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Prepared for the Dominican Friars
of the Province of the Assumption of B. Virgin Mary
in Australia and New Zealand
and the Vicariate of Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea
Revised in accordance with the Catalogus Hagiographicus (2001) and Additamenta ad Proprium Missalis et Liturgiae Horarum (2006) for the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite in the Order of Preachers.
Lumen Beatum Praedicans
A Dominican in our province, particularly if travelling, has to contend with several national calendars, as well as local ones and the calendar of the Order. Moreover, in addition to the various options in the books of the reformed Roman Rite, our own reformed books offer further options, both in texts and in ceremonies, on many days of the liturgical year, or occasions in the life of our priories.
The hapless friar is at risk of finding that it is "more business to find out what should be read, than to read it when it [is] found out", to quote a famous attempt at reform! This Ordo aims to give simple directions for our friars of the province in the dioceses in which we have foundations. Friars travelling in other dioceses will still need to consult local calendars.
As well as the General Roman Calendar and the Calendar of our Order, local celebrations such as the anniversary of the dedication of the Church and the Cathedral and local patrons have been included where they are known.
Also included are liturgical directives or advice, drawn from the liturgical books of the Roman Rite or our Order, and the documents of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, including the 2002 General Instruction of the Roman Missal. These indications are included to draw attention to easily neglected or misunderstood provisions. They are not complete, nor do they always refer to the most important aspects of liturgy. Recourse should always be had to the original documents.
No doubt some matters have been overlooked. Please do not hesitate to bring errors or omissions to the editor's notice. He would be particular grateful for further information regarding local calendars in New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
Martin Wallace, O.P.
Chair, Provincial Liturgical Commission
martin.wallace@op.org.au
According to the desire of St. Dominic, the solemn and common celebration of the liturgy must be maintained among the principal duties of our vocation.
In the liturgy, especially in the Eucharist, the mystery of salvation is present and at work, a mystery in which we share and which we contemplate and proclaim in preaching to others so that they may be incorporated into Christ through the sacraments of faith.
In the liturgy, together with Christ, we glorify God for the eternal plan of the divine will and for the wonderful order of grace, and we intercede with the Father of mercies for the entire Church as well as for the needs and the salvation of the whole world. Therefore, the celebration of the liturgy is the centre and heart of our whole life, whose unity especially is rooted in it.
Book of Constitutions and Ordinations of the Order of Friars Preachers, no.57. |
This Liturgical Calendar follows the Roman Calendar and the proper Calendar of the Order of Preachers, adapted for use in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands by the inclusion of celebrations proper to the Order and celebrations proper to those countries.
Local celebrations (titular feasts, diocesan patrons, anniversaries of dedication etc.) are shown for those places where the Province has foundations. Those working or living in other places need to consult local calendars for local variations.
I. The Calendar:
Certain celebrations [e.g., Christmas, Pentecost and Assumption] have proper Vigil Masses in addition to the Mass for the day itself. These Vigil Masses are intended to be used either before or after Evening Prayer I of the celebration. In Australia, for pastoral reasons, it is permitted to use the Mass of the Day in place of the Vigil Mass (except, of course, for the Easter Vigil.)
On Saturdays in Ordinary Time when there is no obligatory memorial, an optional memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary is encouraged. Whenever this optional memorial is allowed, the special votive Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary proper to the Order, or a Mass from the Collection of Masses in Honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary may be used as an alternative. For the Office, the proper offices in the Liturgy of the Hours or the votive offices of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Dominican Supplement may be used.
II. Patronal Feasts:
In addition to the celebrations proper to each province, a community should celebrate the following:
- Solemnity of the anniversary of the Dedication of the church on the anniversary day of the dedication, if the church was consecrated. If the day of dedication is unknown, this solemnity is observed on Oct 22;
- Solemnity of the titular saint of the church;
- Solemnity of the principal patron of their house;
- Feast of the anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral;
- Feast of the principal patron of the diocese, territory, province, or more extensive territory.
III. Typography of this Calendar:
A. Italics: indicate an element of the liturgy of the day which is optional, e.g., sequence; or indicate an Optional Memorial, e.g., Dec 4, St. John of Damascus. They are also used for words in other languages, e.g. Te Deum.
B. Explanatory material is set in smaller type.
C. The letters OP in the margin indicate a celebration or rubrical directions proper to the Order. E. Blesseds on the Calendar for the Provinces (which is a supplement to the Martyrology - cf. General Instruction of the Roman Missal, n. 355) appear like this.
- DPPL : Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (2001)
- GILH = General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours (1971)
- GIRM = General Instruction of the Roman Missal (2002)
- MR = Missale Romanum, editio typica tertia (2002)
- OHS = Ordo Hebdomadae Sanctae OP (1965)
- pref = preface
- prop = proper
- PS = Paschale Sollemnitatis, Congregation for Divine Worship & Discipline of the Sacraments, Jan. 1988
- RC = Roman Calendar (1969; as amended)
- RCIA = Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (1972)
In addition to the indulgences in the Handbook of Indulgences for the universal Latin Church, the brethren may gain the following indulgences granted to the Order:
A plenary indulgence, under the usual conditions, may be gained by a brother who makes or renews, at least privately, his intention to fulfil faithfully the duties of his vocation:
For the whole Order:
- on the feasts of the Birth of the Lord, Easter, Annunciation, Assumption of B. V. Mary, St Dominic, St Thomas Aquinas, St Catherine of Siena and All Saints of the Order;
- on the occasion of a General Chapter.
For the individual houses:
- on the feast of the principal patron of the house;
- on the feast of saints or blesseds whose body or principal relics are kept there;
- at the end of regular visitation.
For individual brothers:
- on the day of entering the novitiate
- on the day of first profession and the day of solemn profession;
- on the 25th, 50th, 60th and 75th anniversary of first profession.
(cf. Decree of S. Apostolic Penitentiary, 25 Oct, 1967)
| Jan 1 Wednesday | | white* | Octave Day of Christmas - Mary, Mother of God
with a commemoration of the imposition of the Holy Name of Jesus
World Day of Peace | Solemnity | | Mass of the Solemnity; gloria in excelsis, creed, preface of the Solemnity | | Nb 6: 22-27; Ps 67: 2-3, 5, 6, 8; Ga 4:4-7; Lk 2: 16-21. | | | Hours of the Solemnity; Te Deum. | | Jan 2 Thursday | | white | Ss Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, bishops and doctors | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of Christmas I - III, or of the memorial.
| | | 1 Jn 2:22-28; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4; Jn 1:19-28. | | Hours of the memorial. | | Jan 3 Friday | | white | Friday before Epiphany | | | Mass of the day; Preface of Christmas I - III | | | 1 Jn 2:29-3:6; Ps 98:1, 3cd-4, 5-6; Jn 1:29-34. | | Hours of the day | | white | Most Holy Name of Jesus | Optional | | Votive Mass and Office from the Dominican Proper are highly recommended today. | | white | Bl. Stephana Quinzani, virgin | | | Jan 4 Saturday | | white | Saturday before Epiphany | | | Mass of the day; Preface of Christmas I - III | | | 1 Jn 3:7-10; Ps 98:1, 7-8, 9; Jn 1:35-42. | | Hours of the day | | white | St Zedislava of Lemberk | Optional | | Jan 5 Sunday | | white | Epiphany of the Lord | Solemnity | | Mass of the Solemnity; gloria, sequence optional, creed. | | | Is 60:1-6; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13; Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12. | | The Solemn Proclamation of the Date of Easter and the other major dates is encouraged (DPPL, n. 118). It is read by the deacon or cantor immediately after the Gospel. For a text, see the Appendix. | | Preface of Epiphany; special Communicantes in Roman Canon.
| | | OP | At Mass the sequence Laetabundus may be used.
Hours of the Solemnity. Te Deum. | | Jan 6 Monday | | white | Monday after Epiphany | | | Mass of the day; Preface of Christmas I - III or of Epiphany | | | 1 Jn 3:22-4:6; Ps 2:7bc-8, 10-11; Mt 4:12-17, 23-25. | | Hours of the day. |
| Jan 7 Tuesday | | white | St Raymond of Peñafort, priest and Master of the Order | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial *; preface of Christmas I - III or of Epiphany, or of the saint. | | | 1 Jn 4:7-10; Ps 72:1-2, 3-4ab, 7-8; Mk 6:34-44. | | Hours of the memorial. | | Jan 8 Wednesday | | white | Wednesday after Epiphany | | | Mass of the day; Preface of Christmas I - III or of Epiphany | | | 1 Jn 4:11-18; Ps 72:1-2, 10, 12-13; Mk 6:45-52. | | Hours of the day. |
| Jan 9 Thursday | | white | Thursday after Epiphany | | | Mass of the day; Preface of Christmas I - III or of Epiphany | | | 1 Jn 4:19-5:4; Ps 72:1-2, 14+15bc, 17; Lk 4:14-22a. | | Hours of the day. |
| Jan 10 Friday | | white | Friday after Epiphany | | | Mass of the day; Preface of Christmas I - III or of Epiphany | | | 1 Jn 5:5-13; Ps 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20; Lk 5:12-16. | | Hours of the day. | | white | Bl. Ann of the Angels Monteagudo, virgin | | | white | Bl. Gonsalvo of Amarante, priest | |
| Jan 11 Saturday | | white | Saturday after Epiphany | | | Mass of the day; Preface of Christmas I - III or of Epiphany | | | 1 Jn 5:14-21; Ps 149:1-2, 3-4, 5+6a+9b; Jn 3:22-30. | | Hours of the day. | | white | Bl. Bernard Scammacca, priest | |
| Jan 12 Sunday | | white | Baptism of the Lord | Feast | | Mass of the Feast; Gloria creed. | | Is 42:1-4, 6-7a Ps 29:1-2, 3-4, 3b+9b-10 Ac 10:34-38 Mt 3:13-17 | | Hours of the feast. Te Deum. | | Ordinary Time begins. | | Jan 13 Monday | | green | Monday of the first week. | | | | Mass of the day. | | | 1 S 1:1-8; Ps 116:12-13, 14-17, 18-19; Mk 1:14-20. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | St Hilary, bishop and doctor | Optional |
| Jan 14 Tuesday | | green | Tuesday of the first week. | | | | Mass of the day. | | | 1 S 1:9-20; 1 S 2:1, 4-5, 6-7, 8; Mk 1:21-28. | | | Hours of the day. |
| Jan 15 Wednesday | | green | Wednesday of the first week. | | | | Mass of the day. | | | 1 S 3:1-10, 19-20; Ps 40:2-5, 7-8, 8-9, 10; Mk 1:29-39. | | | Hours of the day. |
| Jan 16 Thursday | | green | Thursday of the first week. | | | | Mass of the day. | | | 1 S 4:1-11; Ps 44:10-11, 14-15, 25-26; Mk 1:40-45. | | | Hours of the day. |
| Jan 17 Friday | | white | St Anthony, abbot | Memorial | | Mass of the saint; preface of the weekday, or of the saint | | | 1 S 8:4-7, 10-22; Ps 89:16-17, 18-19; Mk 2:1-12. | | Hours of the memorial. | | Jan 18 Saturday | | green | Saturday of the first week. | | | | Mass of the day. | | | 1 S 9:1-4, 17-19; 10:1; Ps 21:2-3, 4-5, 6-7; Mk 2:13-17. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | St. Margaret of Hungary, virgin | Optional | white / green
OP | Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Supplementary texts for Mass and Office in the Dominican Proper | Optional | | | | |
| Jan 19 Sunday | | green | Second Sunday of the Year | | | Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed. | | | Is 49: 3, 5-6; Ps 40:2+4, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10; 1 Co 1:1-3; Jn 1:29-34 | | | Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 2 of the Psalter. | | Jan 20 Monday | | green | Monday of the second week. | | | | Mass of the day. | | | 1 S 15:16-23; Ps 50:8-9, 16-17, 21, 23; Mk 2:18-22. | | | Hours of the day. | | red | St Fabian, pope and martyr | Optional | | red | St Sebastian, martyr | Optional |
| Jan 21 Tuesday | | red | St Agnes, virgin and martyr | Memorial | | Mass of the saint; preface of the weekday, or of the saint | | | 1 S 16:1-13; Ps 89:20, 21-22, 27-28; Mk 2:23-28. | | Hours of the memorial. | | Jan 22 Wednesday | | green | Wednesday of the second week. | | | | Mass of the day. | | | 1 S 17:32-33, 37, 40-51; Ps 144:1, 2, 9-10; Mk 3:1-6. | | | Hours of the day. | | red | St Vincent, deacon and martyr | Optional | | white | Bl. Anthony della Chiesa, priest | |
| Jan 23 Thursday | | green | Thursday of the second week. | | | | Mass of the day. | | | 1 S 18:6-9; 19:1-7; Ps 56:2-3, 9-10, 10-12, 13-14; Mk 3:7-12. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Bl. Henry Suso, priest | |
| Jan 24 Friday | | white | St Francis de Sales, bishop and doctor | Memorial | | Mass of the saint; preface of the weekday, or of the saint | | | 1 S 24:3-21; Ps 57:2, 3-4, 6, 11; Mk 3:13-19. | | Hours of the memorial. | | Jan 25 Saturday | | white | The Conversion of St Paul, apostle | Feast | | Mass of the feast; gloria, preface of the feast. | | | Ac 22:3-16 or Ac 9:1-22; Ps 117:1, 2; Mk 16:15-18. | | | Hours of the feast; Te Deum | | Jan 26 Sunday | | green | Third Sunday of the Year | | | Sunday of the Word of God | | | The Word of God should be enthroned at Mass; pastors may distribute bibles, or extracts, to all the faithful after Mass. The homily should reflect on the importance of the Word of God in the life of a Christian. Motu proprio, Aperuit illis, 30 Sep. 2019. | | | Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed. | | | Is 8:23-9:3; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; 1 Co 1:10-13, 17; Mt 4:12-23 or 4:12-17 | | | Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 3 of the Psalter. | | Jan 27 Monday | | green | Monday of the third week. | | | | Mass of the day. | | | 2 S 5:1-7, 10; Ps 89:20, 21-22, 25-26; Mk 3:22-30. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | St Angela Merici, virgin | Optional | | white | Bl. Marcolino of Forli, priest | |
| Jan 28 Tuesday | | white | St. Thomas Aquinas, friar, priest and Doctor of the Church | Feast | | Mass of the feast; gloria, preface of the feast. | | | Ws 7: 7-10, 15-16 or Ep 3: 8-12; Ps 37: 3-4, 5-6, 30-31; Jn 17:11b-19 or Jn 16: 23b-28 or Mt 5: 13-19. | | | Hours of the feast; Te Deum | | OP | Plenary indulgence under usual conditions for brethren who renew, at least privately, their resolve to fulfil faithfully the duties of their vocation. See Appendix. | | Jan 29 Wednesday | | green | Wednesday of the third week. | | | | Mass of the day. | | | 2 S 7:4-17; Ps 89:4-5, 27-28, 29-30; Mk 4:1-20. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Bl. Villana delle Botti | |
| Jan 30 Thursday | | green | Thursday of the third week. | | | | Mass of the day. | | | 2 S 7:18-19, 24-29; Ps 132:1-2, 3-5, 11,12,13-14; Mk 4:21-25. | | | Hours of the day. |
| Jan 31 Friday | | white | St John Bosco, priest | Memorial | | Mass of the saint; preface of the weekday, or of the saint | | | 2 S 11:1-4, 5-10, 13-17; Ps 51:3-4, 5-6, 6-7, 10-11; Mk 4:26-34. | | Hours of the memorial. |
| Feb 1 Saturday | | green | Saturday of the third week. | | | | Mass of the day. | | | 2 S 12:1-7, 10-17; Ps 51:12-13, 14-15, 16-17; Mk 4:35-41. | | | Hours of the day. | white / green
OP | Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Supplementary texts for Mass and Office in the Dominican Proper | Optional | | | | |
| Feb 2 Sunday | | white* | The Presentation of the Lord
(Candlemas Day) | Feast | |
Mass of the feast; gloria, preface of the feast. | | | Ml 3:1-4 Ps 24: 7-10 Hb 2:14-18 Lk 2: 22-40 or Lk 2: 22-32 | | | Hours of the feast; Te Deum | | Before the principal Mass, the blessing and distribution of candles takes place as indicated in the Roman Missal. |
| OP | Candles may be distributed before the rite, or after the blessing. The Prayer of Blessing and the procession with stations may be observed with our proper chants, as set out in the Dominican Proper. At Mass the sequence Laetabundus may be used.
