tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857440572957377062024-03-19T08:48:10.626+00:00The Tridentine RiteA Blog that is dedicated to the Tridentine Rite as found in the rubrics of the Breviary of 1568 and Missal of 1570 and therefore follows the venerable Julian Calendar.Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.comBlogger910125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485744057295737706.post-53058636417743822692024-03-17T01:30:00.004+00:002024-03-17T01:30:00.264+00:00March 4th - Quinquagesima Sunday
Quinquagesima Sunday is of semi-double rite and its liturgial colour is violet. The Epistle consists of perhaps one of the most famous pericopes in the NT, St. Paul's discourse to the Corinthians on faith, hope and charity. The Gospel from St. Luke has the story of the granting of sight to the man born blind. The Sunday corresponds, in Kalendar terms, to the Sunday of Forgiveness or Cheesefare Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485744057295737706.post-43371949603720887632024-03-10T01:30:00.004+00:002024-03-10T01:30:00.127+00:00February 26th - Sexagesima Sunday
Sexagesima Sunday is of semi-double rite and the liturgical colour, from Mattins, is violet. The Gospel pericopes are from St. Luke and tell the parable of the sower with his seed landing on rock, amongst weeds and the good ground. In the Kalendar of the Byzantine rite Sexagesima corresponds to the Sunday of the Last Judgement or Meatfare Sunday, the last day on which meat is eaten until PaschaRubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485744057295737706.post-19295022247184157942024-03-03T01:30:00.001+00:002024-03-03T01:30:00.235+00:00February 19th - Septuagesima Sunday
Septuagesima Sunday is of semi-double rite and its liturgical colour is violet. At Mattins the book of Genesis is begun with the account of the Creation. The Gospel pericopes from St. Matthew at Mattins and Mass contain the parable of the labourers in the vineyard.
At Vespers yesterday afternoon the antiphons and psalms (143, 144, 145, 146 & 147) of Saturday were sung. The Office hymn was O luxRubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485744057295737706.post-44935301388258277092024-02-25T01:30:00.005+00:002024-02-25T01:30:00.135+00:00February 12th - Sixth Sunday after the EpiphanyThe Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany is of semi-double rite and its liturgical colour is green. The Gospel pericope at Mattins and Mass is from St. Matthew and contains the parable of the mustard seed.
At Vespers yesterday afternoon the antiphons and psalms of Saturday (143, 144, 145, 146 & 147) were sung. The Office hymn was O lux beata Trinitas and the antiphon on the Magnificat was, for Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485744057295737706.post-71934743587969033562024-02-18T01:30:00.002+00:002024-02-18T14:29:26.389+00:00February 5th - Fifth Sunday after the EpiphanyThe fifth Sunday after the Epiphany is of semi-double rite and its liturgical colour is green. The Gospel pericopes at Mattins and Mass are from St. Matthew and contain the parable of the cockle sown amongst the wheat. The semidouble feast of St. Agatha is transferred to Monday.
At Vespers yesterday afternoon the antiphons and psalms (143, 144, 145, 146 & 147) of Saturday were sung. The Office Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485744057295737706.post-21371565661845863482024-02-11T01:30:00.002+00:002024-02-11T01:30:00.240+00:00January 29th - Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany
The fourth Sunday after the Epiphany is of semi-double rite and its liturgical colour is green. The Gospel at Mattins and Mass is from St. Matthew and is the account of the LORD stilling the storm at sea.
At Vespers yesterday afternoon the antiphons and psalms (143, 144, 145, 146 & 147) of Saturday were sung. The Office hymn was O lux beata Trinitas and the antiphon on the Magnificat is Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485744057295737706.post-29106646673838225552024-02-04T01:30:00.005+00:002024-02-04T01:30:00.126+00:00January 22nd - Third Sunday after the Epiphany
The third Sunday after the Epiphany is of semi-double rite and its liturgical colour, from Mattins, is green. The Gospel pericopes from St. Matthew record the LORD healing the leper and the centurion's servant. The semidouble feast of SS Vincent & Anastasia is transferred to Monday.
Yesterday afternoon second Vespers of the feast of St. Agnes were sung. The antiphons Ingressa Agnes etc Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485744057295737706.post-42331037963964740752024-01-28T01:30:00.002+00:002024-01-28T01:30:00.122+00:00January 15th - Second Sunday after the EpiphanyThe second Sunday after the Epiphany is of semi-double rite and its liturgical colour is green. The Gospel fragment at Mattins and the Gospel at Mass are St. John's account of the Marriage Feast at Cana. The semi-double feast of St. Paul the first Hermit is transferred to Thursday of the coming week.
