I1gn5nj37Ub1ckarxXiFsC/s1600-h/Sexg.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302944609454102162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjiHMsBTVGCxxHQDEUEkC7iv3mY8T3pMXIofsmoR2g5pnSV8t51YBbUz5-EEsMWzUlntYGboXiDgGGtOkka2Wg8TNppuUr48itRO7D3VxH_V7UfXyxcWHZf5I1gn5nj37Ub1ckarxXiFsC/s400/Sexg.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 247px;" /></a><br />
Sexagesima Sunday is a semi-double Sunday of the second class and its liturgical colour is violet. The Sunday is characterised by a very lengthy Epistle from St. Paul's Latter Epistle to the Corinthians. The Gospel pericopes are from St. Luke and contain the parable of the sower with his seed landing on rock, amongst weeds and on the good ground.<br />
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At Vespers yesterday afternoon the antiphons and psalms of Saturday were sung. The chapter was proper to the Sunday, <i>Fratres: Libenter suffertis</i>, and the Office hymn was <i>Jam sol recedit igneus</i>. After the collect of the Sunday a commemoration of St. Andrew Corsini was sung. The Suffrage of the Saints was omitted as were the Dominical <i>preces</i> at Compline.<br />
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At Mattins the antiphons and psalms are from the Psalter for Sundays. In the first nocturn the lessons continue to be read from Genesis (Ch. 5 & 6), the beginning of the story of Noah. In the second nocturn the lessons are from St. Ambrose on Noah and the Ark and in the third nocturn the lessons are a homily from St. Gregory on the Gospel of the seed falling on good and poor ground. A ninth responsory, <i>Cum turba plurima</i>, is sung in place of the <em>Te Deum</em>.<br />
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At Lauds the 'second scheme' of psalms is sung: Pss 50, 117, 62, Canticle of the Three Children (<em>Benedictus es</em>) and 148. The antiphons at Lauds are proper for Sexagesima Sunday, <i>Secundum magnam misericordiam</i> etc as are the chapter and antiphon on the <em>Benedictus</em>. After the collect of the Sunday a commemoration is sung of St. Andrew Corsini. The Suffrage of the Saints is omitted.<br />
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At Prime the order of psalmody is Pss. 92, 99 (displaced at Lauds) 118i & 118ii. The Dominical <i>preces</i> are omitted. At the Hours the antiphons, <i>Semen cecidit</i> etc, and chapters are proper to Sexagesima Sunday. <br />
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Mass is sung after Terce. The <em>Gloria</em> is omitted, the second collect is of St. Andrew Corsini. Today there is no third collect. A Tract is sung after the Gradual, the Creed is sung, the Preface is of the Trinity and <em>Benedicamus Domino</em> is sung as the dismissal by the deacon facing the altar.<br />
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At Vespers the antiphons and psalms of Sunday (109, 110, 111, 112 & 113) are sung. The Office hymn is <i>Lucis creator</i>. After the collect of the Sunday commemorations are sung of the following feast of St. Agatha and of St. Andrew Corsini. The Suffrage is omitted as are the Dominical <i>preces</i> at Compline.<br />
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In the 'liturgical books of 1962' there are no commemorations at either Vespers. Mattins is cut down to a single nocturn. At Prime the arrangement of psalmody is festive, Pss. 53, 118i, 118ii. At Mass there is single collect and <em>Benedicamus Domino </em>is suppressed in favour of <em>Ite, missa est</em>.<br />
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Art: <a href="http://catholic-resources.org/Art/Nadal.htm">Jerome Nadal</a>Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669950994040167422.post-8011910462684710172024-02-02T01:30:00.004+00:002024-02-02T16:04:26.063+00:00The Purification of the BVM - Candlemass<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP5bdOe_URXJmfjK0zMc-Of4lr0sG95r9eaGx3BZRUSyqFFTRbWd5og5Iei6chm-gb1u6pARw7v4m-dRSPGaMI2kU_-eAWKjBTcwLeGnW2x_G0BGtuGzKOz_Ku8iL5YHwVIwdH0fcGbkNC/s1600-h/Hypapante.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433298987881847122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP5bdOe_URXJmfjK0zMc-Of4lr0sG95r9eaGx3BZRUSyqFFTRbWd5og5Iei6chm-gb1u6pARw7v4m-dRSPGaMI2kU_-eAWKjBTcwLeGnW2x_G0BGtuGzKOz_Ku8iL5YHwVIwdH0fcGbkNC/s400/Hypapante.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 309px;" /></a>The Feast of the Purification of the BVM is a Double of the Second Class. The feast is generally known in English-speaking countries as Candlemass as before Mass candles for use throughout the year ahead are solemnly blessed. The liturgical colour of the day is white but violet is used for the blessing of candles and procession. Traditionally Candlemass was the time Christmas decorations were removed.<br />
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In the Byzantine East the feast is known as the <em>Hypapante</em>, the Meeting of the Lord, and was often so name in early Western liturgical books (e.g. several examples can be found in the comparison of Calendars given in 'Saints in English Calendars before 1100', Henry Bradshaw Society, Vol.CXVII). In the diverse Medieval uses an even more elaborate blessing than the form found in the Roman Missal outlined below can be seen with a preface of blessing, e.g. Sarum, which compares with the blessing of Palms and the Waters at Epiphany.<br />
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At Vespers yesterday afternoon the antiphons used on the feast of the Circumcision were sung again, <em>O admirabile commercium</em> etc., doubled, with the psalms of feasts for the Blessed Virgin (Pss. 109, 112, 121, 126 & 147). The chapter was proper to the feast and the Office hymn <em>Ave, maris stella</em>. The antiphon on the <em>Magnificat </em> was proper to the feast <em>Senex Puerum portabat</em> etc. After the collect of the feast a commemoration was sung of the preceding feast of St. Ignatius of Antioch. At Compline the tone of <em>Te lucis </em>was that for feast of the Virgin with the Doxology in honour of the Incarnation <em>Jesu, tibi sit gloria </em>etc.<br />
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At Mattins the invitatory is proper, <em>Ecce venit as templum sanctum suum Dominator Dominus: Gaude et laetare, Sion occurrens Deo tuo</em> and the Office hymn is <i>Quem terra</i>. The antiphons and psalms for each nocturn come from the Common of the Blessed Virgin as does the Office hymn <em>Quem terra, pontus, sidera</em>. In the first nocturn the lessons are from the Book of Exodus and from Leviticus. The responsories are proper to feast and particularly beautiful. In the second nocturn the lessons come from a sermon of St. Augustine and in the third nocturn the homily if from St. Ambrose. The <i>Te Deum </i>is sung. At Lauds the antiphons are proper to the feast, <em>Simeon justus</em> etc., and are sung with the Dominical psalms. The antiphon on the <em>Benedictus </em>is again proper to the feast, <em>Cum inducerent</em> etc.<br />