The custom of the offering of candles in our tradition represents openness of our hearts to the Lord. If this is followed, the brethren and faithful hold the lighted candles in their hands until the rite of offering, which occurs while the Offertory chant is sung. At Evening Prayer, the prose Inviolata may be sung after the short reading, after or in place of the responsory.
| | | Feb 3 Monday | | green | Monday of the fourth week. | | | | Mass of the day. | | | 2 S 15:13-14, 30; 16:5-13; Ps 3:2-3, 4-5, 6-7; Mk 5:1-20. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | St Ansgar, bishop | Optional | | red | St Blase, bishop and martyr; | Optional | | red | Bl. Anthony Pavonio, priest and martyr | | | red | Bl. Bartholomew of Cerverio, priest and martyr | | | red | Bl. Peter of Ruffia, priest and martyr | |
| Feb 4 Tuesday | | green | Tuesday of the fourth week. | | | | Mass of the day. | | | 2 S 18:9-10, 14, 24-25, 30-19:3; Ps 86:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; Mk 5:21-43. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | St Catherine de Ricci, virgin | Optional |
| Feb 5 Wednesday | | red | St Agatha, virgin and martyr | Memorial | | Mass of the saint; preface of the weekday, or of the saint | | | 2 S 24:2, 9-17; Ps 32:1-2, 5, 6, 7; Mk 6:1-6. | | Hours of the memorial. | | Feb 6 Thursday | | red | St Paul Miki and companions, martyrs | Memorial | | Mass of the saint; preface of the weekday, or of the saint | | | 1 K 2:1-4, 10-12; 1 Chr 29:10, 11, 11-12, 12; Mk 6:7-13. | | Hours of the memorial. | | Feb 7 Friday | | green | Friday of the fourth week. | | | | Mass of the day. | | | Si 47:2-11; Ps 18:31, 47, 50, 51; Mk 6:14-29. | | | Hours of the day. |
| Feb 8 Saturday | | green | Saturday of the fourth week. | | | | Mass of the day. | | | 1 K 3:4-13; Ps 119:9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14; Mk 6:30-34. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | St Jerome Emiliani | Optional | | white | St Josephine Bakhita, virgin | Optional | white / green
OP | Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Supplementary texts for Mass and Office in the Dominican Proper | Optional | | | | |
| Feb 9 Sunday | | green | Fifth Sunday of the Year | | | Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed. | | | Is 58:7-10; Ps 112:4-5, 6-7, 8-9; 1 Co 2:1-5; Mt 5:13-16 | | | Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 1 of the Psalter. | | Feb 10 Monday | | white | St Scholastica, virgin | Memorial | | Mass of the saint; preface of the weekday, or of the saint | | | 1 K 8:1-7, 9-13; Ps 132:6-7, 8-10; Mk 6:53-56. | | Hours of the memorial. | | Feb 11 Tuesday | | green | Tuesday of the fifth week. | | | | Mass of the day. | | | 1 K 8:22-23, 27-30; Ps 84:3-4, 5, 10, 11; Mk 7:1-13. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Our Lady of Lourdes | Optional |
| Feb 12 Wednesday | | green | Wednesday of the fifth week. | | | | Mass of the day. | | | 1 K 10:1-10; Ps 37:5-6, 30-31, 39-40; Mk 7:14-23. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Bl. Reginald of Orléans, priest | |
| Feb 13 Thursday | | white | Bl. Jordan of Saxony, priest and Master of the Order | Memorial | | Mass of the saint; preface of the weekday, or of the saint | | | 1 K 11:4-13; Ps 106:3-4, 35-3, 37, 40; Mk 7:24-30. | | Hours of the memorial. | | Feb 14 Friday | | white | St Cyril, monk, and St Methodius, bishop | Memorial | | Mass of the saint; preface of the weekday, or of the saint | | | 1 K 11:29-32; 12:19; Ps 81:10-11, 12-13, 14-15; Mk 7:31-37. | | Hours of the memorial. | | Feb 15 Saturday | | green | Saturday of the fifth week. | | | | Mass of the day. | | | 1 K 12:26-32; 13:33-34; Ps 106:6-7, 19-20, 21-22; Mk 8:1-10. | | | Hours of the day. | white / green
OP | Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Supplementary texts for Mass and Office in the Dominican Proper | Optional | | | | |
| Feb 16 Sunday | | green | Sixth Sunday of the Year | | | Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed. | | | Si 15:15-20; Ps 119:1-2, 4-5, 17-18, 33-34; 1 Co 2:6-10; Mt 5:17-37a or 5:20-22, 27-28, 33-34, 37 | | | Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 2 of the Psalter. | | Feb 17 Monday | | green | Monday of the sixth week. | | | | Mass of the day. | | | Jm 1:1-11; Ps 119:67, 68, 71, 72, 75, 76; Mk 8:11-13. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Seven Founders of the Order of Servites | Optional |
| Feb 18 Tuesday | | green | Tuesday of the sixth week. | | | | Mass of the day. | | | Jm 1:12-18; Ps 94:12-13, 14-15, 18-19; Mk 8:14-21. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Bl. Angelico(John of Fiesole), priest | Optional |
| Feb 19 Wednesday | | green | Wednesday of the sixth week. | | | | Mass of the day. | | | Jm 1:19-27; Ps 15:2-3, 3-4, 5; Mk 8:22-26. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Bl. Alvarez of Cordoba, priest | |
| Feb 20 Thursday | | green | Thursday of the sixth week. | | | | Mass of the day. | | | Jm 2:1-9; Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7; Mk 8:27-33. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Bl. Christopher of Milan, priest | |
| Feb 21 Friday | | green | Friday of the sixth week. | | | | Mass of the day. | | | Jm 2:14-24, 26; Ps 112:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; Mk 8:34-9:1. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | St Peter Damian, bishop and doctor | Optional |
| Feb 22 Saturday | | white | Chair of St Peter, apostle | Feast | | Mass of the feast; gloria, preface of the feast. | | | 1 Pt 5:1-4; Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6; Mt 16:13-19. | | | Hours of the feast; Te Deum | | Feb 23 Sunday | | green | Seventh Sunday of the Year | | | Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed. | | | Lv 19:1-2, 17-18; Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 8+10, 12-13; 1 Co 3:16-23; Mt 5:38-48 | | | Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 3 of the Psalter. | | Feb 24 Monday | | green | Monday of the seventh week. | | | | Mass of the day. | | | Jm 3:13-18; Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 15; Mk 9:14-29. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Bl. Ascensión of the Heart of Jesus Nicol Goñi, virgin. | | | white | Bl. Constantius of Fabriano, priest | |
| Feb 25 Tuesday | | green | Tuesday of the seventh week. | | | | Mass of the day. | | | Jm 4:1-10; Ps 55:7-8, 9-10, 10-11, 23; Mk 9:30-37. | | | Hours of the day. |
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| Lent is a penitential season of prayer, fasting and almsgiving in preparation for Easter.
Catholics over the age of reason are required to receive Holy Communion at least once a year. (CIC 920 #1); in Australia and New Zealand, between Ash Wednesday and Trinity Sunday.
On the Sundays of Lent, all other celebrations are prohibited, and even solemnities are transferred. Feasts and memorials are omitted. On the other days of Lent, only solemnities and feasts are permitted. Memorials, however, may be celebrated as commemorations, as follows:
a) At the office of Readings, the proper hagiographic reading may be added as a third reading, after the patristic reading and its responsory;
b) At Lauds and Vespers, after the Collect of the day, omitting the conclusion, the antiphon and Collect of the saint may be added;
c) At Mass, the Collect of the saint may be used.
Masses for various necessities and votive Masses are prohibited, except with permission of the local Ordinary. The “daily” Mass for the dead is prohibited.
Alleluia is omitted in all texts wherever it occurs. The Prayer over the People at the end of Mass is recommended on weekdays.
In the celebration of Matrimony, the Nuptial Blessing is given, but the spouses are to be advised to have regard to the nature of the Lenten season.
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Penitential practices during Lent:
- According to Church Law, Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are observed as days of fast and abstinence. According to the Statue of the Province (n. 10), all the Fridays in Lent are days of fast and abstinence for the brethren. The House Chapter is to decide other forms of community penance for Lent. (LCO 49, - III)
- If it seems appropriate, on Ash Wednesday or on other days during Lent, in place of the former rite of the penitential psalms, some communal penitential celebration or "rite of reconciliation" may be held, whether sacramental or non-sacramental (according to the spirit of the Rite of Penance, nn.36 - 37). This celebration may not immediately precede Mass.
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- If Night Prayer is sung, the In pace response may be used in place of "Into your hands." The antiphons Evigila or O Rex may be used in place of the gospel canticle antiphon "Save us."
- If Night Prayer is not sung, the antiphons Evigila and O Rex may be used for the gospel canticle at Evening Prayer in place of the regular antiphon at Evening Prayer I and II of Sundays of Lent.
- The chant Media vita may be used in place of the short response at Night Prayer or at Evening Prayer, or even at other celebrations, such as a penitential liturgy on Ash Wednesday or on Thursday of Holy Week (before the beginning of the Easter Triduum).
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| | | Feb 26 Wednesday | | Ash Wednesday | | | | | | Mass of Ash Wednesday; the penitential rite is omitted. Preface of Lent III or IV. | | | Joel 2: 12-18; Ps 51:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14+17; 2 Cor 5:20-6:2; Matt 6:1-6, 16-18 | | | Hours of Ash Wednesday; Psalter Week IV today and until Saturday.
At Morning Prayer, the psalms of Friday, Week III may be used today. | | | The celebrant blesses and distributes ashes after the homily.
Other persons may be associated with the bishop or priest in the imposition of ashes, e.g., deacons, special ministers of communion and other lay persons, when there is true pastoral need. |
| Special ministers of communion and deacons may bring blessed ashes to the sick and those confined to their homes. If a minister is not available, a member of the family or another person may bring the blessed ashes to a shut-in, using one of the formulas in the Sacramentary to impose ashes. |
| OP | For pastoral reasons the blessing and distribution of ashes may take place outside Mass. In this case it may be appropriately joined to some hour of the Office, especially Midday Prayer or the Office of Readings. | | NB: | When the blessing and distribution of ashes takes place outside Mass and apart from an hour of the Office, the entire liturgy of the word should be celebrated: entrance song, opening prayer, readings and chants, homily, blessing and distribution of ashes, and general intercessions. | | Feb 27 Thursday | | violet | Thursday after Ash Wednesday. | Mass of the day. Preface of Lent, preferably III - IV | | | Dt 30:15-20; Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4+6; Lk 9:22-25 | | Prayer over the People ad libitum | | Hours of the day. | | Feb 28 Friday | | violet | Friday after Ash Wednesday. | Mass of the day. Preface of Lent, preferably III - IV | | | Is 58:1-9a; Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 18-19; Mt 9:14-15 | | Prayer over the People ad libitum | | Hours of the day. | | Feb 29 Saturday | | violet | Saturday after Ash Wednesday. | Mass of the day. Preface of Lent, preferably III - IV | | | Is 58:9b-14; Ps 86:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; Lk 5:27-32 | | Prayer over the People ad libitum | | Hours of the day. | | | |
| Mar 1 Sunday | | violet | First Sunday in Lent | | Mass of the Sunday; creed, Preface of First Sunday or Lent I - II.
The beginning of the penitential season should be marked in some way, e.g. by Litany of Saints in Entrance Procession. (PS, 23)
Rite of Election (Enrolment of Names) for the catechumens. | | Yr A | Gn 2:7-9; 3:1-7; Ps 51:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14+17; Rm 5:12-19 or 5:12, 17-19; Mt 4:1-11. | | Hours of the Sunday. | | | | Mar 2 Monday | | violet | Monday in the First Week of Lent | | Mass of the day. Preface of Lent, preferably III - IV | | | Lv 19:1-2, 11-18; Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 15; Mt 25:31-46 | | Prayer over the People ad libitum | | Hours of the day. | | Mar 3 Tuesday | | violet | Tuesday in the First Week of Lent | | Mass of the day. Preface of Lent, preferably III - IV | | | Is 55:10-11; Ps 34:4-5, 6-7, 16-17, 18-19; Mt 6:7-15 | | Prayer over the People ad libitum | | Hours of the day. | | Mar 4 Wednesday | | violet | Wednesday in the First Week of Lent | | Mass of the day. Preface of Lent, preferably III - IV | | | Jon 3:1-10; Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 18-19; Lk 11:29-32 | | Prayer over the People ad libitum | | Hours of the day. | | St Casimir | Commemoration | | Mar 5 Thursday | | violet | Thursday in the First Week of Lent | | Mass of the day. Preface of Lent, preferably III - IV | | | Est C:12, 14-16, 23-25; Ps 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 7c-8; Mt 7:7-12 | | Prayer over the People ad libitum | | Hours of the day. | | Mar 6 Friday | | violet | Friday in the First Week of Lent | | Mass of the day. Preface of Lent, preferably III - IV | | | Ezk 18:21-28; Ps 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-7a, 7bc-8; Mt 5:20-26 | | Prayer over the People ad libitum | | Hours of the day. | | | Australia | | violet | Autumn Ember Day | | | A day of penance and prayer. | | | MASS of the Friday in Lent, or from the Masses for Various needs and Occasions.
Readings of the weekday in Lent, as above. Eucharistic Prayer for Various Needs and Occasions is recommended. | | | Prayer over the People ad libitum. | | | Liturgy of the Hours of the weekday in Lent. |
| | Mar 7 Saturday | | violet | Saturday in the First Week of Lent | | Mass of the day. Preface of Lent, preferably III - IV | | | Dt 26:16-19; Ps 119:1-2, 4-5, 7-8; Mt 5:43-48 | | Prayer over the People ad libitum | | Hours of the day. | | Ss Perpetua and Felicity, martyrs | Commemoration | | Mar 8 Sunday | | violet | Second Sunday in Lent | | Mass of the Sunday; creed, Preface of Second Sunday or Lent I - II. | | Yr A | Gn 12:1-4; Ps 33:4-5, 18-19, 20+22; 2 Tim 1:8b-10; Mt 17:1-9. | | Hours of the Sunday. | | | | Mar 9 Monday | | violet | Monday in the Second Week of Lent | | Mass of the day. Preface of Lent, preferably III - IV | | | Dn 9:4b-10; Ps 79:8, 9, 11+13; Lk 6:36-38 | | Prayer over the People ad libitum | | Hours of the day. | | St Frances of Rome, religious | Commemoration | | Mar 10 Tuesday | | violet | Tuesday in the Second Week of Lent | | Mass of the day. Preface of Lent, preferably III - IV | | | Is 1:10, 16-20; Ps 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21+ 23; Mt 23:1-12 | | Prayer over the People ad libitum | | Hours of the day. | | Mar 11 Wednesday | | violet | Wednesday in the Second Week of Lent | | Mass of the day. Preface of Lent, preferably III - IV | | | Jr 18:18-20; Ps 31:5-6, 14, 15-16; Mt 20:17-28 | | Prayer over the People ad libitum | | Hours of the day. | | Mar 12 Thursday | | violet | Thursday in the Second Week of Lent | | Mass of the day. Preface of Lent, preferably III - IV | | | Jr 17:5-10; Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4+6; Lk 16:19-31 | | Prayer over the People ad libitum | | Hours of the day. | | Mar 13 Friday | | violet | Friday in the Second Week of Lent | | Mass of the day. Preface of Lent, preferably III - IV | | | Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a; Ps 105:16-17, 18-19, 20-21; Mt 21:33-43, 45-46 | | Prayer over the People ad libitum | | Hours of the day. | | Mar 14 Saturday | | violet | Saturday in the Second Week of Lent | | Mass of the day. Preface of Lent, preferably III - IV | | | Mic 7:14-15, 18-20; Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11-12; Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 | | Prayer over the People ad libitum | | Hours of the day. | | Mar 15 Sunday | | violet | Third Sunday in Lent | | Mass of the Sunday, or of the First Scrutiny; creed, Preface of Third Sunday (with Year "A" readings) or Lent I - II. | | Yr A | Ex 17:3-7; Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9; Rm 5:1-2, 5-8; Jn 4:5-42 or 4:5-15, 19-26, 39, 40-42. | | Hours of the Sunday. | | | | Mar 16 Monday | | violet | Monday in the Third Week of Lent | | Mass of the day. Preface of Lent, preferably III - IV | | | 2 K 5:1-15a; Ps 42:2-3; 43:3-4; Lk 4:24-30 | | Prayer over the People ad libitum | | Hours of the day. | | Mar 17 Tuesday | | violet | Tuesday in the Third Week of Lent | | Mass of the day. Preface of Lent, preferably III - IV | | | Dn 3:25, 34-43; Ps 25:4bc-5ab, 6+7bc, 8-9; Mt 18:21-35 | | Prayer over the People ad libitum | | Hours of the day. | | St Patrick, bishop | Commemoration | | Mar 18 Wednesday | | violet | Wednesday in the Third Week of Lent | | Mass of the day. Preface of Lent, preferably III - IV | | | Dt 4:1, 5-9; Ps 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20; Mt 5:17-19 | | Prayer over the People ad libitum | | Hours of the day. | | Cyril of Jerusalem, bishop and doctor | Commemoration | | Mar 19 Thursday | | white | St Joseph, Husband of Mary | Solemnity | | Mass of the solemnity; gloria, creed; preface of the solemnity. | | 2 S 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16 Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 27+29 Rm 4:13, 16-18, 22 Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Lk 2:41-51a | | Other masses are prohibited, but the funeral mass is allowed.
Hours of the solemnity; Te Deum | | Mar 20 Friday | | violet | Friday in the Third Week of Lent | | Mass of the day. Preface of Lent, preferably III - IV | | | Ho 14:2-10; Ps 81:6c-8a, 8bc-9, 10-11ab, 14+17; Mk 12:28b-34 | | Prayer over the People ad libitum | | Hours of the day. | | Mar 21 Saturday | | violet | Saturday in the Third Week of Lent | | Mass of the day. Preface of Lent, preferably III - IV | | | Ho 6:1-6; Ps 51:3-4, 18-19, 20-21ab; Lk 18:9-14 | | Prayer over the People ad libitum | | Hours of the day. | | Mar 22 Sunday | | rose or violet | Fourth Sunday in Lent ("Laetare") | | Mass of the Sunday, or of the Second Scrutiny; creed, Preface of Fourth Sunday (with Year "A" readings) or Lent I - II. | | Yr A | 1 S 16:1, 6-7, 10-13; Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6; Eph 5:8-14; Jn 9:1-41 or 9:1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38. | | Hours of the Sunday. | | Organ may be played solo; flowers may decorate the altar today. (PS 25.) | | Mar 23 Monday | | violet | Monday in the Fourth Week of Lent | | Mass of the day. Preface of Lent, preferably III - IV | | | Is 65:17-21; Ps 30:2+4, 5-6, 11-12a+13b; Jn 4:43-54 | | Prayer over the People ad libitum | | Hours of the day. | | St Turibius de Mongrovejo, bishop | Commemoration | | Mar 24 Tuesday | | violet | Tuesday in the Fourth Week of Lent | | Mass of the day. Preface of Lent, preferably III - IV | | | Ezk 47:1-9, 12; Ps 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9; Jn 5:1-3a, 5-16 | | Prayer over the People ad libitum | | Hours of the day. | | Mar 25 Wednesday | | white | Annunciation of the Lord | Solemnity | | Mass of the solemnity; gloria, creed; preface of the solemnity. | | All genuflect in the creed at ...and became man. | | Is 7: 10-14 Ps 40: 7-8a, 8b-9, 10, 11 Hb 10:4-10 Lk 1: 26-38 | | Other masses are prohibited, but the funeral mass is allowed.
