Today is the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost. The Sunday is of semi-double rite and the liturgical colour of the day is green.
At Vespers yesterday afternoon the antiphons and psalms of Vespers for Saturday (Pss. 143, 144, 145, 146 & 147) were sung. The chapter was O Altitudo and the Office hymn O lux beata Trinitas. After the collect of the Sunday a commemoration was sung of SS Nabor and Felix. This was followed by the Suffrages of the BVM Sancta Maria succurre etc, the Apostles Petrus Apostolus etc, of the Patron and lastly for peace Da pacem Domine . At Compline the Dominical preces were sung.
At Mattins the invitatory is Adoremus Dominum and the Office hymn Nocte surgentes. In the first nocturn (Pss. 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 & 14) are sung and the lessons are the Incipit of the fourth book of Kings. The first lesson includes what is now the text of the second lesson in modern editions and ends Idcirco de lectulo ... sed morte morieris. The second lesson begins Qui dixit eis (the modern third lesson) but continues until the end of verse 12 of the first chapter. The third lesson, not present in modern editions begins Iterum misit principes and continues until verse 17. In the second nocturn (Pss. 15, 16 & 17) the lessons are from the writings of St. Augustine. These are substantially longer than than those found in modern recensions. In the third nocturn (Pss. 18, 19 & 20) the homily is from St. Gregory on St. Luke's Gospel. Again the version in the Tridentine Breviary is considerably longer than that found in modern editions. The Te Deum is sung.
At Lauds the Sunday psalms (Pss. 92, 99, 62-66, Benedicite & 148-49-150) are sung. After the collect of the Sunday a commemoration is sung of SS Nabor and Felix. This is followed by the Suffrages of the BVM Sancta Maria succurre etc, the Apostles Gloriosi principes etc, of the Patron and lastly for peace Da pacem Domine etc are sung.
At Prime (Pss. 53, 117, 118i & 118ii) Quicumque is sung as are the Dominical preces.
Mass is sung after Terce. The Gloria is sung, the second collect is of SS Nabor and Felix, the third collect is A cunctis. The Credo is sung, the Common Preface is sung.
Vespers are of the Sunday (Pss. 109, 110, 111, 112 & 113). After the collect of the Sunday a commemoration of the following feast of St. Anacletus is sung. This is followed by the Suffrages of the BVM Sancta Maria succurre etc, the Apostles Petrus Apostolus etc, of the Patron and, lastly, for peace Da pacem Domine etc. At Compline the Dominical preces are sung.
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Rubricarius,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your interesting posts. The more I read this blog, the more I wish we could return to the pre-St Pius X breviary. I am very tempted to recite it privately, but wondered how to do this, since many feasts have now been added (e.g. Christ the King) or moved (e.g. the Seven Sorrows), that it would mean I was praying something entirely different from the rest of the Church. What would you suggest? I want to be obedient and not invent a liturgy of my own, but I can also recognise that there are innumerable reasons for favouring use of the Breviary in the time of Pope Leo XIII, rather than that of St Pius X, even before the reforms of the 1950's.
God bless
Dear Anonymous,
ReplyDeleteThank you for the kind comment.
There has always been a principle that 'office for office suffices'. In reality the Church is not praying an homogenous Office anyway: most clergy follow Liturgia Horarum, a minority use 1962, a minority of a a minority use pre-1962, and a minority of a minority of a minority (I had dinner with such a person this evening) use pre-Pius X. Using pre-Pius X surely encompanses all in the later offices and a lot more?
Back in 1991, a year I had no real Palm Sunday to go to, I tried, per experimentum, the 'old' Office from a book I had bought for Holy Week. After having experienced the 'old' Office for that day I simply could not return to the later form.
Not being in orders or vows, of course I have considerable liberty. In practice I tend to keep the 1568/70 calendar (as it 'works' before the creation of so many doubles - which was to reduce the 'risk' of the long Sunday Mattins).
Rubricarius,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your advice. Keep up the good work. Are pre-St Pius X breviaries still available without having to spend too much money?!
Dear Anonymous,
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome. Breviaries are scarcer than they were twenty years ago. In London then one could pick up 'Pius X' four volume sets for £10. I fortunately found a set from 1910 and one from 1890, both in superb condition, for the same price. Other sets cost me more than that.
Although not as much fun as visiting a second hand bookshop Abebooks are excellent and do have some reasonably priced sets.
Dear Rubricarius,
ReplyDeleteThank you very much.
Dear Anonymous,
ReplyDeleteI agree with Rubricarius that Abebooks.com is very useful. But if you don't find a set there, you might want to look at Ebay (especially the German or Italian Ebay); sometimes there are really fine sets of the pre-Pius X breviaries listed there. (Of course, one has to be willing to go through all the Ebay mechanics of bidding, etc.) Best of luck!
Dear Capreolus,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your advice.