Today, at Vespers, the Usus Antiquior sees the resumption of a previouly unused antiphon on the Magnificat. On the Friday of Septuagesima week and on both the Thursday and Friday of Sexagesima week no proper antiphon is given for the Magnificat. When Vespers is ferial on these days the last antiphon that has not been used is resumed. (In practice this applies only to today as if the Friday Office is ferial Vespers would be of a feast occurring on the Saturday or the Saturday Office of the BVM). So today at Vespers the antiphon is Semen est etc from Tuesday. When all the antiphons of the preceding days have been used the antiphon is is taken from the ferial Psalter.
In the 'liturgical books of 1962' and so the antiphon is Fecit Deus etc, so the Magnificat is sung to tone 7c rather than tone 3a. The antiphons are doubled as previously only on a higher feast and the Suffrage is, of course, omitted - the banality and flatness of modern rites!
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Thursday, 16 February 2012
Tuesday, 20 December 2011
Advent feria - Vigil of St. Thomas
Today, Tuesday in the fourth week of Advent, is a greater, non-privileged, ferial day of simple rite. The liturgical colour is violet.
At Mattins the invitatory is Prope est jam Dominus: Venite adoremus and the hymn is Verbum supernum prodiens. In the nocturn the antiphons Expugna Domine etc from the Psalter for Tuesday are sung with the nine psalm divisi (four psalms split into nine sections). The lessons are taken from the forty-second chapter of Isaias. Three responsories are sung after the lessons and the Te Deum is omitted. At Lauds the antiphons proper to the Tuesday before the Vigil of the Nativity, Rorate caeli desuper etc., are sung with the psalms of the second schema of Lauds (Pss. 50, 42, 66, Ego dixi & 134). The hymn is En clara vox. The antiphon on the Benedictus is proper to the day, Consurge, consurge etc. After the antiphon is sung in full at the end of the Canticle the choir kneels and the ferial preces are sung. The collect is of the preceding Sunday and the Suffrage is omitted. No commemoration of the Vigil of St. Thomas is made in the Office.
At the Hours the antiphons from Lauds are used in the usual sequence. At Prime Rorate caeli desuper etc is sung with psalms 24i, 24ii, 24iii & 95 (the latter displaced from Lauds by the Miserere). The chapter is the ferial Pacem et veritatem and the versicle in the responsory is Qui venturus es in mundum. The choir knees to sing both the Dominical and ferial preces. At the other Horae Minores the short set of ferial preces is sung, kneeling, before the collect.
Mass, of the Vigil of St. Thomas, is sung after None. The ministers wear violet dalmatic and tunicle. The Mass Ego autem is sung. The Gloria is not sung. The second collect is of the Advent feria, the third collect of the BVM in Advent, Deus qui de beate. The Creed is omitted and the common preface is sung. As the Gloria is not sung the dismissal is Benedicamus Domino, sung by the deacon facing the altar.
Vespers are first Vespers of the feast of St. Thomas with a colour change to red. The antiphons Hoc est praeceptum meum etc are sung with psalms 109, 110, 111, 112 & 116. The Office hymn is Exsultet orbis gaudiis. The antiphon on the Magnificat is proper to the feast, Quia vidisti me etc. After the collect of the feast the Advent feria is commemorated with the Great 'O' Antiphon appointed for the 20th December O clavis David and the collect of the preceding Sunday. At Compline the Dominical psalms are sung and the preces are omitted.
In the 'liturgical books of 1962' the Vigil of St. Thomas has been abolished. At Lauds the ferial preces are not sung. At Prime the the fourth psalm is omitted, the chapter is the festal Regi saeculorum and the Dominical and ferial preces are omitted. The preces are also omitted at the other Little Hours. Mass, of the Advent feria, is sung after Terce and the ministers wear dalmatic and tunicle, there is only one collect and the dismissal is Ite, missa est. Vespers are ferial and the Great 'O' antiphon is treated like any other throughout the year. There is not even a commemoration of St. Thomas. At Compline the ferial psalms are sung although the Dominical preces are omitted.
At Mattins the invitatory is Prope est jam Dominus: Venite adoremus and the hymn is Verbum supernum prodiens. In the nocturn the antiphons Expugna Domine etc from the Psalter for Tuesday are sung with the nine psalm divisi (four psalms split into nine sections). The lessons are taken from the forty-second chapter of Isaias. Three responsories are sung after the lessons and the Te Deum is omitted. At Lauds the antiphons proper to the Tuesday before the Vigil of the Nativity, Rorate caeli desuper etc., are sung with the psalms of the second schema of Lauds (Pss. 50, 42, 66, Ego dixi & 134). The hymn is En clara vox. The antiphon on the Benedictus is proper to the day, Consurge, consurge etc. After the antiphon is sung in full at the end of the Canticle the choir kneels and the ferial preces are sung. The collect is of the preceding Sunday and the Suffrage is omitted. No commemoration of the Vigil of St. Thomas is made in the Office.
