Sunday 17 July 2022

July 4th - V Sunday after Pentecost - Sunday within the Octave of SS Peter & Paul


The Sunday fifth Sunday after Pentecost is of semi-double rite and, being this years the Sunday within the Octave of SS Peter and Paul, its liturgical colour is red.

At Vespers yesterday afternoon the antiphons Juravit Dominus etc were sung, not doubled, with psalms 109, 112, 115, 125 & 138. The chapter was of the Sunday, O Altitudo, and the Office hymn, O Lux beata Trinitas. After the collect of the Sunday a commemoration sung of the Octave. The Suffrages were omitted. At Compline the Dominical preces were omitted.

At Mattins the invitatory is Adoremus Dominum and the Office hymn is 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. The Office hymn is Ecce jam noctis. After the collect of the Sunday a commemoration of the Octave is sung. The Suffrages are omitted.

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 being a Sunday within an Octave. The Creed is sung, the preface is of the Apostles.

Vespers are of the Sunday, with psalms (109, 110, 111, 112 & 113). The Office hymn is Lucis creator. After the collect of the Sunday a commemoration is sung of the Octave. The Suffrages are omitted. At Compline the Domincal preces are omitted due to the Octave.

Art: Jerome Nadal

2 comments:

  1. Antiphons Petrus et Joannes, etc. at Saturday vespers or from the common?

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