November 8th - Octave Day of All Saints

The Octave Day of All Saints is of double rite and its liturgical colour is white. The twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost, and the third Sunday of November, is commemorated in the Office and at Mass. This year the second Sunday of November and its week are omitted. 

At Vespers yesterday afternoon the antiphons Vidi turbam magnam etc were sung, doubled, with psalms 109, 110, 111, 112 and 116. The Office hymn was Christe Redemptor omnium. After the collect of the feast commemorations were sung of the Sunday (the antiphon being Muro tuo for the Saturday before the third Sunday of November) and of the Four Crowned Martyrs. The Suffrages were omitted as were the Dominical preces at Compline.

At Mattins the invitatory is proper and the hymn, Christe Redemptor omnium, is again sung as on the feast. In the first nocturn the antiphons Novit Dominus etc are sung, doubled, with Pss. 1, 4 and 8. The lessons in the first nocturn are taken from occurring scripture i.e. from the third Sunday in November, the Incipit of the book of Daniel the Prophet. These are almost the same as in the modern editions of the Breviary but, unusually the Tridentine third lesson is slightly shorter ending ... facies cum servis tuis. In the second nocturn the antiphons Domine, qui operati etc are sung, doubled, with Pss. 14, 23 and 31. The lessons are from St. Cyprian's writings. These are longer than those found in the modern editions. In the third nocturn the antiphons Timete Dominum etc are sung, doubled, with Pss. 33, 60 and 96. The homily is from St. Augustine. These lessons are identical to those found in the modern editions. Today the ninth lesson appointed for the Four Crowned Martyrs is omitted and the ninth lesson is formed of the three lessons appointed for the homily of the twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost. These are from St. Hiliary on St. Matthew's Gospel and are the same as those found in later editions. The Te Deum is sung.

At Lauds the antiphons Vidi turbam magnam etc are sung with the Sunday psalms (Pss. 99, 92, 62-66, Benedicite & 148-149-150). The Office hymn is Jesu salvator saeculi. After the collect of the feast commemorations are sung of the Sunday and of the Four Crowned Martyrs. The antiphons of Lauds are sung at the Hours in the usual way. At Prime (Pss. 53, 118i, 118ii) both Quicumque and the Dominical preces are omitted. The lectio brevis is proper to the feast and octave, Benedictio et claritas.

Mass is sung after Terce. The Gloria is sung, the second collect is of the Sunday, the third collect of the Four Crowned Martyrs. The Creed is sung, the common preface is sung and the last Gospel is of the Sunday. 

At Vespers the antiphons Vidi turbam magnam are sung, doubled, with Pss. 109, 110, 111, 112 & 115. From the chapter, Vidi civitatem, the Office is of feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica. The Office hymn is Urbs beata Jerusalem. After the collect of the feast commemorations are sung of the Octave Day of All Saints, of the Sunday and of St. Theodore. The Suffrages are omitted as are the Dominical preces at Compline. Icon: All Saints Antiochian Orthodox Church, Illinois.