Hours of the solemnity; Te Deum | | OP | Texts in the Dominican Proper | | | OP | Plenary indulgence under usual conditions for brethren who renew, at least privately, their resolve to fulfil faithfully the duties of their vocation. See Appendix. | | Mar 26 Thursday | | violet | Thursday in the Fourth Week of Lent | | Mass of the day. Preface of Lent, preferably III - IV | | | Ex 32:7-14; Ps 106:19-20, 21-22, 23; Jn 5:31-47 | | Prayer over the People ad libitum | | Hours of the day. | | Mar 27 Friday | | violet | Friday in the Fourth Week of Lent | | Mass of the day. Preface of Lent, preferably III - IV | | | Ws 2:1a, 12-22; Ps 34:17-18, 19-20, 21+23; Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 | | Prayer over the People ad libitum | | Hours of the day. | | Mar 28 Saturday | | violet | Saturday in the Fourth Week of Lent | | Mass of the day. Preface of Lent, preferably III - IV | | | Jr 11:18-20; Ps 7:2-3, 9bc-10, 11-12; Jn 7:40-53 | | Prayer over the People ad libitum | | Hours of the day. | | Mar 29 Sunday | | violet | Fifth Sunday in Lent. | | Mass of the Sunday, or of the Third Scrutiny; creed, Preface of Fifth Sunday (with Year "A" readings) or Lent I - II. | | Yr A | Ezk 37:12-14; Ps 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8; Rm 8:8-11; Jn 11:1-45 or 11:3-7, 17, 20-27, 33-45. | | Hours of the Sunday. | | | | | The practice of covering crosses and images throughout the church from this Sunday may be observed, according to the judgement of the Episcopal Conference. Crosses remain veilled until the end of the celebration of the Passion of the Lord on Good Friday, but images until the beginning of the Paschal Vigil. |
| | Mar 30 Monday | | violet | Monday in the Fifth Week of Lent | | Mass of the day. Preface of the Passion I | | | Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 or 13:41c-62; Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6; Jn 8:1-11 or 8:12-20 | | Prayer over the People ad libitum | | Hours of the day. | | Mar 31 Tuesday | | violet | Tuesday in the Fifth Week of Lent | | Mass of the day. Preface of the Passion I | | | Nb 21:4-9; Ps 102:2-3, 16-18, 19-21; Jn 8:21-30 | | Prayer over the People ad libitum | | Hours of the day. |
| Apr 1 Wednesday | | violet | Wednesday in the Fifth Week of Lent | | Mass of the day. Preface of the Passion I | | | Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; Dan 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56; Jn 8:31-42 | | Prayer over the People ad libitum | | Hours of the day. | | Bl Guiseppe Girotti, priest and martyr | | | Apr 2 Thursday | | violet | Thursday in the Fifth Week of Lent | | Mass of the day. Preface of the Passion I | | | Gn 17:3-9; Ps 105:4-5, 6-7, 8-9; Jn 8:51-59 | | Prayer over the People ad libitum | | Hours of the day. | | St Francis of Paola, hermit | Commemoration | | Apr 3 Friday | | violet | Friday in the Fifth Week of Lent | | Mass of the day. Preface of the Passion I | | | Jr 20:10-13; Ps 18:2-3a, 3bc-4, 5-6, 7; Jn 10:31-42 | | Prayer over the People ad libitum | | Hours of the day. | | Apr 4 Saturday | | violet | Saturday in the Fifth Week of Lent | | Mass of the day. Preface of the Passion I | | | Ezk 37:21-28; Jer 31:10, 11-12abcd, 13; Jn 11:45-57 | | Prayer over the People ad libitum | | Hours of the day. | | St Isidore, bishop and doctor | Commemoration | | Apr 5 Sunday | | red | Palm Sunday of the Passion. | | | Mass of Palm Sunday. Commemoration of Lord's Entrance into Jerusalem, creed, Preface of Palm Sunday. | | | Is 50:4-7 Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24 Phil 2:6-11 Mt 26:14-27:66 or 27:11-54 | | | At the procession: Mt 21:1-11 | | | Hours of Palm Sunday. | | OP | The Commemoration of the Lord's Entrance may take one of three forms, as described in the Missal: Blessing and Procession, Solemn Entrance, or Simple Entrance. The processional cross should be suitably decorated. The blessing of palms may not be celebrated without the following procession and Mass. The blessing and solemn entrance, but not the procession, may be celebrated at a second Mass if many of the faithful are present. | | OP | The rite in the Dominican Proper may be used, including our proper chants, texts for the blessing of palms and the station at the entrance to the church or the choir, with the antiphon Ave Rex noster.
The Passion may be read by three deacons, or lay readers with the priest taking the part of Christ, without candles, incense, greeting, sign of the cross or acclamation. At the mention of the Lord's death, all pause and kneel. Where pastoral reasons require it, one or both of the readings before the Passion may be omitted.
At the end of the Passion, The Gospel of the Lord, is said, but the book is not kissed.
Blessed palms remaining are kept, to be burnt for next year's ashes. | | | OP | The weekly conventual Mass for the Dead is omitted this week. (LCO 71) |
| Apr 6 Monday | | violet | Monday in Holy Week | | Mass of the day; Preface of the Passion II | | | Is 42:1-7 Ps 27:1, 2, 3, 13-14 Jn 12:1-11 | | Hours of the day | | Apr 7 Tuesday | | violet | Tuesday in Holy Week | | Mass of the day; Preface of the Passion II | | | Is 49:1-6 Ps 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5-6ab, 15+17 Jn 13:21-33, 36-38 | | Hours of the day | | Apr 8 Wednesday | | violet | Wednesday in Holy Week | | Mass of the day; Preface of the Passion II | | | Is 50:4-9a Ps 69:8-10, 21-22, 31+33-34 Mt 26:14-25 | | Hours of the day | | Apr 9 Thursday | | violet | Thursday in Holy Week | | The Chrism Mass may be celebrated in the morning, or on another day earlier this week. White vestments are worn. It is especially fitting that priests concelebrate with the bishop. Priests may communicate under both species, even if not concelebrating. | |
Apart from the Chrism Mass and the Mass of the Last Supper, all Masses are prohibited, unless the Ordinary permits a second Mass, exclusively for those unable to participate in the Evening Mass. Funerals can only be celebrated without Mass.
| | | Hours of the day. At Office of Readings, the psalms and antiphons of Friday, Week III, may be used. | | OP | Today or on another day of this week, some communal penitential celebration or "rite of reconciliation" may be held, whether it be sacramental or non-sacramental (according to the spirit of the Rite of Penance, nn.36-37). However, this celebration may not immediately precede Mass. | |
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- The Easter Triduum of the passion and resurrection of Christ is the culmination of the entire liturgical year. (RC, n.18)
- The Easter Triduum begins with the Mass of the Lord's Supper, reaches its high point in the Easter Vigil, and closes with Evening Prayer on Easter Sunday. (RC, n.19)
- During these days it is desirable that brothers and sisters "who experience the mystery of suffering" should share in and be participants in the liturgical celebrations of the community, especially if they are in the hospital, "that they may be helped to know the meaning of this reality which they live in union with the paschal mystery of Christ."
- Therefore, keeping in mind their varying conditions and different circumstances, everything should be so arranged that in the most suitable manner the sick may have the possibility of receiving Communion and, if possible, participating in the veneration of the Cross on Good Friday. The various faculties found in the Ritual should be freely used. Indeed our concern which is manifested through our care and prayer furnishes the strongest testimony to all that such concern flows from the gospel, our faith in God, and the power of the resurrection.
- Throughout the Triduum, the major prelate presides at the principal hours of the Office and at Mass. The principal hours of the Office begin on the right side of choir.
| | | white | Holy Thursday (evening) | | Mass of the Lord's Supper. Gloria, creed, Preface of Eucharist I, special Communicantes, Hanc Igitur and Qui pridie in Eucharistic Prayer I. | | Readings:
Exod 12:1-8, 11-14; Ps 116:12-13, 15-16, 17-18; 1 Cor 11:23-26; John 13:1-15 | | Today the reading of the Martyrology is omitted. | | The tabernacle should be completely empty before the celebration. Enough hosts for the communion of the faithful for tonight and tomorrow should be consecrated during that celebration. For the reservation of the Blessed Sacrament, a place should be prepared and adorned. When the tabernacle is in a chapel separated from the central part of the church, it is appropriate to prepare the place of repose and adoration there. [PS 49] Candles should be provided for the concelebrants and brethren to carry in the procession.
All priests may concelebrate the Mass. Bells may be rung during the Gloria, and are silent thereafter. |
| OP | The mandatum - the washing of the feet of the brethren [or laity] - may take place before or after the homily.
Gifts for the poor, especially those collected during Lent as the fruit of penance, may be presented in the offertory procession while the people sing Ubi caritas. [PS 52] |
| OP | After the Prayer After Communion, the greeting, blessing and dismissal are omitted. The celebrant incenses the Blessed Sacrament three times, receives the humeral veil and the procession follows as in the Missal. The cross-bearer goes first, [PS 54], then the [laity and] brethren carrying candles, and the Blessed Sacrament accompanied by torches and incense.
The brethren and faithful are encouraged, after the Mass of the Lord's Supper, to spend a suitable period of time during the night in the church in adoration before the Blessed Sacrament that has been solemnly reserved. Solemn adoration ends at midnight; the Blessed Sacrament remains at the Place of Repose until the Liturgical Action of Good Friday. |
| OP | Today and tomorrow after Night Prayer, the blessing is not given, the antiphon Salve Regina is omitted, and holy water is not used. |
| OP | The Sermo Dominicus (Jn. 13-17) may be used at table or as the last celebration of the day. In this case it is read in place of Night Prayer with the community gathered before the Blessed Sacrament. [cf. PS 56] | | Apr 10 Friday | | red | GOOD FRIDAY - "Preparation Day" | |
| Day of fast and abstinence. Celebration of the Mass and the sacraments is strictly prohibited, except for Penance and Anointing of the Sick. Communion may be taken to the sick, but otherwise is not distributed outside today's Celebration of the Lord's Passion. | | | OP | Hours of the day. At Morning Prayer, the Litany Verses from the Dominican Supplement may replace the Intercessions. If so, after Mortem autem crucis all pause and kneel in silence; then the Lord's Prayer is said aloud, and the Hour concludes as usual. | | Today the reading of the Martyrology is omitted. | | Celebration of the Lord's Passion. | | The celebration has three parts:
I. Liturgy of the Word (readings, homily, intercessions)
II. Veneration of the Cross
III. Holy Communion.
The celebration begins about 3 p.m. The altar is completely bare, without candles, cloth or cross. The ministers enter in silence and prostrate before the altar. This act of prostration, which is proper to the rite of the day, should be strictly observed for it signifies both the abasement of "earthly man," and also the grief and sorrow of the Church. As the ministers enter, the faithful should be standing, and thereafter should kneel in silent prayer. [PS 65] | | Readings:
Isa 52:13-53:12 Ps 31:2+6, 12-13, 15-16, 17+25 Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9 John 18:1-19:42 | | The Intercessions must follow "the form and wording" handed down by tradition, but the celebrant may make a selection of some more relevant to local conditions, provided the range of intentions is preserved. [PS 67]
The cross is presented to each of the faithful individually for their adoration, since the personal adoration of the cross is a most important feature in this celebration. Only if necessitated by the large numbers of faithful present may the rite of veneration be made simultaneously by all present. Only one cross should be used for the veneration. [PS 69] | |
| OP | For the veneration of the cross the rite proper to our Order may be used instead of one of the two forms given in the Roman Missal. (See the Dominican Supplement.)
The communion rite is as described in the Missal. The sign of peace is not exchanged.
After Holy Communion, the Blessed Sacrament is carried from the church by a priest or deacon wearing a humeral veil and accompanied by two candles. The Sacrament is reserved privately outside the church for the needs of the sick and dying.
The altar is stripped at a suitable time, but the cross remains with four candles, placed so that the faithful may venerate and kiss it and spend some time in meditation. [PS 71] | |
| OP | Night Prayer is said after the Celebration of the Lord's Passion at a suitable hour, with two candles alight; the blessing is not given, the antiphon Salve Regina is omitted, and holy water is not used. | |
| OP | Today after the Veneration of the Cross the brethren, when entering and leaving choir, bow profoundly to the cross as on other days, but they do not genuflect. | |
| OP | De profundis for deceased brothers and benefactors and Fidelium are omitted at grace for meals. The custom of wearing the cappa in the refectory may be observed. | | | Apr 11 Saturday | | violet | HOLY SATURDAY | | | Fast is observed if possible. [CR 20] Celebration of the Mass and the sacraments is strictly prohibited, except for Penance and Anointing of the Sick. Communion may be given only as viaticum. | | | Hours of the day.
Today the reading of the Martyrology is omitted.
Night Prayer is celebrated only by those not present at the Vigil. | | | | OP | At Morning Prayer, the Litany Verses from the Dominican Supplement may replace the Intercessions. If so, after Mortem autem crucis all pause and kneel in silence; then the Lord's Prayer is said aloud, and the Hour concludes as usual. | | Preparation for the Vigil includes: preparation of the bonfire; candles for the brethren and laity; water for the liturgy of Baptism; flowers and decorations for the altar. | | | |
| white | The Easter Vigil. | | | The Vigil has four parts:
I. Service of Light : Bonfire, Procession with Candle, Exsultet.
II. Liturgy of the Word : Readings, psalms, prayers, Gloria, homily.
III. Liturgy of Baptism : Litany, Blessing of Water, Baptism and/or Confirmation,
Renewal of Promises, Prayer of the Faithful.
IV. Liturgy of the Eucharist : Preface of Easter I ("on this Easter night"), special
Communicantes and Hanc igitur; double alleluia at dismissal.
This liturgical order must not be changed by anyone on his own initiative. [PS 81]
The celebration should truly have the character of a Vigil. It must take place at night; to start earlier (e.g. at the customary time for a Sunday vigil Mass) is a "reprehensible abuse". [PS 78] | | | OP | The Exsultet may be sung with the melody proper to the Order. Other variations are proposed in the Dominican Supplement : e.g. the Litany may be sung, even when there are no baptisms and no font; Dominican saints and certain invocations are added to the Litany.
Wherever possible, all the readings should be read so that the character of the Easter Vigil, which demands that it be somewhat prolonged, be respected at all costs. Where pastoral conditions require that the number of readings be reduced, there should be at least three readings from the Old Testament, taken from the law and the prophets; and the reading from Exodus (ch. 14) with its canticle, must never be omitted. | | | The Readings: | |
- Gen 1:1-2:2 or 1:1, 26-31 with Ps 104:1-2, 5-6, 10+12, 13-14, 24+35 or Ps 33:4-5, 6-7, 12-13, 20-22
- Gen 22:1-18 or 22:1-2, 9-13, 15-18 with Ps 16:5+8, 9-10, 11
- Exod 14:15-15:1 with Exod 15:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 17-18 This reading and psalm are obligatory.
- Isa 54:5-14 with Ps 30:2+4, 5-6, 11-12a+13b
- Isa 55:1-11 with Isa 12:2-3, 4, 5-6
- Bar 3:9-15, 32-4:4 with Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11
- Ezek 36:16-17a, 18-28 with Ps 42:3, 5; 43:3, 4 or Ps 51:12-13, 14-15, 18-19
- Epistle: Rom 6:3-11
- Alleluia Psalm: Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23
- Gospel: Mt 28:1-10
| | | OP | Bells are be rung during the Gloria, and the altar candles lit; the brethren put off their cappas if they are wearing them. |
| The celebrant - or, in case of necessity, a cantor - intones the triple alleluia before the Gospel. The gospel is honoured with incense, but candles are not carried.
For integrating the rites of Baptism and Confirmation, see the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, esp. Appendix 1.
The dismissal with double alleluia is used tonight and throughout the octave. | | Apr 12 Sunday | | Easter Sunday - the Pasch of the Lord | Solemnity with Octave | | Mass of the day, gloria, Easter sequence, Creed or Renewal of Baptismal Promises, Preface of Easter I ("on this Easter day") special Communicantes and Hanc igitur; double alleluia at dismissal. | | | Readings:
Ac 10:34, 37-43 Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 Col 3: 1-4 or 1 Cor 5: 6b-8 Jn 20:1-9
Alternative gospel: Mt 28:1-10
At an evening Mass, Luke 24: 13-35 may be used. | | |
Mass is to be celebrated on with great solemnity. It is appropriate that the penitential rite on this day take the form of a sprinkling with water blessed at the Vigil, during which a song of baptismal character should be sung. The entrance stoups to the church should also be filled with the same water. [PS 97]
The Paschal Candle burns at all Hours and Masses today. It is kept in the sanctuary near the altar or ambo until Pentecost Sunday. [PS 99] | | OP | Hours of Easter Sunday. | |
The Easter Vigil takes the place of the Office of Readings. The chant Christus resurgens may be sung at the end of Vespers, followed by Regina caeli, with or without a procession.
Where it is the custom, the tradition of "Baptismal Vespers" with a procession to the font is to be diligently observed. (IGLH, 213) | | The Martyrology reading begins with the proclamation of the Resurrection, "This day, which was made by the Lord ..." and then follows the announcement of the date, moon and saints of tomorrow. |
| OP | After Night Prayer the paschal candle is extinguished. It remains by the ambo or altar, and is lit throughout the Easter season at Mass and at the principal hours of the Office until Pentecost inclusive. |
| OP | Plenary indulgence under usual conditions for brethren who renew, at least privately, their resolve to fulfil faithfully the duties of their vocation. |
| OP | The weekly conventual Mass for the Dead is omitted this week. (LCO 71) | | Apr 13 Monday | | Monday in the Octave of Easter | | Mass of the Octave. Gloria, sequence optional, Preface of Easter I ("on this Easter day"); double alleluia at dismissal. | | | Ac 2:14, 22-32; Ps 16:1-2a+5, 7-8, 9-10, 11; Mt 28:8-15. | | Hours of the day; Te Deum, double alleluia at dismissal.
| | | Apr 14 Tuesday | | Tuesday in the Octave of Easter | | Mass of the Octave. Gloria, sequence optional, Preface of Easter I ("on this Easter day"); double alleluia at dismissal. | | | Ac 2:36-41; Ps 33:4-5, 18-19, 20+22; Jn 20:11-18. | | Hours of the day; Te Deum, double alleluia at dismissal.
| | | Apr 15 Wednesday | | Wednesday in the Octave of Easter | | Mass of the Octave. Gloria, sequence optional, Preface of Easter I ("on this Easter day"); double alleluia at dismissal. | | | Ac 3:1-10; Ps 105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9; Lk 24:13-35. | | Hours of the day; Te Deum, double alleluia at dismissal.
| | | Apr 16 Thursday | | Thursday in the Octave of Easter | | Mass of the Octave. Gloria, sequence optional, Preface of Easter I ("on this Easter day"); double alleluia at dismissal. | | | Ac 3:11-26; Ps 8:2ab+5, 6-7, 8-9; Lk 24:35-48. | | Hours of the day; Te Deum, double alleluia at dismissal.
| | | Apr 17 Friday | | Friday in the Octave of Easter | | Mass of the Octave. Gloria, sequence optional, Preface of Easter I ("on this Easter day"); double alleluia at dismissal. | | | Ac 4:1-12; Ps 118:1-2+4, 22-24, 25-27a; Jn 21:1-14. | | Hours of the day; Te Deum, double alleluia at dismissal.
| | | Apr 18 Saturday | | Saturday in the Octave of Easter | | Mass of the Octave. Gloria, sequence optional, Preface of Easter I ("on this Easter day"); double alleluia at dismissal. | | | Ac 4:13-21; Ps 118:1+14-15ab, 16-18, 19-21; Mk 16:9-15. | | Hours of the day; Te Deum, double alleluia at dismissal.
| | | Apr 19 Sunday | | Second Sunday of Easter - Octave Day of Easter.