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At the Hours the hymns have the melody of the BVM and the Doxology <em>Jesu tibi sit gloria</em> etc. The antiphons from Lauds, <em>Simeon justus</em> etc., are sung with the festal psalms. At Prime the psalms are Pss. 53, 118i & 118ii, in the short responsory the versicle <em>Qui natus es de Virgine</em> is sung and the <em>lectio brevis</em> is proper to the feast, <em>Et placebit</em>.<br />
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After Terce the blessing of candles takes place. The celebrant vests in a violet cope and the ministers wear violet folded chasubles. The altar is vested in white but a violet antependium placed over the festal one etc. The organ is silent (as is always the case when folded chasubles are used). The celebrant and ministers go to the Epistle corner there the celebrant sings five prayers of blessing in the ferial tone. Incense is then blessed, lustral water sprinkled over the candles whilst the celebrant says <em>Asperges me</em> and then the candles are then incensed. At the centre of the altar the celebrant receives a candle from the senior canon present, kissing the candle before taking it. In no canon or senior cleric is present the celebrant kneels before the altar and takes his own candle. Candles are then distributed while the antiphon <em>Lumen ad revelationem</em> is sung interpolated into the canticle <em>Nunc dimittis</em>. Those receiving the candles kiss them, first, then the celebrant's hand. At the conclusion of the distribution the antiphon <em>Exsurge, Domine</em> is sung with a Doxology and the candles lighted. After the distribution the celebrant returns with the ministers to the Epistle corner and chants <em>Oremus</em>. Then, as the feast falls in Septuagesima, after the verse <i>Exsurge</i> the deacon sings <em>Flectamus genua</em> and then the subdeacon <i>Levate</i>. The celebrant then sings the collect <em>Exaudi</em>. The procession then takes place. The subdeacon of the Mass takes the processional cross. The procession goes around the church with lighted candles during the singing of three antiphons <em>Adorna thalamum</em>, <em>Responsum accepit Simeon </em>and <em>Obtulerunt</em>. These text are clearly ancient and found, almost verbatim, in the Menaion of the Byzantine rite.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVfBNLFij39_16q7myq5ETF7zQKzYMsXDnBJC32_ak4K57I2CvmHe-tmh5Zx7ID5RH9y2bqkxPr1bb021pWjVbymtvL4GZq5EHeC5MmHjmhhhATT-z77Zd6msdVQ76htkelgyNm8E7HIWgVjp3qlwTsQ1jLmGrZ5UcmK7w-KWV7KZSStBOMsqy3d2IfUB8/s640/BenedCand.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVfBNLFij39_16q7myq5ETF7zQKzYMsXDnBJC32_ak4K57I2CvmHe-tmh5Zx7ID5RH9y2bqkxPr1bb021pWjVbymtvL4GZq5EHeC5MmHjmhhhATT-z77Zd6msdVQ76htkelgyNm8E7HIWgVjp3qlwTsQ1jLmGrZ5UcmK7w-KWV7KZSStBOMsqy3d2IfUB8/w400-h268/BenedCand.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Image: Candlemass in Rome, <a href="https://www.liturgicalartsjournal.com/2021/01/liturgical-notes-on-candlemas-blessing.html" target="_blank">Liturgical Arts Journa</a>l</span></div><div><br /></div><div>
After the Procession the ministers change from violet vestments to white and Mass is celebrated. The <em>Gloria</em> is sung. The Creed is sung and the preface is that of the Nativity, the feast being a 'satellite' of Christmas. Lighted candles are held by all during the chanting of the Gospel, including the celebrant, and from the beginning of the Canon until after the distribution of Communion.<br />
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At second Vespers the antiphons <em>Simeon justus </em>etc and chapter from Lauds are used again with the psalms of the Blessed Virgin, the antiphon on the <em>Magnificat </em>is proper. From Compline the Marian antiphon changes from <em>Alma, Redemptoris</em> to <em>Ave, Regina caelorum</em> etc.<br />
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In the 'liturgical books of 1962' the feast loses its first Vespers. Mattins and Lauds are the same as the <i>usus antiquior</i>. At the Little Hours the ordinary Doxology is sung and the antiphons and psalms are from the ferial Psalter. The <em>lectio brevis</em> is of the season, not of the feast. At the blessing of candles white vestments are used rather than violet. The five collects of blessing have the usual 'long conclusion' omitted and in its place the 'short conclusion' - e.g. <em>Per eundem Dominum nostrum. Amen</em>. The verse <em>Exsurge, Domine</em> and the command of <em>Flectamus genua</em> etc is always omitted even in Septuagesima and at Mass <em>Judica me Deus </em>etc is excised as on several other days in the 1962 missal.<br />
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Icon of the Hypapante from <a href="http://http//www.melkite.org.au/default.asp?id=238">St. John's Parish</a> of the Melkite Eparchy in Australia.</div>Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669950994040167422.post-91257560769092760002024-01-28T01:30:00.011+00:002024-01-29T04:05:22.562+00:00Septuagesima Sunday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51R73cr-hJTEG-BwTdsj44hoHksthvPujJ8UiENKpFEZznePxREurZuZk9mDXKfkmU-jF__yESnJipb1Uph8WuZTNDq127IRUnN2ClDNpmbZxSIWDevHHxBKzWP5cyUXr_22JxNFK3kdm/s1600-h/Sept.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51R73cr-hJTEG-BwTdsj44hoHksthvPujJ8UiENKpFEZznePxREurZuZk9mDXKfkmU-jF__yESnJipb1Uph8WuZTNDq127IRUnN2ClDNpmbZxSIWDevHHxBKzWP5cyUXr_22JxNFK3kdm/s400/Sept.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299760694428023650" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 242px;"></a><br />
Septuagesima is a semi-double Sunday of the second class and its liturgical colour is violet.<br />
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Yesterday afternoon the liturgical mood became more sombre as penitential violet became the liturgical colour of the season. Although more sombre than the season after the Epiphany the short season of Septuagesima is not as penitential as Lent. However, at Mass the ministers do not wear folded chasubles but dalmatic and tunicle for these three Sundays and for ferial days. The organ is still played until Ash Wednesday and the appearance of folded chasubles. However, from Septuagesima until Holy Saturday the dress of some prelates changed. Cardinals of the Court of Rome exchanged their scarlet choir dress for that of violet. Correspondingly bishops did not wear violet choir dress but their black, or mourning dress. Protonotaries Apostolic and Domestic Prelates do not change their choir dress (except <i>sede vacante</i>).<br />
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At Vespers yesterday afternoon the antiphons and psalms of Saturday were sung. The chapter was proper to Septuagesima Sunday and the Office hymn was <i>Jam sol recedit igneus</i>. After the collect of the Sunday commemorations were sung of the preceding Office of St. John Chrysostom, St. Peter Nolasco and of St. Agnes' second feast. The Suffrage was omitted. At the end of Vespers <i>Alleluia</i> was added, twice, to both <i>Benedicamus Domino</i> and to its response. After that <i>Alleluia</i> will not be heard again until the Vesperal Liturgy of Holy Saturday. At Compline after the Lesser Doxology, and at all Hours until Compline on Holy Saturday, <i>Laus tibi Domine Rex aeterne gloriae</i> is sung in place of <i>Alleluia</i>. At Compline the Dominical <i>preces</i> were omitted.<br />