At the Hours the antiphons from Lauds are used in the usual sequence. At Prime Rorate caeli desuper etc is sung with psalms 24i, 24ii, 24iii & 95 (the latter displaced from Lauds by the Miserere). The chapter is the ferial Pacem et veritatem and the versicle in the responsory is Qui venturus es in mundum. The choir knees to sing both the Dominical and ferial preces. At the other Horae Minores the short set of ferial preces is sung, kneeling, before the collect.
Mass, of the Vigil of St. Thomas, is sung after None. The ministers wear violet dalmatic and tunicle. The Mass Ego autem is sung. The Gloria is not sung. The second collect is of the Advent feria, the third collect of the BVM in Advent, Deus qui de beate. The Creed is omitted and the common preface is sung. As the Gloria is not sung the dismissal is Benedicamus Domino, sung by the deacon facing the altar.
Vespers are first Vespers of the feast of St. Thomas with a colour change to red. The antiphons Hoc est praeceptum meum etc are sung with psalms 109, 110, 111, 112 & 116. The Office hymn is Exsultet orbis gaudiis. The antiphon on the Magnificat is proper to the feast, Quia vidisti me etc. After the collect of the feast the Advent feria is commemorated with the Great 'O' Antiphon appointed for the 20th December O clavis David and the collect of the preceding Sunday. At Compline the Dominical psalms are sung and the preces are omitted.
In the 'liturgical books of 1962' the Vigil of St. Thomas has been abolished. At Lauds the ferial preces are not sung. At Prime the the fourth psalm is omitted, the chapter is the festal Regi saeculorum and the Dominical and ferial preces are omitted. The preces are also omitted at the other Little Hours. Mass, of the Advent feria, is sung after Terce and the ministers wear dalmatic and tunicle, there is only one collect and the dismissal is Ite, missa est. Vespers are ferial and the Great 'O' antiphon is treated like any other throughout the year. There is not even a commemoration of St. Thomas. At Compline the ferial psalms are sung although the Dominical preces are omitted.
Monday, 29 March 2010
Monday, Tuesday and Spy Wednesday in Holy Week
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in Holy Week are privileged ferial days. Although of simple rite no feast may take precedence over them. A feast is either commemorated or transferred depending on its rank.
On Monday Mattins has one nocturn. The lessons are taken from a homily of St. Augustine on St. John's Gospel account of the raising of Lazarus, the responsories are proper. At the second scheme of Lauds the antiphons are proper, Faciem meam etc, the ferial preces are sung, the choir kneeling. These antiphons are sung at the Hours. At Prime the chapter is the ferial Pacem. The ferial preces are also sung at the Hours, again the choir kneeling. At Mass, sung after None, the deacon and subdeacon wear folded chasubles, the second collect is Ecclesiae, for the Church, the preface is of the Cross, there is an Oratio super populum and the dismissal is Benedicamus Domino. Vespers are ferial with preces feriales sung kneeling and at Compline, at the usual time, the preces are also sung kneeling.
Tuesday follows a similar pattern. At the nocturn the lessons are taken from Jeremiah the Prophet, the responsories are proper. At the second scheme of Lauds the antiphons are proper, Vidi, Domine etc, the ferial preces are sung, the choir kneeling. These antiphons are sung at the Hours. At Prime the chapter is the ferial Pacem. The ferial preces are also sung at the Hours, again the choir kneeling.
At Mass, sung after None, the deacon and subdeacon wear folded chasubles, the second collect is Ecclesiae, for the Church. Today the Passion according to St. Mark is sung, following the same rules as on Palm Sunday. The Passion consists of Mark 14: 1-72; 15: 1-46. The deacon of the Mass sings the last part of the Passion, Et cum jam sero...ad ostium monumenti, with the usual ceremonies for the Gospel at Mass. Thee preface is of the Cross, there is an Oratio super populum and the dismissal is Benedicamus Domino. Vespers are ferial with preces feriales sung kneeling and at Compline, at the usual time, the preces are also sung kneeling.
On Wednesday again a similar pattern is followed. At Mattins in the nocturn the lessons are again taken from the Prophet Jeremiah, the responsories are proper. At the second scheme of Lauds the antiphons are proper, Libera me etc, the ferial precesare sung with the choir kneeling. These antiphons are sung at the Hours. The ferial preces are sung, kneeling, at the Hours. At Prime the chapter is the ferial Pacem and in the Martyrology the first announcement is that of Maundy Thursday. After today the Martyrology is not read until Holy Pascha.