Also called Divine Mercy Sunday, Quasimodo Sunday, Dominica in albis depositis and Low Sunday. | Solemnity | | Mass of the Sunday, Gloria, Creed, Preface of Easter I ("on this Easter day"); Easter Communicantes and Hanc igitur; double alleluia at dismissal. | | Yr A | Ac 2:42-47; Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24; 1 P 1:3-9; Jn 20:19-31. | | Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Evening Prayer II of the Sunday. The Easter Octave ends. | | | | Apr 20 Monday | | white | Monday in the Second Week of Easter | | Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this Easter season." | | | Ac 4:23-31; Ps 2:1-3, 4-7a, 7b-9; Jn 3:1-8. | | Hours of the day. | | OP | St Agnes of Montepulciano, virgin | Optional | | Apr 21 Tuesday | | white | Tuesday in the Second Week of Easter | | Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this Easter season." | | | Ac 4:32-37; Ps 93:1ab, 1cd-2, 5; Jn 3:7-15. | | Hours of the day. | | St Anselm, bishop and doctor | Optional | | Apr 22 Wednesday | | white | Wednesday in the Second Week of Easter | | Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this Easter season." | | | Ac 5:17-26; Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9; Jn 3:16-21. | | Hours of the day. | | Apr 23 Thursday | | white | Thursday in the Second Week of Easter | | Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this Easter season." | | | Ac 5:27-33; Ps 34:2+9, 17-18, 19-20; Jn 3:31-36. | | Hours of the day. | | St Adalbert, bishop and martyr | Optional | | St George, martyr | Optional | | Apr 24 Friday | | white | Friday in the Second Week of Easter | | Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this Easter season." | | | Ac 5:34-42; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; Jn 6:1-15. | | Hours of the day. | | St Fidelis of Sigmaringen, priest and martyr | Optional | | Conversion of St Augustine, bishop and doctor of the Church | | | Apr 25 Saturday | | red | St Mark, evangelist | Feast | | Mass of the feast; gloria, preface of the feast. | | | 1 Pt 5:5b-14; Ps 89:2-3, 6-7, 16-17; Mk 16:15-20. | | | Hours of the feast; Te Deum. | | Mass of the feast; gloria, Preface of Apostles II.
Hours of the feast; Te Deum | | Apr 26 Sunday | | Third Sunday of Easter | | Mass of the day, Gloria, Creed, Preface of Easter I -V "in this Easter season..." | | Yr A | Ac 2:14, 22-28a; Ps 16:1-2a+5, 7-8, 9-10, 11; 1 P 1:17-21; Lk 24:13-35. | | Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum. | | | | Apr 27 Monday | | white | Monday in the Third Week of Easter | | Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this Easter season." | | | Ac 6:8-15; Ps 119:23-24, 26-27, 29-30; Jn 6:22-29. | | Hours of the day. | | Bl. Osanna of Kotor, virgin | | | Apr 28 Tuesday | | white | Tuesday in the Third Week of Easter | | Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this Easter season." | | | Ac 7:51-8:1a; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6ab+7b+8a, 17+21ab; Jn 6:30-35. | | Hours of the day. | | OP | St Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort, priest | Optional | | St Peter Chanel, priest and martyr | Optional | | Apr 29 Wednesday | | white | St Catherine of Siena, virgin and Doctor of the Church | Feast | | Mass of the feast; gloria, preface of the feast. | | | Rv 1:5-8 or Col 1:24-29 or 1 Jn 1:5 - 2:2; Ps 103:1-4,8-9,13-14,17-18a or Ps 21: 23-24,26-27,28,31-32; Jn7:14b-18, 37b-39 or Jn 17:1-11, or Jn 14:21-26. | | | Hours of the feast; Te Deum. | | Traditional day in our province for putting on the black cappa.
A plenary indulgence, under the usual conditions, may be gained by a brother who makes or renews, at least privately, his intention to fulfil faithfully the duties of his vocation. See Appendix. | | Apr 30 Thursday | | white | St Pius V, pope | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of Easter I - V, or of the saint. | | | | Ac 8:26-40; Ps 66:8-9, 16-17, 20; Jn 6:44-51. | | | Hours of the memorial |
| May 1 Friday | | white | Friday in the Third Week of Easter | | Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this Easter season." | | | Ac 9:1-20; Ps 117:1, 2; Jn 6:52-59. | | Hours of the day. | | St Joseph the Worker | Optional | | May 2 Saturday | | white | St Athanasius, bishop and doctor | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of Easter I - V, or of the saint. | | | | Ac 9:31-42; Ps 116:12-13, 14-15, 16-17; Jn 6:60-69. | | | Hours of the memorial | | May 3 Sunday | | Fourth Sunday of Easter | | Mass of the day, Gloria, Creed, Preface of Easter I -V "in this Easter season..." | | Yr A | Ac 2:14, 36-41; Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6; 1 P 2:20b-25; Jn 10:1-10. | | Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum. | | | | May 4 Monday | | white | Monday in the Fourth Week of Easter | | Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this Easter season." | | | Ac 11:1-18; Ps 42:2-3; 43:3, 4; Jn 10:1-10 or, in Year A, Jn 10:11-18. | | Hours of the day. | | Bl. Emily Bicchieri, virgin | | | May 5 Tuesday | | white | St. Vincent Ferrer, priest | Memorial | | OP | Texts in the Dominican Proper | | white | Tuesday in the Fourth Week of Easter | | Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this Easter season." | | | Ac 11:19-26; Ps 87:1b-3, 4-5, 6-7; Jn 10:22-30. | | Hours of the day. | | May 6 Wednesday | | white | Wednesday in the Fourth Week of Easter | | Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this Easter season." | | | Ac 12:24-13:5a; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6+8; Jn 12:44-50. | | Hours of the day. | | May 7 Thursday | | white | Thursday in the Fourth Week of Easter | | Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this Easter season." | | | Ac 13:13-25; Ps 89:2-3, 21-22, 25+27; Jn 13:16-20. | | Hours of the day. | | Bl. Albert of Bergamo | | | May 8 Friday | | white | Friday in the Fourth Week of Easter | | Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this Easter season." | | | Ac 13:26-33; Ps 2:6-7, 8-9, 10-11ab; Jn 14:1-6. | | Hours of the day. | | Bl Pierre Claverie, bishop, and companions, martyrs | | | May 9 Saturday | | white | Saturday in the Fourth Week of Easter | | Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this Easter season." | | | Ac 13:44-52; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4; Jn 14:7-14. | | Hours of the day. | | May 10 Sunday | | Fifth Sunday of Easter | | Mass of the day, Gloria, Creed, Preface of Easter I -V "in this Easter season..." | | Yr A | Ac 6:1-7; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19; 1 P 2:4-9; Jn 14:1-12. | | Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum. | | | | May 11 Monday | | white | Monday in the Fifth Week of Easter | | Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this Easter season." | | | Ac 14:5-18; Ps 115:1-2, 3-4, 15-16; Jn 14:21-26. | | Hours of the day. | | | Blair St., Watson | | white | St Antoninus, bishop | Solemnity | | Patron of the Community | | | 1 Pt 5:5b-14; Ps 89:2-3, 6-7, 16-17 ; ; Mk 16: 15-20. | | | | | Transfered from yesterday. | |
| | May 12 Tuesday | | white | Tuesday in the Fifth Week of Easter | | Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this Easter season." | | | Ac 14:19-28; Ps 145:10-11, 12-13ab, 21; Jn 14:27-31a. | | Hours of the day. | | St Nereus and Achilleus, martyrs | Optional | | St Pancras, martyr | Optional | | Bl. Jane of Portugal, virgin | | | May 13 Wednesday | | white | Wednesday in the Fifth Week of Easter | | Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this Easter season." | | | Ac 15:1-6; Ps 122:1-2, 3-4ab, 4cd-5; Jn 15:1-8. | | Hours of the day. | | Our Lady of Fatima | Optional | | Bl. Imelda Lambertini, virgin | | | May 14 Thursday | | red | St Matthias, apostle | Feast | | Mass of the feast; gloria, preface of the feast. | | | Ac 1:15-17, 20-26;; Ps 112: 1-8; Jn 15: 9-17. | | | Hours of the feast; Te Deum. | | | | May 15 Friday | | white | Friday in the Fifth Week of Easter | | Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this Easter season." | | | Ac 15:22-31; Ps 57:8-9, 10+12; Jn 15:12-17. | | Hours of the day. | | Bl. Andrew Abellon, priest | | | Bl. Giles of Vouzela, priest | | | May 16 Saturday | | white | Saturday in the Fifth Week of Easter | | Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this Easter season." | | | Ac 16:1-10; Ps 100:1b-2, 3, 5; Jn 15:18-21. | | Hours of the day. | | May 17 Sunday | | Sixth Sunday of Easter | | Mass of the day, Gloria, Creed, Preface of Easter I -V "in this Easter season..."
Second Reading & Gospel may be from Seventh Sunday of Easter if desired. | | Yr A | Ac 8:5-8, 14-17; Ps 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16+20; 1 P 3:15-18; Jn 14:15-21. | | Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum. | | | | May 18 Monday | | white | Monday in the Sixth Week of Easter | | Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this Easter season." | | | Ac 16:11-15; Ps 149:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6a+9b; Jn 15:26-16:4a. | | Hours of the day. | | St John I, pope and martyr | Optional | | | Blair St., Watson | | white | St Antoninus, bishop | Solemnity | | Patron of the Community | | | 1 Pt 5:5b-14; Ps 89:2-3, 6-7, 16-17 ; ; Mk 16: 15-20. | | | | | Transfered from yesterday. | |
| | May 19 Tuesday | | white | Tuesday in the Sixth Week of Easter | | Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this Easter season." | | | Ac 16:22-34; Ps 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 7c-8; Jn 16:5-11. | | Hours of the day. | | OP | St Francis Coll Guitart, priest | Optional | | May 20 Wednesday | | white | Wednesday in the Sixth Week of Easter | | Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this Easter season." | | | Ac 17:15, 22-18:1; Ps 148:1-2, 11-12, 13, 14; Jn 16:12-15. | | Hours of the day. | | St Bernardine of Siena, priest | Optional | | May 21 Thursday | | white | Thursday in the Sixth Week of Easter | | Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this Easter season." | | | Ac 18:1-8; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4; Jn 16:16-20. | | Hours of the day. | | St Christopher of Magallanes, priest, and companions, martyrs | Optional | | Bl. Columba of Rieti, virgin | | | Bl. Hyacinth Cormier, priest, Master of the Order | | | May 22 Friday | | white | Friday in the Sixth Week of Easter | | Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this Easter season." | | | Ac 18:9-18; Ps 47:2-3, 4-5, 6-7; Jn 16:20-23a. | | Hours of the day. | | St Rita of Cascia, religious | Optional | | May 23 Saturday | | white | Saturday in the Sixth Week of Easter | | Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this Easter season." | | | Ac 18:23-28; Ps 47:2-3, 8-9, 10; Jn 16:23b-28. | | Hours of the day. | |
In the evening: | | white | Vigil of Ascension | Solemnity | | Mass of the Vigil; gloria, creed, Preface of the Ascension I or II, special Communicantes in Eucharistic Prayer I. | | | Ac 1:1-11 Ps 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9 1 P 4:13-16 A: Mt 28:16-20. | | For pastoral reasons, the texts of the day Mass may also be used. | | Evening Prayer I of the Ascension. | | May 24 Sunday | | Ascension of the Lord | Solemnity | | Mass of the Solemnity, Gloria, Creed, Preface of Ascension I - II Special Communicantes in Eucharistic Prayer I. | | Yr A | Ac 1:1-11; Ps 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9; 1 P 4:13-16; A: Mt 28:16-20. | | Hours of the Solemnity. Te Deum. | | | | OP | Today Mass may begin with a Procession or Solemn Entrance, as in the Dominican Proper. | | May 25 Monday | | white | Monday in the Seventh Week of Easter | | Mass of the day. Preface of Ascension I - II or Easter I - V | | | Ac 19:1-8 Ps 68:2-3ab, 4-5acd, 6-7ab Jn 16:29-33 | | Hours of the day. | | St Gregory VII, pope | Optional | | St Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, virgin | Optional | | Venerable Bede, priest and doctor; | Optional | | | Australia | | white | Our Lady, Help of Christians, Co-Patron of Australia | Solemnity | | Mass of the Solemnity; Gloria, Creed, Preface of Bl. V. Mary I | | | Qo 4:11-18; Ps 113: 1-8; 1 Co 1:18-25; Jn 19: 25-27. | | Hours of the Solemnity. Te Deum. | | | Transfered from yesterday. | |
| | May 26 Tuesday | | white | St Philip Neri, priest | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of Ascension I - II or Easter I - V or of the saint. | | | | Ac 20:17-27; Ps 68:10-11, 20-21; Jn 17:1-11a. | | | Hours of the memorial | | May 27 Wednesday | | white | Wednesday in the Seventh Week of Easter | | Mass of the day. Preface of Ascension I - II or Easter I - V | | | Ac 20:28-38 Ps 68:29-30, 33-35a, 35bc-36ab Jn 17:11b-19 | | Hours of the day. | | St Augustine of Canterbury, bishop | Optional | | Bl. Andrew Franchi, bishop | | | May 28 Thursday | | white | Thursday in the Seventh Week of Easter | | Mass of the day. Preface of Ascension I - II or Easter I - V | | | Ac 22:30; 23:6-11 Ps 16:1-2a+5, 7-8, 9-10, 11 Jn 17:20-26 | | Hours of the day. | | Bl. Mary Bartholomew Bagnesi, virgin | | | May 29 Friday | | white | Friday in the Seventh Week of Easter | | Mass of the day. Preface of Ascension I - II or Easter I - V | | | Ac 25:13b-21 Ps 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20ab Jn 21:15-19 | | Hours of the day. | | St Paul VI, pope | Optional | | Bl. William Arnaud, priest, and companions, martyrs | | | May 30 Saturday | | white | Saturday in the Seventh Week of Easter | | Mass of the day. Preface of Ascension I - II or Easter I - V | | | Ac 28:16-20, 30-31 Ps 11:4, 5+7 Jn 21:20-25 | | Hours of the day. | | Bl. James Salomonio, priest | | |
In the evening: | | red | Vigil of Pentecost | Solemnity | | Mass of the Vigil; gloria, sequence, creed, Preface of Pentecost, special Communicantes in Eucharistic Prayer I. Double alleluia at the dismissal | | | Gn 11:1-9a or Ex 19:3-8, 16-20 or Ezk 37:1-4 or Jl 3:1-5; Ps 104:1-2, 24+35, 27-28, 29b-30; Jn 7:37-39. | | For pastoral reasons, the texts of the day Mass may also be used. | | Evening Prayer I of Pentecost. | | May 31 Sunday | | Pentecost Sunday | Solemnity | | Mass of Pentecost; Gloria, Sequence, creed, Preface of Pentecost, special Communicantes, double alleluia at dismissal.
Hours of the Solemnity. Te Deum. It is customary to celebrate Terce (Prayer during the Day - Before Noon) with special solemnity today. | | Yr A | Ac 2:1-11; Ps 104:1+24, 29-30, 31, 34; 1 Co 12:3b-7, 12-13; Jn 20:19-23a. | | At Evening Prayer II, double alleluia at dismissal | | After Vespers, the Paschal Candle is extinguished and moved to the Baptistery, so that the candles of the newly baptised may be lit from it.