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At Mattins the invitatory is <em>Praeoccupemus</em> and the Office hymn <em>Primo die</em>. The antiphons and psalms are as on previous 'green' Sundays. In the first nocturn the <em>Incipit </em>of the Book of Genesis is read. In the second nocturn the lessons are from the <em>Enchiridion </em>of St. Augustine, in the third nocturn the lessons are a homily from St. Gregory on the Gospel of the labourers in the vineyard. The <em>Te Deum</em> is not sung but in its place is sung a ninth responsory, <i>Ubi est Abel frater tuus</i>?.<br />
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At Lauds the 'second scheme' of psalms is sung: Pss 50, 117, 62, Canticle of the Three Children (<em>Benedictus es</em>) and 148. The antiphons at Lauds are proper to the Sunday as are the versicle after the Office hymn <em>Aeterne</em>, chapter, antiphon at the <em>Benedictus </em>and collect. After the collect of the Sunday commemorations are sung of St. Peter Nolasco and of St. Agnes. The Suffrace is omitted.<br />
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At the Hours the antiphons and chapters are proper. At Prime the order of psalmody is changed and four psalms are sung, Pss. 92, 99 (displaced from Lauds) and the usual first two stanzas of Ps. 118. <em>Quicumque</em> is omitted as are the Dominical <em>preces</em>.<br />
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At Mass the <em>Gloria</em> is omitted. The ministers wear violet dalmatic and tunicle. The second collect is of St. Peter Nolasco, the third collect is of St. Agnes. A Tract replaces the <em>Alleluia</em> after the Gradual, the Creed is sung and the Preface is of the Blessed Trinity. <i>Benedicamus Domino</i> is sung, by the deacon facing the altar, as the dismissal.<br />
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At Vespers the antiphons and psalms of Sunday (109, 110, 111, 112 & 113) are sung. The Office hymn is <i>Lucis creator</i>. After the collect of the Sunday commemorations are sung of the following feast of St. Francis de Sales and of St. Peter Nolasco. The Suffrage is omitted as are the Dominical <i>preces</i> at Compline.<br />
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In the 'liturgical books of 1962' there are no commemorations at either Vespers. Mattins is reduced to a single nocturn. At Prime the arrangement of psalms is truly bizarre with the festal arrangment of Pss. 53, 118i, 118ii. At Mass there is only one collect and <em>Benedicamus Domino </em>is suppressed in favour of <em>Ite, missa est</em>.<br />
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Art: <a href="http://catholic-resources.org/Art/Nadal.htm">Jerome Nadal</a>Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669950994040167422.post-28614276918231037312024-01-21T01:30:00.006+00:002024-01-21T01:30:00.194+00:00Third Sunday after the Epiphany<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHJyt8_lHvHSMXSuj4UtvClQ9pAJIiB62onM8oGwhcUa4L29QLar-TRjKE1Jb46GrxfnJyeKzpxhyK0oyB7i34It6xcw8SapPYMgQ1Ph8SqGTz3hPb8yJYEmpbqfHIlL7RjE9U-Nh9gcSU/s1600-h/DomIIIpE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 243px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHJyt8_lHvHSMXSuj4UtvClQ9pAJIiB62onM8oGwhcUa4L29QLar-TRjKE1Jb46GrxfnJyeKzpxhyK0oyB7i34It6xcw8SapPYMgQ1Ph8SqGTz3hPb8yJYEmpbqfHIlL7RjE9U-Nh9gcSU/s400/DomIIIpE.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429529931424637634"></a><br />
The third Sunday after the Epiphany is of semi-double rite and its liturgical colour is green. The Gospel pericopes from St. Matthew record the LORD healing the leper and the centurion's servant.<br />
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At Vespers yesterday afternoon the antiphons and psalms appointed for Saturday were sung. The Office hymn was <em>Jam sol recedit igneus</em>. The antiphon on the <em>Magnificat</em> was <em>Suscepit Deus</em>. After the collect of the Sunday commemorations were sung of the preceding Office of SS Fabian and Sebastian and of St. Agnes. The Suffrage of the Saints was omitted as were the Dominical <i>preces</i> at Compline.<br />
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At Mattins the invitatory is <em>Adoremus Dominum </em> and the Office hymn <em>Primo die</em>. In the first nocturn the lessons are the <em>Incipit</em> of St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians. In the second nocturn the lessons are from an exposition of this Epistle to the Galatians by St. Augustine and in the third nocturn the homily is from St. Jerome. The <i>Te Deum</i> is sung. At Lauds the Office hymn is <i>Aterne rerum conditor</i>. After the collect of the Sunday a commemoration is sung of St. Agnes. The Suffrage of the Saints is omitted.<br />
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At Prime both <em>Quicumque</em> and the Dominical <em>preces</em> are omitted.<br />
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At Mass the <em>Gloria </em>is sung, the second collect is of St. Agnes. Today there is no third collect. The Creed is sung and the preface is that of the Blessed Trinity.<br />
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At Vespers the Dominical psalms are sung (109, 110, 111, 112 & 113) and the Office hymn is <i>Lucis creator</i>. After the collect of the Sunday commemorations are sung of the following Office of SS Vincent & Anastasius and of St. Agnes. The Suffrage of the Saints is omitted as are the Dominical <em>preces</em> at Compline.<br />
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In the 'liturgical books of 1962' there are no commemorations at either Vespers. Mattins is cut down to a single nocturn. At Lauds there are no commemorations. At Mass there is but a single collect.<br />
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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.<br />
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Yesterday afternoon second Vespers of the Octave Day of the Epiphany were sung. The antiphons <i>Ante luciferum genitus</i> etc were sung, doubled, with Pss. 109, 110 111, 112 & 113. The Office hymn was <i>Crudelis Herodes</i>. The antiphon on the <i>Magnificat</i> was <i>Tribus miraculis</i> 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 <em>Magnificat</em> being <em>Suscepit Deus</em> 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 <i>preces</i> at Compline. At Compline <i>Te lucis</i> was sung with the Doxology of the Epiphany.<br />
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At Mattins the invitatory is <em>Adoremus Dominum</em> and this will be sung on Sundays until Septuagesima. The Office hymn is <em>Primo die</em> and this will be sung at Sunday Mattins until the first Sunday in Lent. In the first nocturn the lessons are the <i>Incipit</i> 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 <i>Te Deum</i> is sung. At Lauds the Office hymn is <i>Aeterne</i> 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.<br />