At Mass, sung after None, the deacon and subdeacon wear folded chasubles. After the Kyrie the celebrant chants Oremus, the deacon Flectamus genua and then the subdeacon Levate. The celebrant then chants the collect Praesta, quaesumus etc. There follows an OT pericope from Isaiah. A Gradual is then sung. Then Dominus vobiscum etcis sung, without Flectamus genua and the collect of the Mass follows. The second collect Ecclesiae is added here. Then a second lesson from Isaiah follows and then the tract. On Wednesday in Holy Week the Passion according to St. Luke is sung at Mass. The text of the Passion is Luke 22: 1-71; 23: 1-53. The last part of the Passion, Videns autem centurio...haec videntes is sung by the deacon of the Mass with the usual ceremonies of the Gospel at Mass. The preface if of the Cross, there is an Oratio super populum and the dismissal is Bendicamus Domino.
On the evening of Spy Wednesday, Wednesday in Holy Week, Mattins and Lauds is sung in a special form known as Tenebrae.
In the 'liturgical books of 1962' following the 'Restored' order of Holy Week dalmatic and tunicle are worn by the deacon and subdeacon rather than folded chasubles. No commemorations are allowed and there is no second collect in the Masses. Any text read by a lector, subdeacon or deacon is not read by the celebrant (extended throughout the year in the 1962 books). OHSI of 1955 orders the Orate fratres to be said in an audible voice and all present to respond. Ferial preces are sung only on Wednesdays at Lauds and Vespers only. The Passion according to St. Mark on Tuesday is shortened: Mark 14: 32-72; 15: 1-46 as is the Passion according to St. Luke on Wednesday: Luke 22: 39-71; 23: 1-53.
On Monday Mattins has one nocturn. The lessons are taken from a homily of St. Augustine on St. John's Gospel account of the raising of Lazarus, the responsories are proper. At the second scheme of Lauds the antiphons are proper, Faciem meam etc, the ferial preces are sung, the choir kneeling. These antiphons are sung at the Hours. At Prime the chapter is the ferial Pacem. The ferial preces are also sung at the Hours, again the choir kneeling. At Mass, sung after None, the deacon and subdeacon wear folded chasubles, the second collect is Ecclesiae, for the Church, the preface is of the Cross, there is an Oratio super populum and the dismissal is Benedicamus Domino. Vespers are ferial with preces feriales sung kneeling and at Compline, at the usual time, the preces are also sung kneeling.
Tuesday follows a similar pattern. At the nocturn the lessons are taken from Jeremiah the Prophet, the responsories are proper. At the second scheme of Lauds the antiphons are proper, Vidi, Domine etc, the ferial preces are sung, the choir kneeling. These antiphons are sung at the Hours. At Prime the chapter is the ferial Pacem. The ferial preces are also sung at the Hours, again the choir kneeling.
At Mass, sung after None, the deacon and subdeacon wear folded chasubles, the second collect is Ecclesiae, for the Church. Today the Passion according to St. Mark is sung, following the same rules as on Palm Sunday. The Passion consists of Mark 14: 1-72; 15: 1-46. The deacon of the Mass sings the last part of the Passion, Et cum jam sero...ad ostium monumenti, with the usual ceremonies for the Gospel at Mass. Thee preface is of the Cross, there is an Oratio super populum and the dismissal is Benedicamus Domino. Vespers are ferial with preces feriales sung kneeling and at Compline, at the usual time, the preces are also sung kneeling.
On Wednesday again a similar pattern is followed. At Mattins in the nocturn the lessons are again taken from the Prophet Jeremiah, the responsories are proper. At the second scheme of Lauds the antiphons are proper, Libera me etc, the ferial precesare sung with the choir kneeling. These antiphons are sung at the Hours. The ferial preces are sung, kneeling, at the Hours. At Prime the chapter is the ferial Pacem and in the Martyrology the first announcement is that of Maundy Thursday. After today the Martyrology is not read until Holy Pascha.
At Mass, sung after None, the deacon and subdeacon wear folded chasubles. After the Kyrie the celebrant chants Oremus, the deacon Flectamus genua and then the subdeacon Levate. The celebrant then chants the collect Praesta, quaesumus etc. There follows an OT pericope from Isaiah. A Gradual is then sung. Then Dominus vobiscum etcis sung, without Flectamus genua and the collect of the Mass follows. The second collect Ecclesiae is added here. Then a second lesson from Isaiah follows and then the tract. On Wednesday in Holy Week the Passion according to St. Luke is sung at Mass. The text of the Passion is Luke 22: 1-71; 23: 1-53. The last part of the Passion, Videns autem centurio...haec videntes is sung by the deacon of the Mass with the usual ceremonies of the Gospel at Mass. The preface if of the Cross, there is an Oratio super populum and the dismissal is Bendicamus Domino.