The blessing of roses is customary today. | | The weeks of the year resume with Week 9. | Psalter Week 1 |
| Jun 1 Monday | | white | Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church | Memorial | | Votive Masses 10B Our Lady, Mother of the Church; proper preface. | | | Proper readings: Gen 3: 9-15, 20 or Ac 1: 12-14; Ps 86: 1-2, 3 & 5, 5-7; Jn 19: 25-34
| | | Hours of the Memorial. | | | Jun 2 Tuesday | | green | Tuesday of the ninth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | 2 Pt 3:12-15, 17-18; Ps 90:2, 3-4, 10, 14, 16; Mk 12:13-17. | | | Hours of the day. | | red | Ss Marcellinus and Peter, martyrs | Optional | | red | Bl. Sadoc, priest, and companions, martyrs | | | Jun 3 Wednesday | | red | St Charles Lwanga and companions, martyrs | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | | 2 Tm 1:1-3, 6-12; Ps 123:1-2, 2; Mk 12:18-27. | | | Hours of the memorial. | | Jun 4 Thursday | | red | St. Peter of Verona, priest and martyr | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | | 2 Tm 2:8-15; Ps 25:2-5, 8-9, 10, 14; Mk 12:28-34. | | | Hours of the memorial. | | Jun 5 Friday | | red | St Boniface, bishop and martyr | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | | 2 Tm 3:10-17; Ps 119:157, 160, 161, 165, 166, 168; Mk 12:35-37. | | | Hours of the memorial. | | Jun 6 Saturday | | green | Saturday of the ninth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | 2 Tm 4:1-8; Ps 71:8-9, 14-15, 16-17, 22; Mk 12:38-44. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | St Nobert, bishop | Optional | white / green
OP | Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Supplementary texts for Mass and Office in the Dominican Proper | Optional | | | | | | Jun 7 Sunday | | white | Trinity Sunday | Solemnity | | Mass of the day, Gloria, Creed, Preface of Trinity. | | | Yr A | Ex 34:4-6, 8-9; Dan 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56a; 2 Co 13:11-13; Jn 3:16-18. | | Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum. | | | Jun 8 Monday | | green | Monday of the tenth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | 1 K 17:1-6; Ps 121:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8; Mt 5:1-12. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Bl. Diana Andalò and Bl. Cecilia, virgins | Optional | | Jun 9 Tuesday | | green | Tuesday of the tenth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | 1 K 17:7-16; Ps 4:2-3, 4-5, 7-8; Mt 5:13-16. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | St Ephraem, deacon and doctor | Optional | | Jun 10 Wednesday | | green | Wednesday of the tenth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | 1 K 18:20-39; Ps 16:1-2, 4, 5, 8, 11; Mt 5:17-19. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Bl. John Dominici, bishop | | | Jun 11 Thursday | | red | St Barnabas, apostle | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | | Ac 11:21b-26; 13:1-3; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3c-4, 5-6; Gospel: Mt 10:7-13. | | | Hours of the memorial. | | Jun 12 Friday | | green | Friday of the tenth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | 1 K 19:9, 11-16; Ps 27:7-8, 8-9, 13-14; Mt 5:27-32. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Bl. Stephen Bandelli, priest | | | Jun 13 Saturday | | white | St Anthony of Padua, priest and doctor | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | | 1 K 19:19-21; Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10; Mt 5:33-37. | | | Hours of the memorial. | | Jun 14 Sunday | | white | Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) | Solemnity | | Mass of the Solemnity; Gloria, sequence optional, creed, Preface of Holy Eucharist. | | | Yr A | Dt 8:2-3, 14-16; Ps 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20 1 Co 10:16-17; Jn 6:51-58. | | Hours of the Solemnity. Te Deum. | | | It is fitting to hold a procession after Mass, or after a protracted, public adoration following the Mass. The Sacred Host, consecrated during the Mass, is placed in the monstrance on the altar after the Communion of the faithful. After the Prayer after Communion, the Blessed Sacrament is borne out of the Church for the Christian faithful "to make public profession of faith and worship of the Most Blessed Sacrament." The solemn blessing with the Blessed Sacrament concludes the entire celebration: the usual blessing by the priest is replaced by the blessing with the Blessed Sacrament. [MR p. 491; DPPL 162-163] |
| Jun 15 Monday | | green | Monday of the eleventh week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | 1 K 21:1-16; Ps 5:2-3, 5-6, 7; Mt 5:38-42. | | | Hours of the day. | | Jun 16 Tuesday | | green | Tuesday of the eleventh week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | 1 K 21:17-29; Ps 51:3-4, 5-6, 11, 16; Mt 5:43-48. | | | Hours of the day. | | Jun 17 Wednesday | | green | Wednesday of the eleventh week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | 2 K 2:1, 6-14; Ps 31:20, 21, 24; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18. | | | Hours of the day. | | Jun 18 Thursday | | green | Thursday of the eleventh week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Si 48:1-14; Ps 97:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7; Mt 6:7-15. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Bl. Osanna of Mantua, virgin | | | Jun 19 Friday | | white | SACRED HEART OF JESUS | Solemnity | | Mass of the solemnity. Gloria, creed; Preface of Sacred Heart | | | Yr A | Dt 7:6-11; Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8+10; 1 Jn 4:7-16; Mt 11:25-30. | | Hours of the solemnity. Te Deum | | | Jun 20 Saturday | | white | Immaculate Heart of Mary | Memorial | | Mass of the Memorial. | | | Is 61: 9-11; 1 Sam 2:1, 4-8; Lk 2: 41-51.
The ferial first reading and psalm may be used, but the gospel is proper to this memorial. | | | Hours of the Memorial. | | | Jun 21 Sunday | | green | Twelfth Sunday of the Year | | | Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed. | | Yr A | Jr 20:10-13; Ps 69:8-10, 14+17, 33-35; Rm 5:12-15; Mt 10:26-33. | | | Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 4 of the Psalter. | | | Jun 22 Monday | | green | Monday of the twelfth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | 2 K 17:5-8, 13-15, 18; Ps 60:3, 4-5, 12-13; Mt 7:1-5. | | | Hours of the day. | | red | Ss John Fisher, bishop, and Thomas More, martyrs | Optional | | white | St Paulinus of Nola, bishop | Optional | | Jun 23 Tuesday | | green | Tuesday of the twelfth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | 2 K 19:9-11, 14-21, 31-36; Ps 48:2-3, 3-4, 10-11; Mt 7:6, 12-14. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Bl. Innocent V, pope | | | Jun 24 Wednesday | | white | Birth of St John the Baptist | Solemnity | | Mass of the solemnity; gloria, creed, preface of the solemnity. | | | Vigil of John the Baptist Vigil Mass: Jr 1:4-10; Ps 71:1-6ab, 15ab+17; 1 P 1:8-12; Lk 1:5-17. | | | Birth of John the Baptist Mass of the Day: Is 49: 1-6; Ps 139: 1-3, 13-15; Ac 13:22-26; Lk 1: 57-66, 80. | | | Hours of the solemnity; Te Deum | | Jun 25 Thursday | | green | Thursday of the twelfth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | 2 K 24:8-17; Ps 79:1-2, 3-5, 8, 9; Mt 7:21-29. | | | Hours of the day. | | Jun 26 Friday | | green | Friday of the twelfth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | 2 K 25:1-12; Ps 137:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6; Mt 8:1-4. | | | Hours of the day. | | Jun 27 Saturday | | green | Saturday of the twelfth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Lam 2:2, 10-14, 18-19; Ps 74:1-2, 3-5, 5-7, 20-21; Mt 8:5-17. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | St Cyril of Alexandria, bishop and Doctor of the Church | Optional | white / green
OP | Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Supplementary texts for Mass and Office in the Dominican Proper | Optional | | | | | | Jun 28 Sunday | | green | Thirteenth Sunday of the Year | | | Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed. | | Yr A | 2 K 4:8-11, 14-16; Ps 89:2-3, 16-17, 18-19; Rm 6:3-4, 8-11; Mt 10:37-42. | | | Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 1 of the Psalter. | | | Jun 29 Monday | | red | Ss Peter and Paul, apostles | Solemnity | | Mass of the solemnity; gloria, creed, preface of the solemnity. | | | Vigil of S. Peter and Paul Vigil Mass: Ac 3:1-10; Ps 19:2-3, 4-5; Ga 1:11-20; Jn 21:15-19. | | | Ss. Peter and Paul Mass during the Day: Ac 12:1-11; Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9; Mass during the Day: Ac 12:1-11; Mt 16:13-19. | | | Hours of the solemnity; Te Deum | | Jun 30 Tuesday | | green | Tuesday of the thirteenth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Am 3:1-8; 4:11-12; Ps 5:4-6, 6-7, 8; Mt 8:23-27. | | | Hours of the day. | | red | First Martyrs of the Church of Rome | Optional |
| Jul 1 Wednesday | | green | Wednesday of the thirteenth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Am 5:14-15, 21-24; Ps 50:7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-12, 16-17; Mt 8:28-34. | | | Hours of the day. | | Jul 2 Thursday | | green | Thursday of the thirteenth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Am 7:10-17; Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11; Mt 9:1-8. | | | Hours of the day. | | Jul 3 Friday | | red | St Thomas, apostle | Feast | | Mass of the feast day; gloria, preface of the feast. | | | Ep 2:19-22; Ps 116: 1,2; Jn 20: 24-29. | | | Hours of the feast; Te Deum | | Jul 4 Saturday | | green | Saturday of the thirteenth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Am 9:11-15; Ps 85:9, 11-12, 13-14; Mt 9:14-17. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati | Optional | white / green
OP | Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Supplementary texts for Mass and Office in the Dominican Proper | Optional | | | | | | white | St Elizabeth of Portugal | Optional | | white | Bl. Catherine Jarrige, virgin | | | Jul 5 Sunday | | green | Fourteenth Sunday of the Year | | | Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed. | | Yr A | Zc 9:9-10; Ps 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13-14; Rm 8:9, 11-13; Mt 11:25-30. | | | Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 2 of the Psalter. | | | Jul 6 Monday | | green | Monday of the fourteenth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Ho 2:16-18, 21-22; Ps 145:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9; Mt 9:18-26. | | | Hours of the day. | | red | St Maria Goretti, virgin and martyr | Optional | | Jul 7 Tuesday | | green | Tuesday of the fourteenth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Ho 8:4-7, 11-13; Ps 115:3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10; Mt 9:32-38. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Bl. Benedict XI, pope | | | Jul 8 Wednesday | | green | Wednesday of the fourteenth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Ho 10:1-3, 7-8, 12; Ps 105:2-3, 4-5, 6-7; Mt 10:1-7. | | | Hours of the day. | | red | Bl. Adrian Fortescue, martyr | | | Jul 9 Thursday | | green | Thursday of the fourteenth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Ho 11:1, 3-4, 8-9; Ps 80:2, 3, 15-16; Mt 10:7-15. | | | Hours of the day. | | red | Ss Francis Fernandez de Capillas, priest, Peter Sanz, bishop, and Augustine Zhao Rong, priest, and companions, martyrs | Optional | | red | St John of Cologne, priest, and companions, martyrs | Optional | | Jul 10 Friday | | green | Friday of the fourteenth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Ho 14:2-10; Ps 51:3-4, 8-9. 12-13, 14, 17; Mt 10:16-23. | | | Hours of the day. | | Jul 11 Saturday | | white | St Benedict, abbot | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | | Is 6:1-8; Ps 93:1, 1-2, 5; Mt 10:24-33. | | | Hours of the memorial. | | Jul 12 Sunday | | green | Fifteenth Sunday of the Year | | | Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed. | | Yr A | Is 55:10-11; Ps 65:10, 11, 12-13, 14; Rm 8:18-23; Mt 13:1-23 or 13:1-9. | | | Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 3 of the Psalter. | | | Jul 13 Monday | | green | Monday of the fifteenth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Is 1:10-17; Ps 50:8-9, 16-17, 21, 23; Mt 10:34-11:1. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | St Henry | Optional | | white | Bl. James of Varazze, bishop | | | Jul 14 Tuesday | | green | Tuesday of the fifteenth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Is 7:1-9; Ps 48:2-3, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8; Mt 11:20-24. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | St Camillus de Lellis, priest | Optional | | Jul 15 Wednesday | | white | St Bonaventure, bishop and doctor | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | | Is 10:5-7, 13-16; Ps 94:5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 14-15; Mt 11:25-27. | | | Hours of the memorial. | | Jul 16 Thursday | | green | Thursday of the fifteenth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Is 26:7-9, 12, 16-19; Ps 102:13-14, 15, 16-18, 19-21; Mt 11:28-30. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Our Lady of Mount Carmel | Optional | | Jul 17 Friday | | green | Friday of the fifteenth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Is 38:1-8, 21-22; Is 38:10-11, 12, 16; Mt 12:1-8. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Bl. Ceslaus of Poland, priest | Optional | | Jul 18 Saturday | | green | Saturday of the fifteenth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Mic 2:1-5; Ps 10:1-2, 3-4, 7-8, 14; Mt 12:14-21. | | | Hours of the day. | white / green
OP | Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Supplementary texts for Mass and Office in the Dominican Proper | Optional | | | | | | white | St Bartholemew Fernandes dos Mártires, bishop | | | Jul 19 Sunday | | green | Sixteenth Sunday of the Year | | | Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed. | | Yr A | Ws 12:13, 16-19; Ps 86:5-6, 9-10, 15-16; Rm 8:26-27; Mt 13:24-43 or 13:24-30. | | | Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 4 of the Psalter. | | | Jul 20 Monday | | green | Monday of the sixteenth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Mic 6:1-4, 6-8; Ps 50:5-6, 8-9, 16-17, 21, 23; Mt 12:38-42. | | | Hours of the day. | | red | St Apollinaris, bishop and martyr | Optional | | Jul 21 Tuesday | | green | Tuesday of the sixteenth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Mic 7:14-15, 18-20; Ps 85:2-4, 5-6, 7-8; Mt 12:46-50. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | St Lawrence of Brindisi, priest and Doctor of the Church | Optional | | Jul 22 Wednesday | | white | St Mary Magdalene, patroness of the Order | Feast | | Mass of the feast day; gloria, preface of the feast. | | | Sg 3: 1-4 or 2 Co 5: 14-17; Ps 62: 2-6, 8-9; r. 2; Jn 20:1-2, 11-18. | | | Hours of the feast; Te Deum | | Special optional texts for the Office of Readings in the Dominican Proper. | | Jul 23 Thursday | | green | Thursday of the sixteenth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Jr 2:1-3, 7-8, 12-13; Ps 36:6-7, 8-9, 10-11; Mt 13:10-17. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | St Bridget, religious | Optional | | Jul 24 Friday | | green | Friday of the sixteenth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Jr 3:14-17; Jer 31:10, 11-12, 13; Mt 13:18-23. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | St Sharbel Makhluf, priest | Optional | | white | Bl. Augustine of Biella, priest | | | white | Bl. Jane of Orvieto, lay Dominican and virgin | | | Jul 25 Saturday | | red | St James, apostle | Feast | | Mass of the feast day; gloria, preface of the feast. | | | 2 Co 4:7-15; Ps 126:1-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6; Mt 20:20-28. | | | Hours of the feast; Te Deum | | Jul 26 Sunday | | green | Seventeenth Sunday of the Year | | | Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed. | | Yr A | 1 K 3:5, 7-12; Ps 119:57+72, 76-77, 127-128, 129-130; Rm 8:28-30; Mt 13:44-52 or 13:44-46. | | | Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 1 of the Psalter. | | | Jul 27 Monday | | green | Monday of the seventeenth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Jr 13:1-11; Deut 32:18-19, 20, 21; Mt 13:31-35. | | | Hours of the day. | | red | Bl. Robert Nutter, priest and martyr | | | Jul 28 Tuesday | | green | Tuesday of the seventeenth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Jr 14:17-22; Ps 79:8, 9, 11, 13; Mt 13:35-43. | | | Hours of the day. | | Jul 29 Wednesday | | white | St Martha | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | | First reading and psalm of the weekday.; ; Gospel: Jn 11: 19-27 or Lk 10: 38-42. | | | Weekday readings:Jr 15:10, 16-21; Ps 59:2-3, 4, 10-11, 17, 18 | | | Hours of the memorial. | | Jul 30 Thursday | | green | Thursday of the seventeenth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Jr 18:1-6; Ps 146:1-2, 2-4, 5-6; Mt 13:47-53. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | St Peter Chrysologus, bishop and doctor | Optional | | Jul 31 Friday | | white | St Ignatius of Loyola, priest | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | | Jr 26:1-9; Ps 69:5, 8-10, 14; Mt 13:54-58. | | | Hours of the memorial. |
| Aug 1 Saturday | | white | St Alphonsus Liguori, bishop and doctor | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | | Jr 26:11-16, 24; Ps 69:15-16, 30-31, 33-34; Mt 14:1-12. | | | Hours of the memorial. | | Aug 2 Sunday | | green | Eighteenth Sunday of the Year | | | Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed. | | Yr A | Is 55:1-3; Ps 145:8-9, 15-16, 17-18; Rm 8:35, 37-39; Mt 14:13-21. | | | Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 2 of the Psalter. | | | Aug 3 Monday | | green | Monday of the eighteenth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Jr 28:1-17; Ps 119:29, 43, 79, 80, 95, 102; Mt 14:13-21. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Bl. Augustine Kazotic of Lucera, bishop | | | Aug 4 Tuesday | | white | St John Vianney, priest | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | | Jr 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22; Ps 102:16-18, 19-1, 29, 22-23; Mt 14:22-36. | | | Hours of the memorial. | | Aug 5 Wednesday | | green | Wednesday of the eighteenth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Jr 31:1-7; Jer 31:10, 11-12, 13; Mt 15:21-28. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major | Optional | | Aug 6 Thursday | | white | Transfiguration of the Lord | Feast | | Mass of the feast day; gloria, preface of the feast. | | | Dn 7: 9-10, 13-14; Ps 96: 1-2, 5-6, 9; Mt 17: 1-9. | | | Hours of the feast; Te Deum | | Aug 7 Friday | | green | Friday of the eighteenth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Nah 2:1, 3; 3:1-3, 6-7; Dt 32:35-36, 39, 41; Mt 16:24-28. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | St Cajetan, priest | Optional | | red | St Sixtus II, pope and martyr, and companions, martyrs | Optional | | Aug 8 Saturday | | white | Holy Father Dominic, priest | Solemnity | | Mass of the solemnity; gloria, creed, preface of the solemnity. | | | Sequence In caelestia hierarchia optional. Is 52: 7-10; Ps 96: 1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8a, 10; 2 Tim 4: 1-8; Mt 5: 13-19, or Mt 28: 16-20, or Lk 10: 1-9.. | | | Hours of the solemnity; Te Deum | | OP | Plenary indulgence under usual conditions for brethren who renew, at least privately, their resolve to fulfil faithfully the duties of their vocation. See Appendix. | | Aug 9 Sunday | | green | Nineteenth Sunday of the Year | | | Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed. | | Yr A | 1 K 19:9, 11-13; Ps 85:9a+10, 11-12, 13-14; Rm 9:1-5; Mt 14:22-33. | | | Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 3 of the Psalter. | | | Aug 10 Monday | | red | St Lawrence, deacon and martyr | Feast | | Mass of the feast day; gloria, preface of the feast. | | | 2 Co 9:6-10; Ps 112:1-2, 5-6, 7-8, 9; Jn 12:24-26. | | | Hours of the feast; Te Deum | | Aug 11 Tuesday | | white | St Clare, virgin | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | | Ezk 2:8-3:4; Ps 119:14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131; Mt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14. | | | Hours of the memorial. | | Aug 12 Wednesday | | green | Wednesday of the nineteenth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Ezk 9:1-7; 10:18-22; Ps 113:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; Mt 18:15-20. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | St Jane Frances de Chantal, virgin | Optional | | red | Bl. Jean-Georges Rehm, priest, and companions, martyrs | | | Aug 13 Thursday | | green | Thursday of the nineteenth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Ezk 12:1-2; Ps 78:56-57, 58-59, 61-62; Mt 18:21-19:1. | | | Hours of the day. | | red | Ss Pontian, pope, and Hippolytus, priest, martyrs | Optional | | Aug 14 Friday | | red | St Maximillian Maria Kolbe, priest and martyr | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | | Ezk 16:1-15, 60, 63 or 16:59-63; Is 12:2-3, 4, 5-6; Mt 19:3-12. | | | Hours of the memorial. | | Aug 15 Saturday | | white | Assumption of Bl. Virgin Mary, patroness of our province | Solemnity | | Mass of the solemnity; gloria, creed, preface of the solemnity. | | | Assumption, Vigil 1 Chr 15:3-4, 15-16; 16:1-2; Ps 132:6-7, 9-10, 13-14; 1 Co 15:20-27; Lk 11:27-28. | | | Assumption, Mass during the day Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab; Ps 45:10bc, 11, 12ab, 16; 1 Co 15: 20-26; Lk 1:39-56. | | | Hours of the solemnity; Te Deum | | OP | Plenary indulgence under usual conditions for brethren who renew, at least privately, their resolve to fulfil faithfully the duties of their vocation. See Appendix. | | Aug 16 Sunday | | green | Twentieth Sunday of the Year | | | Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed. | | Yr A | Is 56:1, 6-7; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6+8; Rm 11:13-15, 29-32; Mt 15:21-28. | | | Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 4 of the Psalter. | | | | New Zealand | | white | Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary, national patron | Solemnity | | Everything as for the Assumption, above. |
| | Aug 17 Monday | | white | St. Hyacinth of Poland, friar and priest | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | | Ezk 24:15-24; Dt 32:18-19, 20, 21; Mt 19:16-22. | | | Hours of the memorial. | | Aug 18 Tuesday | | green | Tuesday of the twentieth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Ezk 28:1-10; Dt 32:26-27, 27-28, 30, 35-36; Mt 19:23-30. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Bl. Mannes (or Mames), friar, priest and brother of St. Dominic | Optional | | Aug 19 Wednesday | | green | Wednesday of the twentieth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Ezk 34:1-11; Ps 23:1-3, 3-4, 5, 6; Mt 20:1-16. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | St John Eudes, priest | Optional | | white | Bl. Jordan of Pisa, priest | | | Aug 20 Thursday | | white | St Bernard, abbot and doctor | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | | Ezk 36:23-28; Ps 51:12-13, 14-15, 18-19; Mt 22:1-14. | | | Hours of the memorial. | | Aug 21 Friday | | white | St Pius X, pope | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | | Ezk 37:1-14; Ps 107:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9; Mt 22:34-40. | | | Hours of the memorial. | | Aug 22 Saturday | | white | Queenship of Bl. V. Mary | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | | Ezk 43:1-7; Ps 85:9-10, 11-12, 13-14; Mt 23:1-12. | | | Hours of the memorial. | | Aug 23 Sunday | | green | Twenty-First Sunday of the Year | | | Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed. | | Yr A | Is 22:15, 19-23 ; Ps 138:1-2a, 2b-3, 6+8; Rm 11:33-36; Mt 16:13-20. | | | Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 1 of the Psalter. | | | Aug 24 Monday | | red | St Bartholomew, apostle | Feast | | Mass of the feast day; gloria, preface of the feast. | | | Rv 21:9b-14; ; Ps 145:10-11, 12-13ab, 17-18; ; Jn 1:45-51. | | | Hours of the feast; Te Deum | | Aug 25 Tuesday | | green | Tuesday of the twenty-first week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | 2 Th 2:1-3, 14-16; Ps 96:10, 11-12, 13; Mt 23:23-26. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | St Joseph Calasanz, priest | Optional | | white | St Louis | Optional | | Aug 26 Wednesday | | green | Wednesday of the twenty-first week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | 2 Th 3:6-10, 16-18; Ps 128:1-2. 4-5; Mt 23:27-32. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Bl. James of Bevagna, priest | | | Aug 27 Thursday | | white | St Monica | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | | 1 Co 1:1-9; Ps 145:2-3, 4-5, 6-7; Mt 24:42-51. | | | Hours of the memorial. | | Aug 28 Friday | | white | St Augustine, bishop and Doctor of the Church | Feast | | Mass of the feast day; gloria, preface of the feast. | | | Col 3: 12-17; Ps 100: 2-3,4,5; Jn 17: 14-23a. | | | Hours of the feast; Te Deum | | Aug 29 Saturday | | red | Beheading of St John the Baptist, martyr | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | | Jr 1:17-19; Ps 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5-6ab, 15ab+17; Gospel: Mk 6:17-29. | | | Hours of the memorial. | | Aug 30 Sunday | | green | Twenty-Second Sunday of the Year | | | Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed. | | Yr A | Jr 20:7-9; Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9; Rm 12:1-2; Mt 16:21-27. | | | Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 2 of the Psalter. | | | Aug 31 Monday | | green | Monday of the twenty-second week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | 1 Co 2:1-5; Ps 119:97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102; Lk 4:16-30. | | | Hours of the day. |
| Sep 1 Tuesday | | green | Tuesday of the twenty-second week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | 1 Co 2:10-16; Ps 145:8-9, 10-11, 12-13, 13-14; Lk 4:31-37. | | | Hours of the day. | | Sep 2 Wednesday | | green | Wednesday of the twenty-second week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | 1 Co 3:1-9; Ps 33:12-13, 14-15, 20-21; Lk 4:38-44. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Bl. Guala of Bergamo, bishop | | | white | Bl. Ingrid Skänninge, religious | | | Sep 3 Thursday | | white | St Gregory the Great, pope and doctor | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | | 1 Co 3:18-23; Ps 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; Lk 5:1-11. | | | Hours of the memorial. | | Sep 4 Friday | | green | Friday of the twenty-second week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | 1 Co 4:1-5; Ps 37:3-4, 5-6, 27-28, 39-40; Lk 5:33-39. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Bl. Catherine of Racconigi, virgin | | | | Australia | | violet | Spring Ember Day | | | A day of penance and prayer. | | | MASS and readings from the Masses for Various Needs and Occasions.