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At Prime both <em>Quicumque</em> and the Dominical <em>preces</em> are omitted.<br />
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At Mass the <em>Gloria </em>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.<br />
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At Vespers the antiphons and psalms of Sunday are sung. The Office hymn is <i>Lucis creator</i>. 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 <i>preces</i> at Compline due to the double feasts.<br />
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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 <i>Te lucis</i> 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.<br />
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<br />The feast of the Holy Family is of greater-double rite and its liturgical colour is white. The feast was granted by Leo XIII in 1893 in response to numerous petitions from Ordinaries and originally placed on the third Sunday after the Epiphany. Following the reforms of 1911-13 - which aimed to remove the celebration of feasts assigned to Sundays - Benedict XV assigned it to the Sunday within the Octave of the Epiphany and extended the feast to the Universal Kalendar. Although of only greater-double rite it is classed as a feast of the LORD and so takes precedence over the semi-double Sunday within the Octave of the Epiphany.<br />
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Yesterday afternoon second Vespers of the Epiphany were sung. The antiphons <em>Ante luciferum genitus</em> etc were sung, doubled, with psalms 109, 110, 11, 112 & 113. The Office hymn was <i>Crudelis Herodes Deum</i>. The antiphon on the <i>Magnificat</i> was <i>Tribus miraculis</i>. After the collect of the feast commemorations were sung of the feast of The Holy Family and of the Sunday within the Octave of the Epiphany. The Suffrage and Dominical <i>preces</i> are omitted during the Octave. At Compline <i>Te lucis</i> was sung with the Doxology of the Epphany <i>Jesu, tibi..Qui apparuisti</i> etc.<br />
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At Mattins the invitatory is proper to the feast, <i>Christum Dei Filium</i> etc and the Office hymn is <i>Sacra jam splendent</i>. In the first nocturn the antiphons <i>Cum inducerent</i> etc are sung, doubled, with psalms 8, 18 & 23 and the lessons are from St. Paul's Epistle to the Colossians. In the second nocturn the antiphons <i>Consurgens Joseph</i> etc are sung, doubled, with psalms 44, 45 & 86 and the lessons are taken from a brief of Leo XIII. In the third nocturn the antiphons <i>Ibant parentes Jesu</i> etc are sung with psalms 95, 96 & 97. The homily is from St. Bernard on St. Luke's Gospel. The <i>Te Deum</i> is sung. At Lauds the antiphons <i>Post triduum</i> etc are sung, doubled, with the Dominical psalms. The Office hymn is <i>O gente felix hospita</i>. After the collect of the feast commemorations are sung of the Sunday within the Octave of the Epiphany and of the Octave of the Epiphany (the antiphon on the <i>Benedictus</i> being proper to the 7th January, <i>Ab Oriente</i> etc.<br />
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At Prime and the Hours the antiphons from Lauds are sung in the usual order. The hymns of the Hours have the Doxology proper to the feast, <i>Jesu, tuis obediens</i> etc. At Prime (Pss. 53, 118i & 118ii) the versicle <i>Qui Mariae et Joseph subditus fuisti</i> is sung in the short responsory and the <i>lectio brevis</i> is <i>Semetipsum exinanivit</i>.<br />
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Mass is sung after Terce. The <i>Gloria</i> is sung, the second collect is of the Sunday within the Octave of the Epiphany and the third collect is of the Octave of the Epiphany. The Creed is sung, the preface and <i>communicantes</i> are of the Epiphany.<br />
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In the afternoon the antiphons <i>Post triduum</i> etc are sung, doubled, with psalms 109, 112, 121, 126 & 147. The Office hymn is <i>O lux beata caelitum</i>. After the collect of the feast commemorations are sung of the Octave (the antiphon on the <i>Magnificat</i> being proper to the 7th January, <i>Videntes stellam Magi</i> etc) and of the Sunday within the Octave. At Compline <i>Te lucis</i> has the Doxology of the feast.<br />
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In the 'liturgical books of 1962' the feast of the Holy Family has been raised to II Class (in order for it to precedence over the Sunday). The Octave of the Epiphany has been abolished. At second Vespers of the Epiphany yesterday there were no commemorations. At Compline and the Hours the hymns have the ordinary Doxology. At Lauds there are no commemorations. At Prime and the Hours the antiphons and psalmody are of the Sunday, at Prime the <i>lectio brevis</i> is of 'Epiphanytide'. At Mass there is a single collect. Vespers are of the feast without any commemorations.Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669950994040167422.post-52256548676845214712024-01-06T01:30:00.001+00:002024-01-06T01:30:00.134+00:00The Epiphany of the LORD<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxYaPaAreNSdmUDL3sHmJu4i6BHg2QTbgEf72CYbbykFdoPN77EuxkxhgDEBP2sIMkiEuklURWSxsnXCwPbKqQa3OMSSBbdYYk8vTXwELCG9qy5HRAA8FN4rxG-JY8byl-GTVLwNAEiMwo/s1600-h/Epiph.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288080135341578802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxYaPaAreNSdmUDL3sHmJu4i6BHg2QTbgEf72CYbbykFdoPN77EuxkxhgDEBP2sIMkiEuklURWSxsnXCwPbKqQa3OMSSBbdYYk8vTXwELCG9qy5HRAA8FN4rxG-JY8byl-GTVLwNAEiMwo/s400/Epiph.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 295px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 250px;" /></a><br />
The feast of the Epiphany is a Double of the First Class with a privileged Octave of the Second Order. The liturgical colour of the feast and its Octave is white. The Epiphany was kept in the East from the third century, or earlier, and spread to the West a century later. Originally, it seems, in the East at least, that this 'manifestation' of the LORD was the same celebration as the Nativity and so to this day the Armenian rite celebrates a single feast of Theophany on January 6th.<br />
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The feast was preceded by a Vigil. At Vespers on yesterday afternoon the antiphons <em>Ante luciferum genitus</em> etc were sung, doubled, with Pss. 109, 110, 111, 112 & 116. The chapter, from Isaiah was <em>Surge, illuminare, Jerusalem</em> and the Office hymn was <em>Crudelis Herodes</em>. For the feast and its octave a Doxology in honour of the LORD's manifestation is sung at all hymns of Iambic metre: <em>Jesu, tibi sit gloria, Qui apparuisti Gentibus, Cum Patre, et almo Spiritu, In sempiterna saecula.</em> At Compline <i>Te lucis</i> was sung with the Doxology and tone of the feast. The Blessing of the Waters traditionally took place after Compline or later after the ninth lesson of Mattins.<br />