On the evening of Spy Wednesday, Wednesday in Holy Week, Mattins and Lauds is sung in a special form known as Tenebrae.
In the 'liturgical books of 1962' following the 'Restored' order of Holy Week dalmatic and tunicle are worn by the deacon and subdeacon rather than folded chasubles. No commemorations are allowed and there is no second collect in the Masses. Any text read by a lector, subdeacon or deacon is not read by the celebrant (extended throughout the year in the 1962 books). OHSI of 1955 orders the Orate fratres to be said in an audible voice and all present to respond. Ferial preces are sung only on Wednesdays at Lauds and Vespers only. The Passion according to St. Mark on Tuesday is shortened: Mark 14: 32-72; 15: 1-46 as is the Passion according to St. Luke on Wednesday: Luke 22: 39-71; 23: 1-53.
Monday, 11 May 2009
Ferial Office in Paschaltide
The ferial Office in Paschaltide differs from the ferial Office per annum in a number of ways. The joyful character of the season is reflected in the Office.
At Mattins the nine psalms of the nocturn are sung under one antiphon, Alleluia. Three lessons from the Epistle of St. James are read (the first with one of my favourite texts Omne datum optimum, et omne donum perfectum desursum est, descendens a Patre luminum etc.) After the third lesson the Te Deum is sung. At Lauds again the psalms are sung under one antiphon. After the collect of the preceding Sunday the Commemoration of the Cross is sung:
Ant. Crucifixus surrexit a mortuis, et redemit nos, alleluia, alleluia.
V. Dicite in nationibus, alleluia. R. Quia Dominus regnavit a ligno, alleluia.
Oremus. Deus, qui pro nobis Filium tuum Crucis patibulum subire voluisti, ut inimici a nobis expelleres potestatem: concede nobis, famulis tuis; ut resurrectionis gratiam consequamur. Per eumdem Dominum nostrum etc.
At Prime and the Hours the psalms are again sung with Alleluia as the antiphon. The brief responsory has additional Alleluia added, the Dominical preces are sung (standing of course). The Paschaltide Doxology (and tones) are sung at the Hours.
Mass follows Sext. The Mass of the preceding Sunday, Cantate Domino, is sung without the Credo. However, the Gloria is sung on ferial days in Paschaltide. The collects de tempore are Concede nos (in honour of the Blessed Virgin) and Ecclesiae (for the Church). In private Masses additional collects may be added ensuring the total number is always uneven and does not exceed seven.
Vespers (if tomorrow were also a ferial day) would have the five psalms sung under one antiphon and the Commemoration of the Cross. As tomorrow is the feast of SS Nereus, Achilleus, Domitilla and Pancras first Vespers of their feast is sung with the Commemoration of the Cross.
Before the 1911-13 reform the festal character of Paschaltide was even more pronounced with Prime having the festal psalms (53 and the first two stanzas of 118) for all Paschaltide feriae.
A complimentary copy of Ordo Recitandi will be sent to the poster of the first comment to identify the picture above. I wish it were my private chapel...
Tuesday, 3 March 2009
Ferial Office in Lent
Today is Tuesday of the first week in Lent and is of simple rite and a 'greater non-privileged feria'.
At Mattins the invitatory is, as on Sunday, Non sit vobis and the hymn Ex more. The antiphons and psalms are taken from the Psalter for Tuesday. The antiphons are not, of course, 'doubled' before the psalms but only sung in their entirety after each psalm. Mattins has one nocturn of nine psalms and three lessons. After the ninth psalm the Pater is said silently and then the versicle Et ne nos inducas in tentationem and the response Sed libera nos a malo sung. Then the seasonal versicle Scapulis suis obumbrabit tibi is sung and its response Et sub pennis ejus sperabis. The absolution is Ipsius pietas and the first blessing Evangelica lectio. A Gospel fragment from Matthew (21: 10 -17) is chanted and then a homily of the Venerable Bede interspersed with three responsories.
In Choral Office the second scheme of Lauds follows immediately, again from the Psalter for Tuesday (Pss. 50, 42, 66, Canticle of Ezechiel, 134). The chapter is Clama, ne cesses and the hymn O sol Salutis. The antiphon on the Benedictus is proper to each Lenten feria, today Venite, benedicti. After the antiphon has been sung in full after the Benedictus the Choir kneels and the ferial preces are sung, a series of intercessions in the form of versicle and response. The Hebdomadarius rises at Oremus and sings the collect Respice, Domine. The Suffrage of Saints is then sung. Normally Mattins and Lauds are anticipated after Compline on the previous evening.