Eucharistic Prayer for Various Needs and Occasions is recommended. | | | Liturgy of the Hours as above. |
| | Sep 5 Saturday | | green | Saturday of the twenty-second week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | 1 Co 4:9-15; Ps 145:17-18, 19-20, 21; Lk 6:1-5. | | | Hours of the day. | | Sep 6 Sunday | | green | Twenty-Third Sunday of the Year | | | Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed. | | Yr A | Ezk 33:7-9; Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9; Rm 13:8-10; Mt 18:15-20. | | | Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 3 of the Psalter. | | | Sep 7 Monday | | green | Monday of the twenty-third week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | 1 Co 5:1-8; Ps 5:5-6, 7, 12; Lk 6:6-11. | | | Hours of the day. | | Sep 8 Tuesday | | white | Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary | Feast | | Mass of the feast day; gloria, preface of the feast. | | | Mi 5:1-4a or Rm 8:28-30; Ps 13:6ab, 6cd; Mt 1:1-16, 18-23 or Mt 1:18-23. | | | Hours of the feast; Te Deum | | Sep 9 Wednesday | | green | Wednesday of the twenty-third week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | 1 Co 7:25-31; Ps 45:11-12, 14-15, 16-17; Lk 6:20-26. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | St Peter Claver, priest | Optional | | Sep 10 Thursday | | green | Thursday of the twenty-third week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | 1 Co 8:1-7, 11-13; Ps 139:1-3, 13-14, 23-24; Lk 6:27-38. | | | Hours of the day. | | Sep 11 Friday | | green | Friday of the twenty-third week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | 1 Co 9:16-19, 22-27; Ps 84:3, 4, 5-6, 8, 12; Lk 6:39-42. | | | Hours of the day. | | Sep 12 Saturday | | green | Saturday of the twenty-third week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | 1 Co 10:14-22; Ps 116:12-13, 17-18; Lk 6:43-49. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Most Holy Name of Mary | Optional | white / green
OP | Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Supplementary texts for Mass and Office in the Dominican Proper | Optional | | | | | | Sep 13 Sunday | | green | Twenty-Fourth Sunday of the Year | | | Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed. | | Yr A | Si 27:30-28:7; Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11-12; Rom 14:7-9; Mt 18:21-35. | | | Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 4 of the Psalter. | | | Sep 14 Monday | | red | Triumph of the Holy Cross | Feast | | Mass of the feast day; gloria, preface of the feast. | | | Nb 21: 4-9; Ps 78:1-2, 34-38; Jn 3: 13-17. | | | Hours of the feast; Te Deum | | Mass of the feast; Gloria; Preface of the Holy Cross, or of the Passion I | | Sep 15 Tuesday | | white | Our Lady of Sorrows | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial. Sequence optional. Gospel proper; Preface of B.V. Mary I or II. | | | | Heb 5: 7-9; Ps 31: 2-6, 15-16, 20.; Gospel: Jn 19:25-27 or Lk 2: 33-35. | | | Hours of the memorial. | | Sep 16 Wednesday | | red | Ss Cornelius, pope and martyr , and Cyprian, bishop and martyr | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | | 1 Co 12:31-13:13; Ps 33:2-3, 4-5, 12, 22; Lk 7:31-35. | | | Hours of the memorial. | | Sep 17 Thursday | | green | Thursday of the twenty-fourth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | 1 Co 15:1-11; Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 28; Lk 7:36-50. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | St Robert Bellarmine, bishop and doctor | Optional | | Sep 18 Friday | | green | Friday of the twenty-fourth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | 1 Co 15:12-20; Ps 17:1, 6-7, 8, 15; Lk 8:1-3. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | St Juan Macias, religious | Optional | | Sep 19 Saturday | | green | Saturday of the twenty-fourth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | 1 Co 15:35-37, 42-49; Ps 56:10-12, 13-14; Lk 8:4-15. | | | Hours of the day. | | red | St Januarius, bishop and martyr | Optional | white / green
OP | Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Supplementary texts for Mass and Office in the Dominican Proper | Optional | | | | | | Sep 20 Sunday | | green | Twenty-Fifth Sunday of the Year | | | Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed. | | Yr A | Is 55:6-9; Ps 145:2-3, 8-9, 17-18; Phil 1:20c-24, 27a; Mt 20:1-16. | | | Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 1 of the Psalter. | | | Sep 21 Monday | | red | St Matthew, apostle and evangelist | Feast | | Mass of the feast day; gloria, preface of the feast. | | | Ep 4:1-7, 11-13; Ps 19:2-3, 4-5; Mt 9:9-13. | | | Hours of the feast; Te Deum | | Sep 22 Tuesday | | green | Tuesday of the twenty-fifth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Pr 21:1-6, 10-13; Ps 119:1. 27. 20. 34. 35. 44; Lk 8:19-21. | | | Hours of the day. | | red | Bl Hyacinth Serrano López, priest, and companions, martyrs in Spain | Optional | | Sep 23 Wednesday | | white | St Pius of Pietrelcina, priest | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | | Pr 30:5-9; Ps 119:29, 72, 89, 101, 104, 163; Lk 9:1-6. | | | Hours of the memorial. | | Sep 24 Thursday | | green | Thursday of the twenty-fifth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Qo 1:2-11; Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14, 17; Lk 9:7-9. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Bl. Dalmatius Moner, priest | | | Sep 25 Friday | | green | Friday of the twenty-fifth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Qo 3:1-11; Ps 144:1-2, 3-4; Lk 9:18-22. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Bl. Mark of Modena, priest | | | Sep 26 Saturday | | green | Saturday of the twenty-fifth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Qo 11:9-12:8; Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14, 17; Lk 9:43-45. | | | Hours of the day. | | red | Ss Cosmas and Damian, martyrs | Optional | white / green
OP | Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Supplementary texts for Mass and Office in the Dominican Proper | Optional | | | | | | white | Bl. Lawrence of Ripafratta, priest | | | Sep 27 Sunday | | green | Twenty-Sixth Sunday of the Year | | | Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed. | | Yr A | Ezk 18:25-28; Ps 125:4-5, 6-7, 8-9; Phil 2:1-11 or 2:1-5; Mt 21:28-32. | | | Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 2 of the Psalter. | | | Sep 28 Monday | | green | Monday of the twenty-sixth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Jb 1:6-22; Ps 17:1, 2-3, 6-7; Lk 9:46-50. | | | Hours of the day. | | red | St Dominic Ibañez de Erquicia, priest, St. Lawrence Ruiz, & St Alphonus Navarete, priest, and companions, martyrs | Optional | | red | St Wenceslaus, martyr | Optional | | Sep 29 Tuesday | | white | Ss Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, archangels | Feast | | Mass of the feast day; gloria, preface of the feast. | | | Dn 7:9-10, 13-14 or Rv 12:7-12a; Ps 138:1-2a, 2bc-3, 4-5; Jn 1:47-51. | | | Hours of the feast; Te Deum | | Sep 30 Wednesday | | white | St Jerome, priest and doctor | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | | Jb 9:1-12, 14-16; Ps 88:10-11, 12-13, 14-15; Lk 9:57-62. | | | Hours of the memorial. |
| Oct 1 Thursday | | white | St Theresa of the Child Jesus, virgin | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | | Jb 19:21-27; Ps 27:7-8, 8-9, 13-14; Lk 10:1-12. | | | Hours of the memorial. | | Oct 2 Friday | | white | Holy Guardian Angels | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | | Ex 23:20-23; ; Ps 91:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 10-11; ; Gospel: Mt 18:1-5, 10. | | | Hours of the memorial. | | Oct 3 Saturday | | green | Saturday of the twenty-sixth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Jb 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-16; Ps 119:66, 71, 75, 91, 125, 130; Lk 10:17-24. | | | Hours of the day. | white / green
OP | Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Supplementary texts for Mass and Office in the Dominican Proper | Optional | | | | | | white | Bl. Dominic Spadafora, friar and priest | | | Oct 4 Sunday | | green | Twenty-Seventh Sunday of the Year | | | Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed. | | Yr A | Is 5:1-7; Ps 80:9+12, 13-14, 15-16, 19-20; Phil 4:6-9; Mt 21:33-43. | | | Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 3 of the Psalter. | | | Oct 5 Monday | | green | Monday of the twenty-seventh week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Ga 1:6-12; Ps 111:1-2, 7-8, 9, 10; Lk 10:25-37. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Bl. Raymond of Capua, priest and Master of the Order | Optional | | Oct 6 Tuesday | | green | Tuesday of the twenty-seventh week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Ga 1:13-24; Ps 139:1-3, 13-14, 14-15; Lk 10:38-42. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | St Bruno, priest | Optional | | white | Bl. Bartolo Longo | | | Oct 7 Wednesday | | white | Our Lady of the Rosary | Feast | | Mass of the feast day; gloria, preface of the feast. | | | Zach 2: 14-17 or 1 Chr 15: 3-4,15-16, 16:1-2 or Ac 1: 12-14; Lk 1: 46-47,48-49,50-51,52-53,54-55; Lk 1: 26-38. | | | Hours of the feast; Te Deum | | Oct 8 Thursday | | green | Thursday of the twenty-seventh week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Ga 3:1-5; Lk 1:69-70, 71-72, 73-75; Lk 11:5-13. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Bl Matthew Carreri, priest | | | white | Bl. Ambrose Sansedoni, priest | | | Oct 9 Friday | | green | Friday of the twenty-seventh week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Ga 3:7-14; Ps 111:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; Lk 11:15-26. | | | Hours of the day. | | red | St Denis, bishop and martyr, and companions, martyrs | Optional | | white | St John Leonardi, priest | Optional | | white | St Louis Bertrán, priest | Optional | | Oct 10 Saturday | | green | Saturday of the twenty-seventh week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Ga 3:22-29; Ps 105:2-3, 4-5, 6-7; Lk 11:27-28. | | | Hours of the day. | | Oct 11 Sunday | | green | Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year | | | Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed. | | Yr A | Is 25:6-10; Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6; Phil 4:12-14, 19-20; Mt 22:1-14 or 22:1-10. | | | Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 4 of the Psalter. | | | Oct 12 Monday | | green | Monday of the twenty-eighth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Ga 4:22-24, 26-27, 31-5:1; Ps 113:1-2, 3-4, 5, 6-7; Lk 11:29-32. | | | Hours of the day. | | Oct 13 Tuesday | | green | Tuesday of the twenty-eighth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Ga 5:1-6; Ps 119:41, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48; Lk 11:37-41. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Bl. Magdalen Panatieri, virgin | | | Oct 14 Wednesday | | green | Wednesday of the twenty-eighth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Ga 5:18-25; Ps 1:1, 1-2, 3, 4, 6; Lk 11:42-46. | | | Hours of the day. | | red | St Callistus I, pope and martyr | Optional | | white | Bl. Mary Poussepin, virgin | | | Oct 15 Thursday | | white | St Teresa of Avila, virgin and doctor | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | | Ep 1:3-10; Ps 98:1, 2-3, 3-4, 5-6; Lk 11:47-54. | | | Hours of the memorial. | | Oct 16 Friday | | green | Friday of the twenty-eighth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Ep 1:11-14; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 12-13; Lk 12:1-7. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Margaret Mary Alacoque, virgin | Optional | | white | St Hedwig, religious | Optional | | white | St Margaret Mary Alacoque | Optional | | Oct 17 Saturday | | red | St Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | | Ep 1:15-23; Ps 8:2-3, 4-5, 6-7; Lk 12:8-12. | | | Hours of the memorial. | | Oct 18 Sunday | | green | Twenty-Ninth Sunday of the Year | | | Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed. | | Yr A | Is 45:1, 4-6; Ps 96:1+3, 4-5, 7-8, 9-10; 1 Th 1:1-5b; Mt 22:15-21. | | | Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 1 of the Psalter. | | | Oct 19 Monday | | green | Monday of the twenty-ninth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Ep 2:1-10; Ps 100:2, 3, 4, 5; Lk 12:13-21. | | | Hours of the day. | | red | Ss John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, priests, and companions, martyrs | Optional | | white | St Paul of the Cross, priest | Optional | | white | Bl. Agnes of Jesus Galand, virgin | | | Oct 20 Tuesday | | green | Tuesday of the twenty-ninth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Ep 2:12-22; Ps 85:9-10, 11-12, 13-14; Lk 12:35-38. | | | Hours of the day. | | Oct 21 Wednesday | | green | Wednesday of the twenty-ninth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Ep 3:2-12; Is 12:2-3, 4, 5-6; Lk 12:39-48. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Bl. Peter of Città di Castello, priest | | | Oct 22 Thursday | | green | Thursday of the twenty-ninth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Ep 3:14-21; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 11-12, 18-19; Lk 12:49-53. | | | Hours of the day. | | St John Paul II, pope | Optional | | Oct 23 Friday | | green | Friday of the twenty-ninth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Ep 4:1-6; Ps 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; Lk 12:54-59. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | St John of Capistrano, priest | Optional | | Oct 24 Saturday | | green | Saturday of the twenty-ninth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Ep 4:7-16; Ps 122:1-2, 3-4, 4-5; Lk 13:1-9. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | St Anthony of Claret, bishop | Optional | white / green
OP | Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Supplementary texts for Mass and Office in the Dominican Proper | Optional | | | | | | Oct 25 Sunday | | green | Thirtieth Sunday of the Year | | | Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed. | | Yr A | Ex 22:20-26; Ps 18:2-3a, 3b-4, 47+51; 1 Th 1:5c-10; Mt 22:34-40. | | | Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 2 of the Psalter. | | | Oct 26 Monday | | green | Monday of the thirtieth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Ep 4:32-5:8; Ps 1:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6; Lk 13:10-17. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Bl. Damian of Finale, priest | | | Oct 27 Tuesday | | green | Tuesday of the thirtieth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Ep 5:21-33; Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5; Lk 13:18-21. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Bl. Bartholomew of Vicenza, bishop | | | Oct 28 Wednesday | | red | Ss. Simon and Jude, apostles | Feast | | Mass of the feast day; gloria, preface of the feast. | | | Ep 2: 19-22; Ps 19: 2-5; Lk 6: 12-16. | | | Hours of the feast; Te Deum | | Oct 29 Thursday | | green | Thursday of the thirtieth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Ep 6:10-20; Ps 144:1, 2, 9-10; Lk 13:31-35. | | | Hours of the day. | | Oct 30 Friday | | green | Friday of the thirtieth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Ph 1:1-11; Ps 111:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; Lk 14:1-6. | | | Hours of the day. | | red | Bb. Terence Albert O'Brien, bishop, & Peter Higgins, priest, martyrs | | | white | Bl. Benvenuta Bojani, virgin | | | Oct 31 Saturday | | green | Saturday of the thirtieth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Ph 1:18-26; Ps 42:2, 3, 5; Lk 14:1, 7-11. | | | Hours of the day. |