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The antiquity of the feast can be clearly seen in the structure of the Office of Mattins, unique to this day. The, historically later, <em>Domine labia me</em>, invitatory and hymn are omitted on the feast itself and the Office begins after the usual <i>Pater</i>, <i>Ave</i> & <i>Credo</i> with the first antiphon <em>Afferte Domino</em> etc sung, doubled, with Ps. 28. Two further antiphons are then sung with Pss. 45 & 46 in the first nocturn. The lessons in the first nocturn are from Isaiah. In the second nocturn the antiphons <i>Omnis terra adoret te</i> etc are sung, doubled, with psalms 65, 71 & 85 and the lessons are from a sermon on the Epiphany by St. Leo. In the third nocturn the antiphons <i>Venite adoremus eum</i> etc is sung, doubled, with Ps. 94, <em>Venite </em>, the usual invitatory psalm, in a responsorial manner. Psalms 95 and 96 are also sung in the third nocturn. The homily on St. Matthew's Gospel if from St. Gregory. The <i>Te Deum</i> is sung. At Lauds the antiphons sung at Vespers yesterday, <em>Ante luciferum genitus </em>etc., are sung, doubled, with the Dominical psalms. The chapter is <i>Surge, illuminare </i>from Isaiah and the Office hymn is <i>O sola magnarum urbium</i>.<br />
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At the Little Hours the antiphons from Lauds are sung with the festal psalms. At Prime (Pss. 53, 118i & 118ii), in the short responsory, the versicle <em>Qui apparuisti hodie </em>is sung today and during the Octave, the short lesson is <i>Omnes de Saba</i>. The Doxology <i>Jesu, tibi sit gloria, Qui apparuisti gentibus</i> etc is sung at the hymns of the Little Hours.<br />
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Mass is sung after Terce. The Mass, <i>Ecce advenit</i>, is proper. The <em>Gloria </em> is sung and, traditionally after the Gospel the Announcement of Moveable Feasts for the coming year is sung. The Creed is sung and the preface and <em>communicantes </em> are proper to the feast.<br />
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At Vespers the antiphons <em>Ante luciferum genitus</em> etc are again sung, doubled, with psalms 109, 110, 11, 112 & 113. The Office hymn is <i>Crudelis Herodes Deum</i>. The antiphon on the <i>Magnificat</i> is <i>Tribus miraculis</i>. After the collect of the feast commemorations are sung of the feast of The Holy Family and of the Sunday within the Octave of the Epiphany.<br />
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In the 'liturgical books of 1962' the only textual changes today are the omission of any commemorations at second Vespers, the abolition of the Doxology in honour of the Epiphany at the hymns of the Little Hours and the duplication of antiphons at the same. The feast has been stripped of its Vigil and Octave.Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669950994040167422.post-78218913434216932242024-01-01T23:30:00.001+00:002024-01-01T23:30:00.185+00:00The first week of January<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinXGPeuFJpCEdreXgHRtz48yn0VtgkCGCewFxLAYxR9hNhf6-2QfiX0EdOe1OUZLmMtlAMrn3nCXemT6pv4oWzc8L_QCHLUEQUfYMRF00dhnmhfc7YP8bdaByHaugW5x934ebQr6nyzMgmbTt4s6CIFcETDNPz5PEavIK7qsh5odrD5X5ki8A6kZRoyiHW/s942/HebIJan.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="400" data-original-height="942" data-original-width="920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinXGPeuFJpCEdreXgHRtz48yn0VtgkCGCewFxLAYxR9hNhf6-2QfiX0EdOe1OUZLmMtlAMrn3nCXemT6pv4oWzc8L_QCHLUEQUfYMRF00dhnmhfc7YP8bdaByHaugW5x934ebQr6nyzMgmbTt4s6CIFcETDNPz5PEavIK7qsh5odrD5X5ki8A6kZRoyiHW/s400/HebIJan.png"/></a></div>Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669950994040167422.post-48637055675258686302024-01-01T11:00:00.002+00:002024-01-01T11:00:00.285+00:00Ordo MMXXIV - Temporarily sold out!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpU0RhsfyLBxs6uobzZYfvFMbb-bIeNprc7UvzDmkOK1rfbM3IMCBVpyASJ625u2PappsHP_PpL-9Ndgxq622nRQ6qxBYsxnbQ8I0wfDRJ0ANM64JkPoMVHyIBUNY_SiQxI4HJY2gDz-S7cq84E3tRVXpPACx6k7DubXWCpSax8zDMp2o2nn0z3tJFPdJ7/s550/Ordo2024.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpU0RhsfyLBxs6uobzZYfvFMbb-bIeNprc7UvzDmkOK1rfbM3IMCBVpyASJ625u2PappsHP_PpL-9Ndgxq622nRQ6qxBYsxnbQ8I0wfDRJ0ANM64JkPoMVHyIBUNY_SiQxI4HJY2gDz-S7cq84E3tRVXpPACx6k7DubXWCpSax8zDMp2o2nn0z3tJFPdJ7/s320/Ordo2024.png" /></a></div>As of this morning <i>Ordo Recitandi MMXXIV</i> has sold out. All orders received to date have been fulfilled. A reprint is being organised and we will advise when we can resume sales. Until available we will publish a weekly extract.<br />Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669950994040167422.post-2007269456641597962023-12-31T23:30:00.012+00:002023-12-31T23:30:00.141+00:00Early heteropraxis<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi01HQmGvYa39Z7zZVweOYJYVMB-WkZrdn59E_9Vj9iagF5p4PE_5NW7bjqi8ti7o7JGV-QYWUTEnxr63agVJxDswGifi-aKWu6cBtug7gZcpmw1h9qRt6T9CbHUp6h5-Qk0GTPSJ6W6xuubC8FOAISo_Nvt1IPe24HHAfBlRfT1Q5ACoPB9NcuuLUteGpR/s599/Malina,_J.B._-_Orbis_Catholicus,_152_%28Maria_Laach,_Offertorium%29Maria-Laach31121930.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="417" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi01HQmGvYa39Z7zZVweOYJYVMB-WkZrdn59E_9Vj9iagF5p4PE_5NW7bjqi8ti7o7JGV-QYWUTEnxr63agVJxDswGifi-aKWu6cBtug7gZcpmw1h9qRt6T9CbHUp6h5-Qk0GTPSJ6W6xuubC8FOAISo_Nvt1IPe24HHAfBlRfT1Q5ACoPB9NcuuLUteGpR/w278-h400/Malina,_J.B._-_Orbis_Catholicus,_152_(Maria_Laach,_Offertorium)Maria-Laach31121930.jpg" width="278" /></a></div>
<i>Verus populum</i> celebration of a private Mass at Maria-Laach from <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malina,_J.B._-_Orbis_Catholicus,_152_%28Maria_Laach,_Offertorium%29.jpg">Wikimedia Commons</a>. The photograph is dated 30 December 1930. If the celebration was on that actual date it would have been the sixth day within the Octave of the Nativity.<br />
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The rot runs deep.Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669950994040167422.post-14552442194679603362023-12-31T01:30:00.016+00:002023-12-31T17:39:54.757+00:00Sunday within the Octave of the Nativity of the LORD<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3nUdW5-otUbcjJvS3yesR5Fts4iFV0fo4d6rx1lEylUFe5jlKmA34IwGyH1BNvTGdbicp5j60ILlDtF9BEVs6PejGiykEIQUCbFU0_TyK2DmeJJRLddzpF-d4FTnlH9Yf98TMSox13MQ/s1600-h/Nativity.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285467713537821682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3nUdW5-otUbcjJvS3yesR5Fts4iFV0fo4d6rx1lEylUFe5jlKmA34IwGyH1BNvTGdbicp5j60ILlDtF9BEVs6PejGiykEIQUCbFU0_TyK2DmeJJRLddzpF-d4FTnlH9Yf98TMSox13MQ/s400/Nativity.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 240px;" /></a><br />
Sunday within the Octave of the Nativity is of semi-double rite and its liturgical colour is white. It is also the Sunday within the Octaves of St. Stephen, St. John and of the Holy Innocents but since the reform of 1911-13 those Octaves are all but invisible.<br />