At Prime the psalmody is Pss. 24(i), 24(ii), 24(iii) and 95. The ferial chapter Pacem et veritatem is sung. After the short responsory both the ferial and Domincial preces are sung, kneeling. The Choir stands for the reading from the Martyrology. A short series of ferial preces are also sung, kneeling, at Terce, Sext and None.
Mass follows None. Four candles are lit on the altar and the ministers wear folded chasubles. The Mass texts for all the Lenten feriae are proper. The second collect is A cunctis, the third Omnipotens. The preface of Lent is sung and Bendicamus Domino is the dismissal. This is sung by the deacon facing the altar, not the people. The Choir kneels for the collects, from the Sanctus until the end of the response to Pax Domini, for the post-communions and for the Oratio super populum. The latter is a feature of the Lenten ferial Masses. After the last post-communion the celebrant sings Oremus and the deacon, facing the people sings Humiliate capita vestra Deo and then the celebrant sings the prayer. The text of the Oratio super populum should be compared to the oration for ferial Vespers in Lent.
Vespers follow Mass. First Vespers of St. Casimir are sung. A commemoration of the Lenten feria is made (the antiphon at the Magnifcat and collect proper to each feria), of St Lucius PM and the Suffrage of the Saints is sung. At Compline the Dominical preces are sung, standing.
At Mattins the invitatory is, as on Sunday, Non sit vobis and the hymn Ex more. The antiphons and psalms are taken from the Psalter for Tuesday. The antiphons are not, of course, 'doubled' before the psalms but only sung in their entirety after each psalm. Mattins has one nocturn of nine psalms and three lessons. After the ninth psalm the Pater is said silently and then the versicle Et ne nos inducas in tentationem and the response Sed libera nos a malo sung. Then the seasonal versicle Scapulis suis obumbrabit tibi is sung and its response Et sub pennis ejus sperabis. The absolution is Ipsius pietas and the first blessing Evangelica lectio. A Gospel fragment from Matthew (21: 10 -17) is chanted and then a homily of the Venerable Bede interspersed with three responsories.
In Choral Office the second scheme of Lauds follows immediately, again from the Psalter for Tuesday (Pss. 50, 42, 66, Canticle of Ezechiel, 134). The chapter is Clama, ne cesses and the hymn O sol Salutis. The antiphon on the Benedictus is proper to each Lenten feria, today Venite, benedicti. After the antiphon has been sung in full after the Benedictus the Choir kneels and the ferial preces are sung, a series of intercessions in the form of versicle and response. The Hebdomadarius rises at Oremus and sings the collect Respice, Domine. The Suffrage of Saints is then sung. Normally Mattins and Lauds are anticipated after Compline on the previous evening.
At Prime the psalmody is Pss. 24(i), 24(ii), 24(iii) and 95. The ferial chapter Pacem et veritatem is sung. After the short responsory both the ferial and Domincial preces are sung, kneeling. The Choir stands for the reading from the Martyrology. A short series of ferial preces are also sung, kneeling, at Terce, Sext and None.
Mass follows None. Four candles are lit on the altar and the ministers wear folded chasubles. The Mass texts for all the Lenten feriae are proper. The second collect is A cunctis, the third Omnipotens. The preface of Lent is sung and Bendicamus Domino is the dismissal. This is sung by the deacon facing the altar, not the people. The Choir kneels for the collects, from the Sanctus until the end of the response to Pax Domini, for the post-communions and for the Oratio super populum. The latter is a feature of the Lenten ferial Masses. After the last post-communion the celebrant sings Oremus and the deacon, facing the people sings Humiliate capita vestra Deo and then the celebrant sings the prayer. The text of the Oratio super populum should be compared to the oration for ferial Vespers in Lent.
Vespers follow Mass. First Vespers of St. Casimir are sung. A commemoration of the Lenten feria is made (the antiphon at the Magnifcat and collect proper to each feria), of St Lucius PM and the Suffrage of the Saints is sung. At Compline the Dominical preces are sung, standing.
Thursday, 19 February 2009
Resumed Magnificat antiphon
Today's Office offers an example of a resumed Magnificat antiphon in Septuagesima, which only occurs in some years.
Considering the Office in general for today first, it is a feria in Sexagesima week and of simple rite. At Lauds the ferial (second) schema of psalms is sung, after the collect of the preceding Sunday the Suffrage of the Saints is sung. At Prime ps 97 is added to the usual three psalms, the chapter is the ferial Pacem and the Dominical preces are sung. At Mass, as on the preceding Sunday but without the Tract and Credo the second collect is A cunctis, the third collect chosen by the celebrant or Dean and Benedicamus Domino sung as the dismissal.