| Nov 1 Sunday | | white | All Saints | Solemnity | | Mass of the Solemnity; gloria, creed, preface of the Solemnity | | Rv 7: 2-4, 9-14;; Ps 24: 1-6;; Rev 7: 2-4, 9-14;; Mt 5: 1-12 | | | The Hours of the Solemnity; Te Deum | | Nov 2 Monday | | black or violet | Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed | | Mass 1, 2 or 3 of All Souls; reading from the Common; Preface of Christian Death I - V
Priests may celebrate three Masses; second is offered for all faithful departed, third for intentions of the Pope. | | | Hours of the Commemoration from the Office of the Dead, except for texts that are proper. | | OP | L.C.O. 70, § 1 : From All Souls' Day to Advent, every priest shall celebrate one Mass and brothers who are not priests shall participate in one Mass for deceased brothers, sisters, familiars, and benefactors. | | Nov 3 Tuesday | | white | St Martin de Porres, religious | Feast | | Mass of the feast day; gloria, preface of the feast. | | | Is 58: 6-11; Ps 145 10-11, 12-13ab, 17-18; Lk 10: 25-37, or Mt 11: 25-30. | | | Hours of the feast; Te Deum | | Nov 4 Wednesday | | white | St Charles Borromeo, bishop | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | | Ph 2:12-18; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; Lk 14:25-33. | | | Hours of the memorial. | | Nov 5 Thursday | | green | Thursday of the thirty-first week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Ph 3:3-8; Ps 105:2-3, 4-5, 6-7; Lk 15:1-10. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Bl. Simon Ballachi, friar and religious | | | Nov 6 Friday | | green | Friday of the thirty-first week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Ph 3:17-4:1; Ps 122:1-2, 3-4, 4-5; Lk 16:1-8. | | | Hours of the day. | | red | Bl. Bonaventure Garcia Paredes, Hyacinth Serrano Lopez, priests, and companions, martyrs | Optional | | Nov 7 Saturday | | white | All Saints of the Order of Preachers | Feast | | Mass of the feast day; gloria, preface of the feast. | | | Si 44: 1-15, or 2 Co 6: 4-10; Ps 24: 1-2, 3-4ab, 5-6; Mk 10: 28-30. | | | Hours of the feast; Te Deum | | Plenary indulgence under the usual conditions for brethren who renew, at least privately, their resolve to fulfil faithfully the duties of their vocation. See the Introduction. | | Nov 8 Sunday | | green | Thirty-Second Sunday of the Year | | | Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed. | | Yr A | Ws 6:12-16; Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8; 1 Th 4:13-18 or 4:13-14; Mt 25:1-13. | | | Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 4 of the Psalter. | | | OP | The Commemoration of Deceased Brothers and Sisters cannot be celebrated today; it is recommended, however, that Mass and Office of the Dead be offered on a suitable free day - e.g. on Friday of this week, | | | Nov 9 Monday | | white | Dedication of the Basilica of St John Lateran | Feast | | Mass of the feast day; gloria, preface of the feast. | | | Ez 47: 1-2, 8-9, 12; Ps 45: 2-3, 5-6, 8-9.; Jn 2: 13-22. | | | Hours of the feast; Te Deum | | Nov 10 Tuesday | | white | St Leo the Great, pope and doctor | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | | Tt 2:1-8, 11-14; Ps 37:3-4, 18, 23, 27, 29; Lk 17:7-10. | | | Hours of the memorial. | | Nov 11 Wednesday | | white | St Martin of Tours, bishop | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | | Tt 3:1-7; Ps 23:1-3, 3-4, 5, 6; Lk 17:11-19. | | | Hours of the memorial. | | Nov 12 Thursday | | red | St Josaphat, bishop and martyr | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | | Phm 7-20; Ps 146:7, 8-9, 9-10; Lk 17:20-25. | | | Hours of the memorial. | | Nov 13 Friday | | green | Friday of the thirty-second week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | 2 Jn 4-9; Ps 119:1, 2, 10, 11, 17, 18; Lk 17:26-37. | | | Hours of the day. | | Nov 14 Saturday | | green | Saturday of the thirty-second week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | 3 Jn 5-8; Ps 112:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; Lk 18:1-8. | | | Hours of the day. | white / green
OP | Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Supplementary texts for Mass and Office in the Dominican Proper | Optional | | | | | | white | Bl. John Liccio, priest | | | white | Bl. Lucy of Narni, virgin | | | Nov 15 Sunday | | green | Thirty-Third Sunday of the Year | | | Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed. | | Yr A | Pr 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31; Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5; 1 Th 5:1-6; Mt 25:14-30 or 25:14-15, 19-20a. | | | Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 1 of the Psalter. | | | Nov 16 Monday | | green | Monday of the thirty-third week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Rv 1:1-4; 2:1-5; Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4, 6; Lk 18:35-43. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | St Gertrude, virgin | Optional | | white | St Margaret of Scotland | Optional | | Nov 17 Tuesday | | white | St Elizabeth of Hungary, religious | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | | Rv 3:1-6, 14-22; Ps 15:2-3, 3-4, 5; Lk 19:1-10. | | | Hours of the memorial. | | Nov 18 Wednesday | | green | Wednesday of the thirty-third week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Rv 4:1-11; Ps 150:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; Lk 19:11-28. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Dedication of the churches of Peter and Paul, apostles | Optional | | Nov 19 Thursday | | green | Thursday of the thirty-third week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Rv 5:1-10; Ps 149:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 9; Lk 19:41-44. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Bl. James Benfatti, and bishop | | | white | St Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas, virgin | | | Nov 20 Friday | | green | Friday of the thirty-third week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Rv 10:8-11; Ps 11914, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131; Lk 19:45-48. | | | Hours of the day. | | Nov 21 Saturday | | white | Presentation of the Bl. Virgin Mary | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | | Rv 11:4-12; Ps 144:1, 2, 9-10; Lk 20:27-40. | | | Hours of the memorial. | | Nov 22 Sunday | | white | Our Lord Jesus Christ, Universal King | Solemnity | | Mass of the Solemnity; gloria, creed. | | Yr A | Ezk 34:11-12, 15-17; Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5-6; 1 Co 15:20-26, 28; Mt 25:31-46 . | | | Hours of the Solemnity. Te Deum.
Week 2 of the Psalter. | | Nov 23 Monday | | green | Monday of the thirty-fourth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Rv 14:1-3, 4-5; Ps 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; Lk 21:1-4. | | | Hours of the day. | | red | St Clement I, pope and martyr | Optional | | white | St Columban, abbot | Optional | | Nov 24 Tuesday | | red | St Ignatius Delgado, friar & bishop, St Vincent Liem, priest, St Dominic An-Kham, layman, Andrew Dung-Lac, priest, and companions, martyrs | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | | Rv 14:14-19; Ps 96:10, 11-12, 13; Lk 21:5-11. | | | Hours of the memorial. | | Nov 25 Wednesday | | green | Wednesday of the thirty-fourth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Rv 15:1-4; Ps 98:1, 2-3, 7-8, 9; Lk 21:12-19. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | St Catherine of Alexandria or of Sinai | Optional | | Nov 26 Thursday | | green | Thursday of the thirty-fourth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Rv 18:1-2, 21-23; 19:1-3, 9; Ps 100:2, 3, 4, 5; Lk 21:20-28. | | | Hours of the day. | | Nov 27 Friday | | green | Friday of the thirty-fourth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Rv 20:1-4, 11-21:2; Ps 84:3, 4, 5-6, 8; Lk 21:29-33. | | | Hours of the day. | | white | Bl. Margaret of Savoy, religious | | | Nov 28 Saturday | | green | Saturday of the thirty-fourth week. | | | Mass of the day. | | | Rv 22:1-7; Ps 95:1-2, 3-5, 6-7; Lk 21:34-36. | | | Hours of the day. | | | | | A new Liturgical Year Begins with the First Sunday of Advent. | | |
Sunday cycle: B Weekday cycle: 1
(Volume I of the Liturgy of the Hours.) | | | | | Nov 29 Sunday | | | | violet | First Sunday of Advent | Psalter Week 1 | | Mass of the Sunday; creed; the Gloria is omitted. Preface of Advent I. Ritual and funeral Masses are prohibited. | | | Yr B | Is 63:16-17, 19; 64:2-7; Ps 80:2-3,15-16,18-19; 1 Co 1:3-9; Mk 13:33-37. | | Hours of the Sunday; Te Deum. Evening Prayer II of Sunday. | | | Nov 30 Monday | | | | red | St Andrew, apostle | Feast | | Mass of the feast; gloria, preface of the feast. | | Rm 10: 9-18; Ps 19:2-5; Mt 4: 18-22. | | Hours of the feast; Te Deum | | | |
| Dec 1 Tuesday | | | | violet | Tuesday of the first week in Advent. | | | Mass of the day. Preface of Advent I | | | Is 11:1-10; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17; Lk 10:21-24. | | Hours of the day. | | white | Bl. John of Vercelli, priest and Master of the Order | | | Dec 2 Wednesday | | | | violet | Wednesday of the first week in Advent. | | | Mass of the day. Preface of Advent I | | | Is 25:6-10a; Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6; Mt 15:29-37. | | Hours of the day. | | Dec 3 Thursday | | | | white | St Francis Xavier, priest | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of Advent I or of the saint. | | Is 26:1-6; Ps 118:1+8-9, 19-21, 25-27a; Mt 7:21, 24-27. | | Hours of the saint. | | | | | Dec 4 Friday | | | | violet | Friday of the first week in Advent. | | | Mass of the day. Preface of Advent I | | | Is 29:17-24; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; Mt 9:27-31. | | Hours of the day. | | white | St John Damascene, priest and doctor | Optional | | Dec 5 Saturday | | | | violet | Saturday of the first week in Advent. | | | Mass of the day. Preface of Advent I | | | Is 30:19-21, 23-26; Ps 147:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; Mt 9:35-10:1, 6-8. | | Hours of the day. | | Dec 6 Sunday | | | | violet | Second Sunday of Advent | Psalter Week 2 | | Mass of the Sunday; creed; the Gloria is omitted. Preface of Advent I. Ritual and funeral Masses are prohibited. | | | Yr B | Is 40:1-5, 9-11; Ps 85:9-10, 11-12, 13-14; 2 P 3:8-14; Mk 1:1-8. | | Hours of the Sunday; Te Deum. Evening Prayer II of Sunday. | | | Dec 7 Monday | | | | white | St Ambrose, bishop and doctor | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of Advent I or of the saint. | | Is 35:1-10; Ps 85:9ab+10, 11-12, 13-14; Lk 5:17-26. | | Hours of the saint. | | | | | Dec 8 Tuesday | | | | white | Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary | Solemnity | | Mass of the solemnity; gloria, creed, preface of the solemnity. | | Yr B | Gn 3:9-15, 20; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3bc-4; Eph 1:3-6, 11-12; Lk 1:26-38. | | Hours of the solemnity; Te Deum | | | | | OP | Texts in the Dominican Proper. | | Dec 9 Wednesday | | | | violet | Wednesday of the second week in Advent. | | | Mass of the day. Preface of Advent I | | | Is 40:25-31; Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 8+10; Mt 11:28-30. | | Hours of the day. | | white | St Juan Diego Cuatitlatoatzin, hermit | Optional | | white | St Narcisa of Jesus Martillo y Moran, virgin | | | Dec 10 Thursday | | | | violet | Thursday of the second week in Advent. | | | Mass of the day. Preface of Advent I | | | Is 41:13-20; Ps 145:1+9, 10-11, 12-13ab; Mt 11:11-15. | | Hours of the day. | | white | Our Lady of Loreto | Optional | | Dec 11 Friday | | | | violet | Friday of the second week in Advent. | | | Mass of the day. Preface of Advent I | | | Is 48:17-19; Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4+6; Mt 11:16-19. | | Hours of the day. | | white | St Damasus I, pope | Optional | | Dec 12 Saturday | | | | violet | Saturday of the second week in Advent. | | | Mass of the day. Preface of Advent I | | | Si 48:1-4, 9-11; Ps 80:2ac+3b, 15-16, 18-19; Mt 17:9a, 10-13. | | Hours of the day. | | white | Our Lady of Guadelupe | Optional | | Anniversary of the Foundation of the Province (1950) | | | Dec 13 Sunday | | | | violet | Third Sunday of Advent | Psalter Week 3 | | or rose | Gaudete Sunday | | | Mass of the Sunday; creed; the Gloria is omitted. Preface of Advent I. Ritual and funeral Masses are prohibited. | | | Yr B | Is 61:1-2, 10-11; Luke 1:46-48, 49-50, 53-54; 1 Th 5:16-24; Jn 1:6-8, 19-28. | | Hours of the Sunday; Te Deum. Evening Prayer II of Sunday. | | | | Organ may be played solo; flowers may decorate the altar today. (PS 25). | | | Dec 14 Monday | | | | white | St John of the Cross, priest and doctor | Memorial | | Mass of the memorial; preface of Advent I or of the saint. | | Nb 24:2-7, 15-17a; Ps 25:4bc-5ab, 6+7bc, 8-9; Mt 21:23-27. | | Hours of the saint. | | | | | Dec 15 Tuesday | | | | violet | Tuesday of the third week in Advent. | | | Mass of the day. Preface of Advent I | | | Zp 3:1-2, 9-13; Ps 34:2-3, 6-8, 17-18, 19+23; Mt 21:28-32. | | Hours of the day. | | Dec 16 Wednesday | | | | violet | Wednesday of the third week in Advent. | | | Mass of the day. Preface of Advent I | | | Is 45:6b-8, 18, 21b-25; Ps 85:9ab+10, 11-12, 13-14; Lk 7:18b-23. | | Hours of the day. | | white | Bl. Sebastian Maggi, priest | | | Dec 17 Thursday | | | | violet | 17 December. | | Mass of 17 December; preface of Advent II | | | | Gn 49:2, 8-10; Ps 72:1-2, 3-4ab, 7-8, 17; Mt 1:1-17. | | Hours of 17 December | |
The "Christmas Novena" begins today. Special texts in Mass & Office.
It is desirable that vespers from the 17-23 of December should be more solemn by adopting the use of the "major antiphons", and by inviting the faithful to participate at the celebration. Such a celebration, held either before or after the popular devotions to which the faithful are particularly attached, would be an ideal "Christmas novena", in full conformity with the Liturgy and mindful of the needs of the faithful. Some elements, such as the homily, the use of incense, and the intercessions, could also be expanded within the celebration of Vespers [DPPL,n. 103].
| | Dec 18 Friday | | | | violet | 18 December. | | Mass of 18 December; preface of Advent II | | | | Jr 23:5-8; Ps 72:1-2, 12-13, 18-19; Mt 1:18-25. | | Hours of 18 December | | Dec 19 Saturday | | | | violet | 19 December. | | Mass of 19 December; preface of Advent II | | | | Jg 13:2-7, 24-25a; Ps 71:3-4a, 5-6ab, 16-17; Lk 1:5-25. | | Hours of 19 December | | Dec 20 Sunday | | | | violet | Fourth Sunday of Advent | Psalter Week 4 | | Mass of the Sunday; creed; the Gloria is omitted. Preface of Advent II. Ritual and funeral Masses are prohibited. | | | Yr B | 2 S 7:1-5, 8-11, 16; Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 27+29; Rm 16:25-27; Lk 1:26-38. | | Hours of the Sunday; Te Deum. Evening Prayer II of Sunday. | | | Dec 21 Monday | | | | violet | 21 December. | | Mass of 21 December; preface of Advent II | | | | Sg 2:8-14 or Zp 3:14-18a; Ps 33:2-3, 11-12, 20-21; Lk 1:39-45. | | Hours of 21 December | | white | St Peter Canisius, priest and doctor | Optional | | Dec 22 Tuesday | | | | violet | 22 December. | | Mass of 22 December; preface of Advent II | | | | 1 S 1:24-28; 1 Sam 2:1, 4-5, 6-7, 8abcd; Lk 1:46-56. | | Hours of 22 December | | OP |
Anniversary of the approval of our Order (1216). Special prayers for this intention may be made at Mass and at Vespers.
| | Dec 23 Wednesday | | | | violet | 23 December. | | Mass of 23 December; preface of Advent II | | | | Ml 3:1-4, 23-24; Ps 25:4-5ab, 8-9, 10+14; Lk 1:57-66. | | Hours of 23 December | | white | St John of Kanty, priest | Optional | | Dec 24 Thursday | | | | violet | 24 December. | | Mass of 24 December; preface of Advent II | | | | 2 S 7:1-5, 8b-11, 16; Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 27+29; Lk 1:67-79. | | Hours of 24 December | | OP | A special celebration or "Solemn Chapter" is recommended today.
Evening Prayer I and Vigil Mass of Christmas.