Vespers yesterday afternoon were second Vespers of the feast of St. Hiliary. The antiphons Ecce Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485744057295737706.post-59217008579964031332024-01-21T01:30:00.002+00:002024-01-21T01:30:00.145+00:00January 8th - Sunday within the Octave of the Epiphany
The Sunday within the Octave of the Epiphany is of semi-double rite and its liturgical colour is white as on the feast. The Gospel pericopes from St. Luke describe the Finding in the Temple with the LORD debating the learned doctors to the amazement of those who witnessed this manifestation of Him.
At Vespers yesterday the antiphons and psalms of the feast of the Epiphany were sung, Ante Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485744057295737706.post-55812772191314148112024-01-14T01:30:00.003+00:002024-01-17T11:59:32.473+00:00January 1st - The Circumcision and Octave-Day of the Nativity
The feast of the Circumcision of the LORD and Octave Day of the Nativity is of double rite and its liturgical colour is white. It is also the Sunday within the Octaves of St. Stephen, St. John and the Holy Innocents but these are not commemorated today in either the Office or Mass.
At first Vespers yesterday afternoon the antiphons O admirabile commercium etc were sung, doubled, with the psalmsRubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485744057295737706.post-5796544863907262382024-01-07T01:30:00.003+00:002024-01-07T01:30:00.133+00:00December 25th - The Nativity of the LORD
The feast of the Nativity of the LORD is a double feast with an Octave and its liturgical colour is white. The feast takes precedence over the Sunday and the Sunday is transferred to within the Octave.
At Vespers yesterday afternoon the antiphons Rex pacificus magnificatus est etc were sung, doubled, with psalms 109, 110, 111, 112 & 113. The Office hymn was Christe Redemptor omnium. At Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485744057295737706.post-88429939386887646892023-12-31T01:30:00.008+00:002023-12-31T01:30:00.122+00:00December 18th - Fourth Sunday of Advent
The Fourth Sunday of Advent is of semi-double rite and its liturgical colour is violet.
At Vespers yesterday afternoon the antiphons and Psalms of Saturday (Pss. 143, 144, 145, 146 & 147) were sung. The Office hymn was Conditor alme siderum. The Great 'O' Antiphon O Sapientia, proper to the 17th of December, was sung entire both before and after the Magnificat. The Suffrages, being Advent, Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485744057295737706.post-3431826078257686212023-12-24T01:30:00.001+00:002023-12-24T01:30:00.142+00:00December 11th - Third Sunday of Advent
The third Sunday of Advent is of semi-double rite and its liturgical colour is violet. However, unlike the other Sundays of Advent today at Mass the Deacon wears a dalmatic and the subdeacon a tunicle and the organ may be played. The semi-double feast of St. Damasus is transferred to Monday.
At Vespers yesterday afternoon the antiphons and psalms of Saturday were sung. The chapter, Fratres: Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485744057295737706.post-41143823600219256962023-12-17T00:00:00.000+00:002023-12-17T16:32:50.916+00:00December 4th - Second Sunday of Advent
The Second Sunday of Advent is of semi-double rite and its liturgical colour, is violet.
At Vespers yesterday afternoon the antiphons and psalms of Saturday were sung. The chapter was proper to the Sunday, Fratres: Quaecumque scripta sunt and the Office hymn was Conditor alme siderum. After the collect of the Sunday a commemoration of St. Barbara was sung. The Suffrages were omitted being Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485744057295737706.post-19679108702170935062023-12-10T01:30:00.001+00:002023-12-10T01:30:00.160+00:00November 27th - First Sunday of Advent
The first Sunday of Advent is of semi-double rite and its liturgical colour is violet. During Advent bishops exchange their violet choir cassocks for black with a black mozzeta or mattelletum lined with violet. Cardinals of the Court of Rome wear their 'winter' violet merino apparel (in contrast to their summer mourning dress of violet watered-silk) in place of their watered-silk scarlet dress.
Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485744057295737706.post-55607923190105561592023-12-03T01:30:00.002+00:002023-12-04T01:42:04.364+00:00November 20th - XXVI and last Sunday after Pentecost
Today is the twenty-sixth and Last Sunday after Pentecost. It is also the fifth Sunday of November. The Sunday is of semi-double rite and its liturgical colour is green. The Gospel pericopes from St. Matthew contain the prophetic words of the LORD concerning the last days and the coming of the Antichrist. It will be noted that the feast of the Presentation of the BVM was a casualty of the Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485744057295737706.post-26472002416903001812023-11-26T01:30:00.001+00:002023-11-26T01:30:00.122+00:00November 13th - XXV Sunday after Pentecost
The twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost is of semi-double rite and its liturgical colour is green. This year it is the fourth Sunday of November. The orations and pericopes are taken from the sixth Sunday after the Epiphany and, as last Sunday, the introit, intra-pericope chants, offertory and communion are those given in the Missal for the twenty-third Sunday. The Gospel pericopes from St. Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485744057295737706.post-31242912304592186032023-11-19T01:30:00.001+00:002023-11-19T01:30:00.135+00:00November 6th - XXIV Sunday after PentecostThe twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost is of semi-double rite. This year it is the third Sunday of November as the second Sunday, and its week, are omitted and also Sunday within the Octave of All Saints. The liturgical colour is white. As there are twenty-six Sundays after Pentecost this year, following the praxis introduced into the 1570 Missal, the pericopes at Mass, and the third nocturn Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485744057295737706.post-88081564764815048212023-11-12T01:30:00.001+00:002023-11-12T01:30:00.147+00:00October 30th - XXIII Sunday after PentecostThe twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost is of semi-double rite and, this year, is the first Sunday of November. The liturgical colour is green. The Gospel pericopes from St. Matthew contain the passages where the LORD heals a woman with an issue of blood and raises Jairus' daughter from the dead.
At Vespers yesterday afternoon the antiphons and psalms of Saturday were sung. The Office hymn was ORubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485744057295737706.post-83383334428381753852023-11-05T01:30:00.001+00:002023-11-05T01:30:00.133+00:00October 23rd - XXII Sunday after Pentecost
The twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost is of semi-double rite and its liturgical colour is green. This year it is the fourth Sunday of October. The Gospel pericopes from St. Matthew contain the account of the Pharisees trying to trap the LORD over tribute to Caesar and the LORD's rebuttal of "Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's and to God those things that are God's."
At Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485744057295737706.post-11375681631779433622023-10-29T00:30:00.001+00:002023-10-29T00:30:00.134+00:00October 16th - XXI Sunday after Pentecost
The twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost is of semi-double rite and its liturgical colour is green. This year it is the third Sunday of October. The Gospel pericopes from St. Matthew contain the parable of the unjust and ungrateful servant who, forgiven his debts by the King, demands what is owed to him from others and shews complete ingratitude.
At Vespers yesterday afternoon the antiphons and Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485744057295737706.post-44976872943101106742023-10-22T00:30:00.002+00:002023-10-22T00:30:00.137+00:00October 9th - XX Sunday after Pentecost
The twentieth Sunday after Pentecost is of semi-double rite and its liturgical colour is green. This year it is the second Sunday of October. The Gospel pericopes from St. John's Gosple give the account of the healing of the ruler's son at Capharnaum. The semi-double feast of SS Dionysius, Rusticus & Eleutherius is transferred to Monday.
At Vespers yesterday afternoon the antiphons and psalms Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485744057295737706.post-34448873398799630632023-10-15T00:30:00.001+00:002023-10-15T00:30:00.139+00:00October 2nd - XIX Sunday after Pentecost The nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost is, this year, the first Sunday of October. The Sunday is of semi-double rite and its liturgical colour is green. The Gospel pericopes contain the parable of the wedding feast from St. Matthew's Gospel with the sobering concluding words of the LORD Multi enim sunt vocati, pauci vero electi.
At Vespers yesterday afternoon the antiphons and psalms of Vespers Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485744057295737706.post-68227361207842409002023-10-08T00:30:00.001+00:002023-10-08T00:30:00.143+00:00September 25th - XVIII Sunday after Pentecost
The eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost is of semi-double rite and its liturgical colour is green. This year it is the fourth Sunday of September. The Gospel pericopes from St. Matthew relate the healing of a paralytic, both by being forgiven his sins and in being physically healed by the LORD.
At Vespers yesterday afternoon the antiphons and psalms of Vespers for Saturday (Pss. 143, 144, 145, Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485744057295737706.post-55671831172294283552023-10-01T00:30:00.001+00:002023-10-01T00:30:00.146+00:00September 18th - XVII Sunday after Pentecost
The seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost is of semi-double rite and its liturgical colour is green. This year it is the third Sunday of September. The Gospel pericopes at Mattins and Mass come from the twenty-second chapter of St. Matthew and have the Pharisees asking the LORD what is the greatest commandment. The week ahead will be of the September Ember Days.
At Vespers yesterday afternoon the Rubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com0