At ferial Vespers the psalms appointed for Thurday are sung. A rubric in the Breviary after Vespers on Wednesday gives special instructions for today and tomorrow:
On Monday Vespers were ferial and the prescribed antiphon at the Magnificat sung, on Tuesday Vespers were first Vespers of St. Simeon and on Wednesday they were, again, ferial. This means that the antiphon prescribed for Tuesday Semen est is sung this evening in place of Fecit Deus from the Psalter. Of course the antiphon gives the tone for the canticle and so the Magnificat this evening is sung to tone 3a rather than tone 7c as would have been the case if Fecit Deus had been used. The Suffrage of the Saints is sung and at Compline the Dominical preces are sung.
There is, unfortunately, a 'typo' in the Ordo as Semen est is the antiphon from Tuesday not Wednesday as printed. Profound apologies to readers for that. The entry should read "(ant ad Magn: Semen est de fer III...)"
A resumed Magnificat antiphon can now only occur in the Universal Kalendar today as Friday's Vespers in both Septuagesima or Sexagesima weeks cannot be ferial as, in the absence of a feast of semi-double or greater on Saturday, Friday's Vespers will be of the BMV Office on Saturdays.
The rubric affecting the resumed antiphon was excised in the 1955 changes. In the 'liturgical books of 1962' the Suffrage of the Saints is omitted at Lauds and Vespers, at Prime the displaced psalm is not added and the festal Regi is sung as the chapter and the Domincal preces are omitted. At sung Mass there is only one collect and Ite, missa est replaces Benedicamus Domino. At Vespers the antiphon Fecit Deus is sung. There are no preces at Compline.
Considering the Office in general for today first, it is a feria in Sexagesima week and of simple rite. At Lauds the ferial (second) schema of psalms is sung, after the collect of the preceding Sunday the Suffrage of the Saints is sung. At Prime ps 97 is added to the usual three psalms, the chapter is the ferial Pacem and the Dominical preces are sung. At Mass, as on the preceding Sunday but without the Tract and Credo the second collect is A cunctis, the third collect chosen by the celebrant or Dean and Benedicamus Domino sung as the dismissal.
At ferial Vespers the psalms appointed for Thurday are sung. A rubric in the Breviary after Vespers on Wednesday gives special instructions for today and tomorrow:
"If the aforesaid Antiphons at the Magnificat cannot be said on the preceding Ferias, and Vespers on the following Thursday and Friday are of the Feria, the last one of those which have been passed over is said; otherwise, if all have been said, it is taken from the Psalter."
On Monday Vespers were ferial and the prescribed antiphon at the Magnificat sung, on Tuesday Vespers were first Vespers of St. Simeon and on Wednesday they were, again, ferial. This means that the antiphon prescribed for Tuesday Semen est is sung this evening in place of Fecit Deus from the Psalter. Of course the antiphon gives the tone for the canticle and so the Magnificat this evening is sung to tone 3a rather than tone 7c as would have been the case if Fecit Deus had been used. The Suffrage of the Saints is sung and at Compline the Dominical preces are sung.
There is, unfortunately, a 'typo' in the Ordo as Semen est is the antiphon from Tuesday not Wednesday as printed. Profound apologies to readers for that. The entry should read "(ant ad Magn: Semen est de fer III...)"
A resumed Magnificat antiphon can now only occur in the Universal Kalendar today as Friday's Vespers in both Septuagesima or Sexagesima weeks cannot be ferial as, in the absence of a feast of semi-double or greater on Saturday, Friday's Vespers will be of the BMV Office on Saturdays.
The rubric affecting the resumed antiphon was excised in the 1955 changes. In the 'liturgical books of 1962' the Suffrage of the Saints is omitted at Lauds and Vespers, at Prime the displaced psalm is not added and the festal Regi is sung as the chapter and the Domincal preces are omitted. At sung Mass there is only one collect and Ite, missa est replaces Benedicamus Domino. At Vespers the antiphon Fecit Deus is sung. There are no preces at Compline.
Monday, 16 February 2009
The prayer Fidelium
Today is a feria in Sexagesima week and of simple rite. In the ferial Office the 'second scheme' of psalms at Lauds is sung (in effect the old ferial Lauds before the 1911-13 reform with some 'tweaking') and the Suffrage of the Saints is sung. At Prime a fourth psalm, Ps.46, is added that was displaced by the Miserere at Lauds. The Dominical preces are sung at Prime and the chapter is that used on ferial days, Pacem.
At Mass the texts of the Sunday are used but the Tract and Credo are not sung. The second collect is A cunctis, the third collect Fidelium for the Dead and the fourth collect one chosen by the celebrant or Dean.
Ferial Vespers have the Suffrage of the Saints and Dominical preces are sung at Compline.