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At Vespers yesterday afternoon the antiphons and psalms of the Nativity were sung, the antiphons were not doubled. The Office hymn was <i>Jesu, Redemptor omnium</i>. After the collect of the Sunday commemorations were sung of the Octave of the Nativity and of St. Sylvester. The Suffrage was omitted. At Compline the Dominical <i>preces</i> were omitted. Throughout the Octave hymns of Iambic metre are sung with the Doxology and melody of the Incarnation, <i>Jesu, tibi...Qui natus</i> etc.<br />
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At Mattins the invitatory and hymn, antiphons (not doubled) and psalms are those that were sung on the feast of the Nativity. In the first nocturn the lessons are from the Epistle to the Romans. In the second nocturn the lessons are from St. Leo on the Nativity. In the third nocturn the homily is taken from St. Ambrose on the second chapter of St. Luke's Gospel. The <i>Te Deum</i> is sung. At Lauds the antiphons from the Nativity, <i>Quem vidistis </i>etc., are sung (not doubled) with psalms 92, 99, 62, <i>Benedicite</i> and 148. The chapter and antiphon on the <em>Benedictus </em>are proper to the Sunday as is the collect. The Office hymn is <i>A solis ortus cardine</i>. After the collect of the Sunday commemorations are sung of St. Sylvester and of the Octave of the Nativity.<br />
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At the Hours the antiphons from Lauds are sung with the festal psalms. The hymns of the Hours are sung with the Doxology of the Incarnation. At Prime (Pss. 53, 118i, & 118ii) the Dominical <i>preces</i> are omitted and the <i>lectio brevis</i> is proper to the Sunday, <em>Itaque jam non est servus</em>.<br />
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Mass is sung after Terce. The Mass formulary is <em>Dum medium</em> etc. The <em>Gloria</em> is sung, the second collect is of St. Sylvester, the thrid collect is of the Octave of the Nativity. The Creed is sung and the preface and <em>communicantes</em> are of the Nativity. <br />
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After None first Vespers of the feast of the Circumcision are sung. The, proper, antiphons <i>O admirabile commercium</i> etc are sung, doubled, with the psalms for feasts of the BVM (Pss.109, 112, 121, 126 & 147). The Office hymn is <em>Jesu, Redemptor omnium </em> (as on the feast of the Nativity). The Doxology, which has been sung since first Vespers of the Nativity ,<em>Jesu, tibi sit gloria </em>etc continues to be sung until the Epiphany.<br /> There are no commemorations. The Suffrage is omitted. At Compline the Dominical <i>preces</i> are omitted.<br />
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In the 'liturgical books of 1962' there are no commemorations - including the Octave of the Nativity - at either Vespers. Mattins has the psalmody of the Nativity (with the curtailed Ps. 88 ) and the usual cut-down single nocturn of three lessons. There are no commemorations at Lauds. At the Hours the antiphons and psalmody are from the Sunday Office, not of the Nativity. There is no proper Doxology at the hymns of the Hours. Mass has but a single collect. <div><br /></div><div>Being the only Sunday within an Octave possible within MR1962 it is bizarre that the Octave is not commemorated at all whilst only half a century earlier the Octaves of the Nativity, of St. Stephen, of St. John and of the Holy Innocents (and in English dioceses that of St. Thomas) would have been commemorated on this day. (The feast of St. Sylvester would have been observed with commemorations of the Sunday and 4, or 5, Octaves.)</div>Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669950994040167422.post-56805995799236741332023-12-25T01:30:00.002+00:002023-12-25T01:30:00.141+00:00The Nativity of the LORD<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinSUfqtfzCidM1o3HQey5rRrZdmufp1_hla4o3ESU7eGx2Bv9WwJ1c3LEVbWU_Q4PODrLeMajHwEWyv39qKzR2xyN44W5gKhdHQ9dvGqb1TrBeax-iFTGcdyqVaOUjhJ_F9fP0gSc53HNy/s1600/nativity_of_christ.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinSUfqtfzCidM1o3HQey5rRrZdmufp1_hla4o3ESU7eGx2Bv9WwJ1c3LEVbWU_Q4PODrLeMajHwEWyv39qKzR2xyN44W5gKhdHQ9dvGqb1TrBeax-iFTGcdyqVaOUjhJ_F9fP0gSc53HNy/s400/nativity_of_christ.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The feast of the Nativity of the LORD is a Double of the First Class with a privileged Octave of the third order. The liturgical colour of the feast and Octave is white.<br />
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At Vespers yesterday afternoon the antiphons <em>Rex pacificus</em> etc were sung, doubled, with psalms 109, 110, 111, 112 & 116. The Office hymn was <i>Jesu, Redemptor omnium</i>. All hymns of Iambic metre have the Doxology <em>Jesu, tibi sit gloria, qui natus es de Virgine</em> for the Octave and up until None, inclusive, on the Vigil of the Epiphany. From this Vespers until Candlemas the Marian antiphon is <i>Alma Redemptoris</i> with the versicle <i>Post partum</i> etc and the collect <i>Deus, qui salutis</i>. Where resources permit six <i>pluvialistae</i> assist the Hebdomadarius. At Compline the Domincial psalms were sung, <i>Te lucis</i> was sung with the Doxology of the Incarnation and the <i>Dominical preces</i> were omitted.<br />
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Mattins is ordinarily sung later in the evening than usual, so that the Mass which immediately follows can begin at midnight. The <em>Caeremoniale Episcoporum</em> gives special instructions, Lib.II, Cap. XIV, for Pontifical Mattins, but may be reasonably applied to other celebrations, for the arrangement of adequate candles to supply light for the service and talks of <em>candelabris ferreis magnis </em>to help provide this. The invitatory is proper, <em>Christus natus est nobis: * Venite adoremus</em>. When intoning the Office hymn, <em>Jesu, Redemptor omnium,</em> the Hebdomadarius turns and bows to the altar. Mattins has three nocturns and the usual nine lessons. In the first nocturn the antiphons <i>Dominus Dixit</i> etc are sung with psalms 2, 18 & 44. The lessons are from Isaiah but, interestingly, are sung without a title. In the second nocturn the antiphons <i>Suscepimus</i> etc are sung with psalms 47, 71 & 84. The lessons in the second nocturn are taken from a homily on the Nativity by St. Leo. In the third nocturn the antiphons <i>Ipse invocabit </i>etc are sung with psalms 88, 95 & 97. The lessons are three Gospel pericopes, two from St. Luke and the third from St. John. After the <em>Te Deum</em> the collect is sung followed by <em>Benedicamus Domino</em>. <br />
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Then the first of the three Masses for the Nativity is sung. The <em>Gloria</em> is sung (one theory of its origin in the Mass rite is from the song of the Angels on Christmas night to the shepherds) as is the Creed. The preface and <em>communicantes</em> are of the Nativity. Lauds immediately follow Mass. The antiphons <em>Quem vidistis pastores</em> etc are sung, doubled, with the Dominical psalms. The Office hymn is <i>A solis ortus cardine</i>. <br />
