Sunday 17 July 2011

July 4th - Sunday within the Octave of SS Peter and Paul Apostles


The Sunday within the Octave of SS Peter and Paul is the fifth Sunday after Pentecost this year. The Sunday retains the red liturgical colour of the Octave.

At Vespers yesterday afternoon the antiphons Petrus et Joannes etc were sung with psalms 109, 112, 115, 125 & 138. The chapter was of the Sunday, O Altitudo, and the hymn, O Lux beata Trinitas. After the collect of the Sunday a commemoration sung of the Octave. At Compline the Dominical preces were omitted.

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) the lessons are the Incipit of the Second Book of the Kings. Lessons I and II are the same as in the modern edition of the Breviary, the third lesson continues Et ait ad eum ... Domini, i.e. the addition of v. 16. In the second nocturn (Pss. 15, 16 & 17) the lessons are taken from St. Gregory's Book of Morals. The fifth lesson is longer by a sentence and the sixth lesson considerably longer than those found in the modern editions. In the third nocturn (Pss. 18, 19 & 20) the homily is from St. Augustine's First Book on the Sermon on the Mount. The Gospel fragment begins with the additional words of the LORD Amen dico vobis. The lessons are considerably longer than their modern equivalents. 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 of the Octave is sung. The Suffrages are not sung.

At Prime (Pss. 53, 117, 118i & 118ii) Quicumque is sung but the Dominical preces are omitted due to the Octave.

Mass is sung after Terce. The Gloria is sung, the second collect is of the Octave. There is no third collect. The Credo is sung, the preface is of the Apostles.

Vespers are of the Sunday, with psalms (109, 110, 111, 112 & 113). After the collect of the Sunday a commemoration is sung of the Octave of SS Peter and Paul. At Compline the Domincal preces are omitted due to the Octave.

Art: Jerome Nadal

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