The prayer Fidelium is added to the prayers prescribed by the rubrics, always in the penultimate place, on certain days. Outside November, Lent and Paschaltide Fidelium is sung on the first ferial day of each month for the souls of all the faithful departed. Outside Lent and Paschaltide it is also sung on any Monday which is ferial. Fidelium is not said, following the 1911-13 reform, if any of those days have an occuring Vigil or resumed Sunday Mass. In Conventual Churches the Chapter Mass is a Requiem on the first day of each month as above and may be a Requiem on the specified Mondays.
Not surprisingly the prayer Fidelium is not said on these days following the 'liturgical books of 1962'. However on the first 'IV class feria' of each month outside of Christmastide, Paschatide and November a Conventual Mass would be a Requiem but without the prayer Fidelium. In the Office today the Suffrage is omitted at both Lauds and Vespers, at Prime the fourth psalm is not added and the chapter is always the festal Regi saeculorum . The Dominical preces are omitted at Prime and Compline and at Sung Masses there is only one collect permitted.
At Mass the texts of the Sunday are used but the Tract and Credo are not sung. The second collect is A cunctis, the third collect Fidelium for the Dead and the fourth collect one chosen by the celebrant or Dean.
Ferial Vespers have the Suffrage of the Saints and Dominical preces are sung at Compline.
The prayer Fidelium is added to the prayers prescribed by the rubrics, always in the penultimate place, on certain days. Outside November, Lent and Paschaltide Fidelium is sung on the first ferial day of each month for the souls of all the faithful departed. Outside Lent and Paschaltide it is also sung on any Monday which is ferial. Fidelium is not said, following the 1911-13 reform, if any of those days have an occuring Vigil or resumed Sunday Mass. In Conventual Churches the Chapter Mass is a Requiem on the first day of each month as above and may be a Requiem on the specified Mondays.
Fidelium Deus omnium Conditor et Redemptor, animambus famularum famularumque tuarum remissionem cunctorum tribue peccatorum: ut indulgentiam, quam sempet optaverunt, piis supplicationibus consequantur.
O God the Creator and Redeemer of all the faithful, to the souls of Thy servants and Thy handmaidens grant the pardon of all their sins, that, through are devout prayers, they may rejoice in the full forgiveness for which at all times they have hoped.
Not surprisingly the prayer Fidelium is not said on these days following the 'liturgical books of 1962'. However on the first 'IV class feria' of each month outside of Christmastide, Paschatide and November a Conventual Mass would be a Requiem but without the prayer Fidelium. In the Office today the Suffrage is omitted at both Lauds and Vespers, at Prime the fourth psalm is not added and the chapter is always the festal Regi saeculorum . The Dominical preces are omitted at Prime and Compline and at Sung Masses there is only one collect permitted.
Tuesday, 23 December 2008
O Virgo Virginum 23 December
The title of this post has nothing to do, directly, with the liturgy of the post-Tridentine Breviary. However, for many years I have been struck by the beauty of some of what might be termed the 'Lesser O Antiphons'. The most widespread of these by far was O Virgo Virginum and was sung in many Western rites, including the illustrious Sarum rite, as the last of the 'O' antiphons on December 23rd. This meant that 'O Sapientia' instead of being sung on December 17th was sung on December 16th. A vestige of this practice can even be found in the 1662 Anglican Book of Common Prayer which, although not providing texts, indicates 'O Sapientia' in the Kalendar on the 16th December.
I recommend the interesting website The Hymns and Carols of Christmas for a visit at this particular season of the Liturgical year and from that site take the texts given below:
Dom Guéranger notes (see the link above) that this antiphon was used in the post-Tridentine Roman rite in Spain and some of her Dominions for the pro aliquibus locis feast of the Expectation of the BVM on 18th December. The old practice of having the antiphon on the 23rd seems to me at least an excellent one emphasising the inseparable link between the Mother of God and the mystery of the Incarnation. A beautiful acrostic was created (very common in the Sarum breviary) by taking the first letter of each antiphon in reverse order. So for the seven in the Roman Breviary this creates 'Ero Cras' that translates as 'Tomorrow, I will come'. With O Virgo virginum this becomes 'Vero Cras', 'Truly, tomorrow'. There were also other 'Lesser O's' (again texts from the excellent site of Doug Anderson):O Virgo virginum, quomodo fiet istud? quia noc primam similem visa es, nec habere sequentem. Filæ Jerusalem, quid me admiramini? Divinum est mysterium hoc quod cernitis.
O Virgin of virgins! how shall this be? for never was there one like thee, nor will there ever be. Ye daughters of Jerusalem, why look ye wondering at me? What ye behold, is a divine mystery.
O Hierusalem, civitas Dei summi: leva in circuitu oculos tuos, et vide Dominum tuum, quia jam veniet solvere te a vinculis.