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After Communion at the first Mass, when the celebrant is to celebrate one or two of the other Masses the abultions are not taken - so the fast is not broken - but the unpurified chalice is placed on the corporal and covered with the purifictor, pall and veil. Albutions are taken after the last Mass.<br />
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Later in the morning Prime is sung. As noted above hymns of Iambic metre have the tone and Doxology in honour of the Incarnation. The first antiphon from Lauds, <em>Quem vidistis pastores</em>, is sung, not doubled, with the festal psalms (53, 118i & 118ii). In the short responsory the versicle <em>Qui natus es de Maria Virgine</em> is sung. The <i>lectio brevis</i> is <i>Ipsi peribunt</i>. Prime is followed by the second Mass, the <em>Missa in aurora</em>. In the second Mass the <i>Gloria </i>is sung, there is a second collect to commemorate St. Anastasia. The Creed is sung and the preface and <em>communicantes</em> are of the Nativity.<br />
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After Terce the third Mass is sung. This Mass too has the <em>Gloria</em> and Creed along with the preface and <em>communicantes</em> of the Nativity. As the Gospel pericope for this Mass is <em>In principio</em> the Gospel of the Epiphany, <em>Cum natus esset Jesus</em>, is read as a proper last Gospel.<br />
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Second Vespers has yet a third set of proper antiphons for the feast, <em>Tecum principium</em> etc., that are sung, doubled, with psalms 109, 110, 111, 129 and 131. These antiphons and psalms will be used through the Octave. After the collect of the feast a commemoration is sung of the following feast of St. Stephen. At Compline the Dominical psalms are sung. <i>Te lucis</i> has the Doxology of the Incarnation.<br />
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In the 'liturgical books of 1962' at Mattins in the third nocturn, and for the Octave, psalm 88, <em>Misericordias Domini</em> is cut from 51 to 36 verses. The verses from <em>Tu vero repulisti et despexisti</em> to the end are omitted. The Doxology in honour of the Nativity is not sung at the hymns of the Little Hours. In the third Mass the last Gospel is omitted and at Vespers no commemoration of St. Stephen is made.<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <i><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: medium;">A very happy Christmas to all readers.</span></i></div>Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669950994040167422.post-89496269111872098982023-12-24T23:30:00.002+00:002023-12-24T23:30:00.134+00:00Vigil and Octave of the Nativity<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ_go4QtDTRvkpWwZWbAIwqUjiF2609CAUs7epcw5dXlxYpA9JyHubn1Uc-onoN1FRvLItEI89trP8g54VRPmrwNeqsEhyphenhyphenbC6lPvJEk0-fGYRj-K0RUtu_-gX2EBk83zOMoDDiSSoDflgdDy7ryrf_tNe72Dsdrcfz5qvAMLOjuij4pm5EzmLLs7uPBpAf/s946/VigNatOct.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="946" data-original-width="784" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ_go4QtDTRvkpWwZWbAIwqUjiF2609CAUs7epcw5dXlxYpA9JyHubn1Uc-onoN1FRvLItEI89trP8g54VRPmrwNeqsEhyphenhyphenbC6lPvJEk0-fGYRj-K0RUtu_-gX2EBk83zOMoDDiSSoDflgdDy7ryrf_tNe72Dsdrcfz5qvAMLOjuij4pm5EzmLLs7uPBpAf/s320/VigNatOct.png"/></a></div>Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669950994040167422.post-26777679817648578142023-12-24T01:30:00.004+00:002023-12-24T01:30:00.255+00:00Vigil of the Nativity of the LORD<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXn_pggw6FoKsMtl9Hj6ystRf9DSYInqWsVgs1v3AqemJHtJ_YeM5EauhpQx98TvJ7tTpmVrrQ_5Xzg_sKaXkUlgihdu76oTzdDioUtL-BAncNBE4c6FNE0eYWovEyjNOybRMmXQlxPd0q/s1600/VigDom.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="569" data-original-width="584" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXn_pggw6FoKsMtl9Hj6ystRf9DSYInqWsVgs1v3AqemJHtJ_YeM5EauhpQx98TvJ7tTpmVrrQ_5Xzg_sKaXkUlgihdu76oTzdDioUtL-BAncNBE4c6FNE0eYWovEyjNOybRMmXQlxPd0q/s320/VigDom.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The Vigil of the Nativity takes precedence over the fourth Sunday of Advent which is commemorated in the Office and at Mass. The Office is of semi-double rite. i.e. the rank of the Sunday, until the end of Mattins and then becomes of double rite. The liturgical colour is violet. At Mass the ministers do not wear folded chasubles but dalmatic and tunicle.<br />
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At Vespers yesterday afternoon the antiphons <i>Canite tuba</i> etc (of the fourth Sunday) were sung with the psalms of Saturday. The Office hymn was <i>Creator alme siderum</i>. The antiphon on the <i>Magnificat</i> was that appointed for the twenty-third day of December, the last in the 'Great O' series, <i>O Emmanuel</i> etc. This was sung doubled before and after the Canticle. The collect was of the fourth Sunday of Advent. Being Advent the Suffrage was omitted. At Compline the Dominical <em>preces</em> were sung.<br />
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At Mattins the invitatory is <em>Hodie scietis</em> (from the texts appointed for the Vigil) and the Office hymn is <em>Verbum supernum.</em> In the first nocturn the antiphons and psalms are of Sunday, <em>Veniet ecce Rex</em> etc with Pss 1, 2 & 3. The lessons continue to be read from Isaias. In the second nocturn the antiphons <em>Gaude et laetare</em> etc are sung with Pss. 8, 9i & 9ii and the lessons are from St. Leo on fasting. In the third nocturn the antiphons <em>Gabriel Angelus</em> etc are sung with Pss. 9iii, 9iv & 10. The versicle and response after the psalms is from the Vigil <em>Hodie scietis</em> etc. The lessons and their responsories are those appointed for the Vigil with a homily from St. Jerome on St. Matthew’s Gospel. The ninth lesson is not of the Sunday (c.f. specific rubric in the Breviary). At Lauds the antiphons,<em> Judaea et Jerusalem nolite timere</em> etc, are sung, doubled, with psalms 92, 99, 62, <i>Benedicite</i> and 148. The Office hymn is <i>En clara vox</i>. The chapter, antiphon on the <em>Benedictus</em>, and collect are proper to the Vigil. After the collect of the Vigil a commemoration of the Sunday is sung.<br />
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Prime is festal with the first antiphon from Lauds, as usual, and psalms 53, 118(i) and 118(ii). The Martyrology is sung with extra solemnity today. The Hebdomadarius dons a violet cope and preceded by acolytes bearing candles and a thurifer with incense enters the choir. After reverencing the choir and altar the Martyrology is censed, as a Gospel book, three times. The the choir rise and the Hebdomadarius chants <em>Octavo Kalendas Januarii. Luna septima. Anno a creatione mundi, quando in principio Deus creavit coelum et terram, quinquies millesimo centesimo nonagesimonono: A diluvio</em> etc., listing the years since the birth of Abraham, the Exodus from Egypt, the anointing of David, the time since Daniel the Prophet, since the founding of Rome and the conception of the LORD by the Holy Ghost. He continues until <em>...novemque post conceptionem decursis mensibus</em>, then raising the pitch of the chant, whilst the choir kneel, he continues, <em>in Bethlehem Judae nascitur ex Maria Virgine factus Homo</em>. Then, in the tone of the Passion: <em>Nativitas Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundem carnem</em>. The choir then rise and sit whilst in the normal tone the Hebdomadarius (or a lector, depending on the custom of the place) continues with the entries for the day: <em>Eodem die natalis santae Anastasiae</em> etc. The<em> lectio brevis</em>, <i>Per quem accepimus</i>, is proper to the Vigil. The antiphons from Lauds are used in sequence at the rest of the Hours in the normal order.<br />