O Jerusalem, city of the great God: lift up thine eyes round about, and see thy Lord, for he is coming to loose thee from thy chains.
O Rex pacifice, Tu ante saecula nate: per auream egrede portam, redemptos tuos visita, et eso illuc revoca unde ruerunt per culpam.
O King of peace, that was born before all ages: come by the golden gate, visit them whom thou hast redeemed, and lead them back to the place whence they fell by sin.
O Gabriel, nuntius caelorum, qui clausis ianuis ad me introisti, et verbum annuntiasti: concipies et paries Emmanuel vocabitur.
O Gabriel! the messenger of heaven, who camest unto me through the closed doors, and didst announce the Word unto me : Thou shalt conceive and bear a Son, and he shall be called Emmanuel.
The last was generally replaced by O Thoma that I mentioned yesterday. Many years ago I speculated that it would be fascinating to interpolate all of the 'O's into the Magnficat on December 23rd as they all have the same tone, 2D. I then discovered that this had indeed been done in some Monastic establishment but didn't record my reference. A good friend I lunched with on my recent visit to Ireland suggested that it may have been Prinknash. I shall investigate this in due course. In the Roman liturgy the day is of simple rite. The antiphons Rorate, caeli etc are sung at the second scheme of Lauds and at the Little Hours. At the Benedictus an antiphon special to this day is sung: Ecce completa sunt... Behold all things are accomplished... Ferial preces are sung, kneeling at Lauds and at the Little Hours. At Mass, sung after None, the ministers wear folded chasubles and four candles are on the altar. The chants are ferial. The Mass is of the fourth Sunday of Advent but without the Alleluia and versicle after the Gradual. The second collect is of the BVM, Deus, qui de beate, and the third collect is for the Church, Ecclesiae. As always when violet vestments are worn Benedicamus Domino is the dismissal. As normal on 'kneeling days' the choir kneels for the orations and from the Sanctus to the Fraction. At Vespers the antiphon O Emmanuel is sung, doubled, and with the choir standing. After the Magnificat and the repetition of the antiphon the ferial preces are sung, kneeling. Again at Compline preces are sung with the choir kneeling. In the 'ancient' liturgical books of 1962 there are no ferial preces. Antiphons are of course 'doubled' regardless of the rank of day, at Prime the festal Regi saeculorum is sung rather than the ferial Pacem. At Mass, sung after Terce (in the 'ancient' rite of 1962) the distinction of singing the Mass after different Hours depending on the rank of day is lost and all Masses are sung after Terce except for a 'grave reason'), the ministers wear dalmatic and tunicle, there is no collect of the BVM or for the Church and Ite, missa est is the dismissal. At Vespers the significance of the doubled 'Great 'O' antiphon is lost and there are no preces at either Vespers or Compline.
Friday, 28 November 2008
The last green vestments for a while
Today will see the last use of green as a liturgical colour until after the Octave of the Epiphany.
In the last week before Advent the 'Minor Prophets' supply occuring scripture for Mattins with a different Incipit for each day. In some years this can lead to some 'leap-frogging' to get them all read but this year it is relatively simple with Nahum on Monday, Habacuc on Tuesday, Sophonias on Wednesday and Aggeus on Thursday.
Today becomes slightly more interesting because Saturday is the Vigil of St. Andrew the Apostle and thus has proper lessons. So in today's ferial nocturn the first and second lesson are from Zacharias but the third lesson is anticipated from Malachias that was due to be read on Saturday.
The rest of the day is that of a feria, Suffrage of the Saints at Lauds, Dominical preces at Prime. At Mass the Gloria is not sung, the second collect is A cunctis the third chosen by the celebrant or Dean. Benedicamus Domino is sung as the dismissal.
Vespers are ferial with a commemoration of St. Saturninus and the Suffrage of the Saints. The Dominical preces are sung at Compline.
In the last week before Advent the 'Minor Prophets' supply occuring scripture for Mattins with a different Incipit for each day. In some years this can lead to some 'leap-frogging' to get them all read but this year it is relatively simple with Nahum on Monday, Habacuc on Tuesday, Sophonias on Wednesday and Aggeus on Thursday.
Today becomes slightly more interesting because Saturday is the Vigil of St. Andrew the Apostle and thus has proper lessons. So in today's ferial nocturn the first and second lesson are from Zacharias but the third lesson is anticipated from Malachias that was due to be read on Saturday.
The rest of the day is that of a feria, Suffrage of the Saints at Lauds, Dominical preces at Prime. At Mass the Gloria is not sung, the second collect is A cunctis the third chosen by the celebrant or Dean. Benedicamus Domino is sung as the dismissal.
Vespers are ferial with a commemoration of St. Saturninus and the Suffrage of the Saints. The Dominical preces are sung at Compline.
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