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Mass is sung after Terce. Today the ministers do not wear folded chasubles but violet dalmatic and tunicle. As always the absence of folded chasubles means the organ may be played. After the collect of the Vigil a commemoration of the Sunday is sung. Being a Sunday the <i>Alleluia</i> verse after the gradual. The Creed is sung and the preface is of the Trinity. The last Gospel is <em>In principio</em>. (The last Gospel of the Sunday is not said as the Gospel was sung yesterday in the Ember Saturday Mass). The dismissal, <em>Benedicamus Domino</em>, is sung by the deacon to a most beautiful and ornate tone reserved for today, the feast of the Holy Innocents and <em>pro re gravi</em> Masses.<br />
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In the afternoon first Vespers of the Nativity are sung. The antiphons <em>Rex pacificus</em> etc are sung, doubled, with psalms 109, 110, 111, 112 & 116. The Office hymn is <i>Jesu, Redemptor omnium</i>. All hymns of Iambic metre have the Doxology <em>Jesu, tibi sit gloria, qui natus es de Virgine</em> for the Octave and up until the feast of the Epiphany. From this Vespers the until Candlemas the Marian antiphon is <i>Alma Redemptoris</i> with the versicle <i>Post partum</i> etc and the collect <i>Deus, qui salutis</i>. At Compline the Domincial psalms are sung, <i>Te lucis</i> has the Doxology of the Incarnation and the <i>Dominical preces</i> are omitted.<br />
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In the liturgical books of 1962 the Dominical preces are omitted at Compline. Mattins is cut down to a single nocturn with the three lessons of the Vigil. At Lauds there is no commemoration of the Sunday. At Mass there is no commemoration of the Sunday and the dismissal is <i>Ite, missa est</i>. At Compline <i>Te lucis</i> is sung without the Doxology of the Incarnation.<br />
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Main Image: Entry from an 1865 <i>Ordo</i>.<br />
Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669950994040167422.post-10677609504015246882023-12-21T12:00:00.008+00:002023-12-21T12:00:00.310+00:00Christmas closureAll orders - those via the Web and those by post - received by noon (UK time), Thursday 21st, the feast of St. Thomas the Apostle, have been dispatched.
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The third Sunday of Advent is a semi-double Sunday of the second class. Only a double of the first class feast may displace the Sunday Office. This Sunday is often referred to as <em>Gaudete</em> Sunday from the words of its introit, <em>Gaudete in Domino semper: iterum dico gaudete</em>, sees a lightening of the Advent mood. 'Rejoice in the LORD always; again I say rejoice.' The same words begin the Epistle from Philippians (4:4). The Gospel pericopes from St. John contain the Baptist's famous words 'I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, make straight the way of the LORD.'<div><br /></div><div>On this Sunday Cardinals of the Court of Rome, in better days, removed their violet merino dress and wore rose watered-silk cassocks, with rose watered-silk mozzeta and mantelleta. At Mass the deacon and sub-deacon wear violet dalmatic and tunicle rather than their folded chasubles or, following the more modern praxis, of rose colour. The absence of folded chasubles means that the organ may be played. The week ahead will see the celebration of the Advent Ember Days.</div><div>
<br />At Vespers yesterday afternoon the antiphons from tomorrow's Lauds, <em>Veniet Dominus etc</em>, were sung, not doubled, with the psalms of Saturday. The Office hymn was <i>Creator alme siderum.</i> After the collect of the Sunday a commemoration was sung of the preceding Office of St. Eusebius. At Compline the Dominical <em>preces</em> were sung.<br />
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At Mattins the invitatory is <em>Prope est jam Dominus: Venite adoremus</em>. This invitatory is now used until the 23rd of December inclusive. The Office hymn is <em>Verbum supernum</em>. In the first nocturn the antiphons <em>Veniet ecce Rex</em> etc are sung with the usual psalms for Sunday. The lessons are a continuation of Isaiah. In the second nocturn the antiphons <i>Gaude et laetare</i> etc are sung and the lessons are taken from St. Leo's sermon on the fast of the tenth month. In the third nocturn the antiphons <i>Gabriel Angelus</i> etc are sung and the homily is from St. Gregory on St. John's Gospel and the record of the Baptist. The <i>Te Deum</i> is omitted and in its place a ninth responsory, <i>Docebit nos Dominus vias suas</i>, is sung.<br />
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At Lauds the antiphons <i>Veniet Dominus</i> etc are sung with Pss. 92, 99, 62, <i>Benedicite</i> & 148. The Office hymn is <i>En clara vox</i>. At Prime the versicle in the short responsory is <i>Qui venturus</i> and the Dominical <em>preces</em> are sung.<br />
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Mass is sung after Terce. The ministers wear dalmatic and tunicle. The <em>Gloria</em> not sung. The second collect is <i>Deus, qui de beatae</i>, the third collect is <i>Ecclesiae</i> etc. The Creed is sung and the preface is of the Trinity. The dismissal is <em>Benedicamus Domino</em> sung by the deacon facing the altar.<br />
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At Vespers the antiphons, <i>Veniet Dominus</i> etc, are sung, not doubled, with Pss 109, 110, 111, 112 & 113. The Office hymn is <i>Creator alme siderum</i>. The antiphon on the <i>Magnificat</i> is the first of the Great 'O' Antiphons, <i>O Sapientia</i> which is sung entire before and after the Canticle with the choir standing. At Compline the Dominical <i>preces</i> are sung.<br />
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In the 'liturgical books of 1962' there are no commemorations at Vespers. The Dominical <i>preces</i> have been abolished. Mattins is stripped down to a single nocturn of three lessons. At Lauds there are no commemorations. At Mass there is but a single collect and the dismissal is <em>Ite, missa est</em>.<br />
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Art: <a href="http://catholic-resources.org/Art/Nadal.htm">Jerome Nadal </a>depicts today's Gospel where the Jews sent priests and Levites to interrogate St. John the Baptist.</div>Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com0