Night Prayer is said only by those not attending Office of Readings and Midnight Mass.
| | | | | | Dec 25 Friday | | white | Christmas Day,
The Nativity of the Lord | Solemnity with octave | | | | |
Holy Day of Obligation
For pastoral reasons, the texts of the Midnight Mass may be used at the Vigil. Priests may celebrate or concelebrate three Masses.
Mass of the Vigil, Midnight, Dawn or Day Mass; gloria, creed, sequence Laetabundus optional | | Readings: | | Vigil Mass: Is 62:1-5; Ps 89:4-5,16-17,27,29; Ac 13:16-17, 22-25; Mt 1:1-25 or Mt 1:18-25. | | Midnight Mass: Is 9: 1-7; Ps 96: 1-3, 11-13 Tit 2: 11-14; Lk 2: 1-14. | | Dawn Mass: Is 62: 11-12; Ps 97: 1, 6, 11-12 Tit 3:4-7; Lk 2: 15-20. | | Mass During the Day: Is 52: 7-10; Ps 98: 1-6; Hb 1: 1-6 Jn 1: 1-18. | | All genuflect in the creed at "...and became man."
Christmas Preface I - III
Special Communicantes in Roman Canon (throughout octave.) | |
| OP | At Mass during the Day the sequence Laetabundus may be used.
Hours of Christmas; Te Deum. | |
| OP | Before Mass at midnight on Christmas it is appropriate that the Office of Readings be celebrated as a vigil. (GILH,n.215) At the conclusion of this celebration, as is the custom in the liturgical tradition of our Order, the Genealogy according to Matthew (1:1-16) may be sung. If necessary, the chant, that is the solemn proclamation of the Genealogy, may be sung in the manner proper to the gospel by a cantor who is not a deacon | |
| OP | Plenary indulgence under usual conditions for brethren who renew, at least privately, their resolve to fulfil faithfully the duties of their vocation. See the Introduction | | | Dec 26 Saturday | | red | St Stephen, protomartyr | Feast | | Mass of the feast; gloria, sequence optional.
Christmas Preface I - III
Special Communicantes in Roman Canon.
Morning hours of the feast; Te Deum | | | | Evening Prayer I of the Holy Family. | | | Ac 6:8-10; 7:54-59 Ps 31:3cd-4, 6ab+7b+8a, 17+21ab [ Mt 10:17-22 | | Dec 27 Sunday | | white | HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH
Mass of the feast; gloria, creed. Christmas Preface I - III. Special Communicantes in Roman Canon. | Feast | | Yr B | Si 3:2-6, 12-14; Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5; Col 3:12-21 or 3:12-17; Lk 2:22-40 or 2:22, 39-40. | | Hours of the feast. Te Deum Laudamus. | | | Dec 28 Monday | | red | The Holy Innocents, martyrs | Feast | | Mass of the feast; gloria, sequence optional.
Christmas Preface I - III
Special Communicantes in Roman Canon.
Morning hours of the feast; Te Deum; Evening Prayer of Octave of Christmas. | | | | Evening Prayer I of the Octave. | | | 1 Jn 1:5-2:2 Ps 124:2-3, 4-5, 7b-8 Mt 2:13-18 | | Dec 29 Tuesday | | white | Fifth day in the Octave of Christmas | | | Mass of the day; gloria, sequence Laetabundus optional; preface of Christmas I - III | | 1 Jn 2:3-11; Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 5b-6; Lk 2:22-35. | | Hours of the day.Te Deum. | | red | St Thomas Becket, bishop and martyr | Optional | | Dec 30 Wednesday | | white | Sixth day in the Octave of Christmas | | | Mass of the day; gloria, sequence Laetabundus optional; preface of Christmas I - III | | 1 Jn 2:12-17; Ps 96:7-8a, 8b-9, 10; Lk 2:36-40. | | Hours of the day.Te Deum. | | Dec 31 Thursday | | white | Seventh day in the Octave of Christmas | | | Mass of the day; gloria, sequence Laetabundus optional; preface of Christmas I - III | | 1 Jn 2:18-21; Ps 96:1-2, 11-12, 13; Jn 1:1-18. | | Hours of the day.Te Deum. | | white | St Sylvester I, pope | Optional |
On the Epiphany of the Lord, after the singing of the Gospel, a Deacon or cantor, in keeping with an ancient practice of Holy Church, announces from the ambo the moveable feasts of the current year according to this formula:
Know, dear brothers and sisters,
that, as we have rejoiced at the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ,
so by God's mercy we announce to you also
the joy of his Resurrection, who is our Saviour:
On the twenty-sixth day of February will fall Ash Wednesday, and the beginning of the fast of the
most sacred Season of Lent..
On the twelfth day of April you will celebrate with joy Easter Day, the Holy Passover of our Lord, Jesus Christ.
On the twenty-fourth day of May will be the Ascension of our Lord, Jesus Christ.
On the thirty-first day of May the feast of Pentecost;
on the fourteenth day of June, the feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ.
On the twenty-ninth day of November the first Sunday of the Advent of our Lord, Jesus Christ,
to whom is honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Virgin Mother Mary, with trust we approach you. We, your preachers, fly to you who believed in the words sent from heaven and pondered them in your heart. We stand close around you, who are always present to the gathering of apostles.
In you the Word was made flesh, that same Word which we receive, contemplate, praise together and preach. Therefore, under your guidance we today devote ourselves anew to the ministry of the Word. Furthermore, we declare to you that, hearing with you the Word within ourselves and anointed by the Spirit, whose sacred vessel you pre-eminently are, we are consecrated in the name of Jesus Christ to the evangelization of the world.
With the eyes of your heart enlightened, you understood the mystery of the Word. Through you we, too, are able to perceive the presence of that same Word in the history of our time, so that we may finally contemplate him face to face.
Through you the Father sent his Son into the world that he might save it. Through you we will be powerful in the sight of your people, becoming witnesses of that truth which frees and of that love which unites.
To this place we have brought our needs and here we ponder them. Do you, Mother, give us strength and preserve the harmony of our family, so that what was begun by our profession may be brought to completion by our love for one another, for the salvation of the world and to the praise and glory of God.
If celebrated at Morning Prayer, the Proclamation comes after the Final Prayer, the blessing being omitted.
The cantor goes to the pulpit and immediately begins with the announcement of the following day.
The community remain standing in choir.
[Eight days before the Kalends of January, N. day of the lunar month.]
Innumerable ages having passed since the creation of the world,
when in the beginning God created heaven and earth and formed mankind after his own image;
many centuries after the flood, when the Most High placed his rainbow in the heavens as a sign of peace and of the covenant;
twenty-one centuries after the going forth of Abraham, our father in faith, from Ur of the Chaldees;
thirteen centuries from the exodus of the people of Israel out of Egypt, led by Moses;
about one thousand years from the anointing of David as King;
in the sixty-fifth week according to the prophecy of Daniel;
in the one hundred and ninety-fourth Olympiad;
in the year seven hundred and fifty-two from the founding of the city of Rome;
in the forty-second year of the rule of Caesar Octavian Augustus;
when the whole world was at peace:
Jesus Christ, eternal God and Son of the eternal Father, being pleased to hallow the world by His most gracious coming,
having been conceived of the Holy Spirit, and nine months having passed since His conception,
having become Man,
was born at Bethlehem in Judah of the Virgin Mary.
Here all kneel. At a sign from the prior, all rise and the reader continues:
The Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the flesh.
The cantor may continue with the Martyrology for the day:
[At Rome, the commemoration of Saint Anastasia, a martyr of Sirmium in Hungary.
Also at Rome, in the cemetery of Apronianus on the Latin Way, the martyr, Saint Eugenia.
Also at Rome on the Latin Way, the martyrs, Saints Basil and Jovinian.
At Cracow in Poland, Saint Adalbert Adam Chmielowski, a religious, an outstanding artist, who devoted himself to the poor, striving to assist them in all ways, and who founded Congregations of Brothers and Sisters of the Third Order of Saint Francis for the service of the poor.
V. Precious in the eyes of the Lord
R. Is the death of his faithful.]
Of the angels he says: "He makes his angels winds and his ministers a fiery flame"; but of the Son: "Your throne, O God, stands forever and ever; and a righteous sceptre is the sceptre of your kingdom. You loved justice and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, anointed you with the oil of gladness above your companions"; and: "At the beginning, O Lord, you established the earth, and the heavens are the works of your hands. They will perish, but you remain; and they will all grow old like a garment. You will roll them up like a cloak, and like a garment they will be changed. But you are the same, and your years will have no end." The word of the Lord. R. Thanks be to God.
[Rom 1: 1-3, 5-6 may be used as an alternative.]
Then the prior or hebdomadarian says the following prayer, without "Let us pray" :
May Holy Mary and all the saints intercede for us before the Lord,
that we may be worthy to be helped and saved by Him who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
R. Amen.
[Alternative prayers will be found in the Roman Martyrology (2004)]
May the Lord bless us, and keep us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life.
And may the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
R. Amen.
V. Go in the peace of Christ.
R. Thanks be to God.
| Foreword |
| 1. | Although the Order of Preachers adopts the revised Roman Rite, it wished to retain certain elements of its own Rite which communities of friars, nuns or sisters might use ad libitum.1 Furthermore, the revised Roman liturgical books repeatedly refer to particular customs. And so it seemed necessary to up-date our practices that they might be better attuned to the present time.2 At the same time the important circumstances of our way of life and our customs, which ought to be in harmony with our particular vocation had to be kept in mind.3 |
| 2. | The conventual structure and the diversity of the communities in which our liturgy is usually celebrated invite us to direct our attention to certain rites, which express the spirit of the Order more fittingly and harmoniously in the liturgy.
For this reason the guidelines which follow are provided to communities of friars, nuns or sisters of the Order as suggestions and give a sense of direction for the correct application of the norms of the new books of the Roman liturgy to our own situation. Later the authorities of the Order can review these Guidelines and interpret them, whether it be for the entire Order or for various provinces, for federations of nuns or for congregations of sisters. |
| I General Remarks |
| The Nature of Liturgical Assemblies in our Churches |
| 3. | The assembly gathered in our churches to celebrate the liturgy possesses in a sense its own particular character. Here other faithful, who happen to be present gather together with our communities which are bound to the celebration of the Eucharist and the Hours.4 All, whether community members or other faithful, are called to participate fully in the liturgical action with each person fulfilling his or her proper role.5 |
| The Arrangement of the Community and the Place of Celebration |
| 4. | Although the liturgical obligation pertains to the community and not the place of celebration,6 care should be taken that, depending on the type of celebration, the community can pray in a suitable place and take their proper roles.
An arrangement in which the community members face one another rather than the altar7 fittingly signifies the presence of Christ in the Church at prayer (Mt 18: 20); it is a rich symbol of the contemplative life and of the eschatological dimension of community.8
No matter what is done in arranging the worship space, what has been said above should be kept in mind when designing or renovating sacred buildings or when planning various celebrations. Attention should also be given to what is required to enable the faithful to share and participate in our conventual liturgy. |
| Various Roles |
| 5. | The role of presider and the other roles to be exercised in celebrations are determined by the new liturgical books.
One must keep in mind the practice and customs of our Order to the extent that they are in harmony with the nature of the liturgy and the current liturgical norms. |
| 6. | It is the responsibility of the prior or superior of the community to entrust the task of giving life to the liturgy and of carrying it out properly to a community member who is truly competent in liturgy and chant.9 |
| 7. | In selecting those who are to exercise various roles in liturgical celebration, especially on more solemn occasions, attention should be given to a person's true competence, rather than to custom or seniority in the Order.10
However, let us be watchful that all members of the community, as well as the faithful, can actively participate in the celebrations.
At a suitable time, adequate preparation for the ceremonies and the singing should be given to the community; the opportunity to give directions within the liturgical action should not be overlooked.11 |
| Progressive Solemnity |
| 8. | The conventual celebration of the liturgy deserves by its very nature to be known for its quality and it is most fitting that it be sung.12
The principle of "progressive solemnity" can be applied with profit to music as well as to other aspects of the various liturgical actions.13 In this way after considering what is possible as well as the rhythm of conventual life and the liturgical seasons, each community will through experience strive to achieve a liturgical life that glorifies the Lord and suitably nourishes the spiritual life of its members. |
| Presentation of Self in Celebration |
| 9. | Communal prayer is accompanied by gestures and various bodily postures which foster the hearing of the Word of God and the fuller participation of mind and body in common prayer and liturgical celebration.
In the course of time certain appropriate adaptations in bodily postures have been made and certainly will be made in the future. It is important to note, however, that at least some gestures or bodily postures are always necessary in celebration to preserve its harmony and dynamism (see no. 4 above.)
It is commendable that research in this domain is being undertaken and that the participation of the faithful in this kind of prayer, as the occasion permits, has not been forgotten. |
| 10. | In order to foster a harmony in celebrations some general guidelines are given here:
- the friars should participate in liturgical celebrations in the apparel prescribed by the liturgical books or in whatever is most appropriate for local conditions. The habit is normally worn for the Liturgy of the Hours, or vesture suited to its celebration.
- Local custom is observed when entering or leaving the place of worship after one reverences the altar or the image of the Saviour, either individually or together.
- In choir and in community celebrations the friars should take their places according to the custom of the Order.14 However, it is important that those who have a role to fulfil stand in a suitable place and that the singing done by the entire community be such that it can be easily performed.
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| II The Celebration of the Conventual Mass |
| General Guidelines |
| 11. | The conventual Mass, the center of the liturgy of the community,15 should be celebrated according to the spirit and the rubrics of the General Instruction of the Roman Missal and the Order of Mass.
Although the conventual Mass does not have any special form of celebration,16 certain special points arising from its choral nature should be noted. |
| 12. | In the communities where there are many concelebrants, care should be taken to maintain the unity of the community, particularly during the Liturgy of the Word.
When the Liturgy of the Eucharist begins, if it seems advisable and if the circumstances of place and persons permit, nothing prevents the friars who are not concelebrating as well as the faithful who are present from entering the sanctuary. |
| Postures at Community Prayer |
| 13. | The postures to be observed at community prayer will be best determined by taking into account local customs and circumstances while bearing in mind the guidelines which follow. |
| 14. | As a general rule, community members stand facing the celebrant or the altar:-
during the various dialogues with the celebrant;
- at the prayers (unless local custom calls for a profound bow);
- at the general intercessions;
- for all or part of the Eucharist Prayer;
- during the Lord's Prayer and the prayers which follow.
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| 15. | For the various parts which are sung, whether by the choir or the assembly, the community may either stand or sit, as the case may be. |
| 16. | During the reading and the homily all are seated. During the Gospel, all stand and face whoever proclaims it.17 |
| 17. | The Community members make a profound bow:18
- before the altar at the beginning and end of the celebration, when the Blessed Sacrament is not present in the tabernacle;
- if it seems appropriate, during the doxologies of hymns or of vernacular songs;
- if desired, during the prayers and the conclusions;
- if it seems appropriate, before receiving Holy Communion.
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| 18. | If there is a tabernacle with the Blessed Sacrament in the sanctuary, the priest and ministers genuflect before and after Mass.19 |
| 19. | The Community members kneel:
- during the Eucharistic Prayer, depending upon local custom;
- if it seems appropriate, for the prayers and their conclusions on weekdays of Lent and on days of penance;
- during the creed at the words "and became man" on the feast days of the Annunciation and Christmas.20
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| 20. | Other gestures, as suggested by episcopal conferences21 or adopted by a community, may better express the meaning of the conventual Mass, e.g. during the penitential rite, at the preparation of the gifts, during the Lord's Prayer or at the sign of peace. |
| III The Liturgy of the Hours |
| Rites to be observed |
| 21. | The communal and public celebration of the Divine Office is carried out according to the rites determined by the General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours22 and particular customs.23
Some customs proper to the Order and certain guidelines are given here as suggestions because of their value for providing a harmony and diversity in celebrating the Liturgy of the Hours in our communities. |
| Presiding at a Celebration. |
| 22. | A Friar who is a priest should preside at Office as hebdomadarian, or, in the absence of the priest, one assigned for this role, or a deacon. In communities of nuns or sisters, a sister assigned for this role presides at the celebration of the Liturgy of the Hours or, if it seems appropriate, a priest or deacon who may be present.
According to our practice, the prior or prioress may make certain interventions during the Liturgy of the Hours, as well as preside on particular occasions. |
| 23. | The one who presides, even if clothed in the liturgical vestments,24 takes his place among the friars in the place most suitable for his role, unless the presence of the laity or the solemnity of the day suggest that he be seated in the sanctuary. |
| 24. | In addition to the roles assigned the presider in the General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours,25 others may be assigned in small communities, e.g. reading the lessons, especially when they are short. |
| Other roles in the celebration of the Office |
| 25. | Hymns, antiphons and psalms, and other chants, are intoned by the cantor or cantors, either from their places or, on more solemn days, in the middle of the choir. |
| 26. | Whenever possible, the Invitatory Psalm, responses, intercessions and versicles should be assigned to special ministers who say them either from their places or, if it seems appropriate, in the middle of the choir. |
| 27. | The reader should stand a suitable place to proclaim the readings or, if the text is short, in his or her place among the community members. |
| The festive character of celebrations |
| 28. | When decorating our churches as well as their choirs, we should draw our inspiration from the principles in the General Instruction of the Roman Missal,26 and the customs of the Order.27 |
| 29. | At the major hours, it is customary to light the altar candles, and, during the Easter season, (from Easter Sunday through Pentecost) the paschal candle as well. |
| 30. | During the gospel canticles at Morning and Evening Prayer, the altar and then the presider, the community and the people may be incensed.28 If it seems more appropriate, incense may be burned in the middle of the choir at these celebrations. |
| Posture and gestures of the community |
| 31. | As for the conventual or community Mass, the posture of the community members will be best determined by considering the circumstances of those involved and of the place, and by keeping in mind what follows. |
| 32. | The community members stand facing the altar or the image of the Saviour:
- for the introductory verse of each Hour and during the invitatory psalm;
- for the Intercessions and the Lord's Prayer, if it seems appropriate;
- during the prayer of the day and its conclusion, unless a profound bow is made.
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| 33. | The two choirs stand facing one another:
- for the hymns;
- for the gospel canticles;
- for the Intercessions and the Lord's Prayer, unless the community faces the altar or the image of the Saviour.
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| 34. | During the psalms and all other canticles, the choir is seated, or remains standing, as the case may be. All bow reverently during the doxologies. |
| 35. | All remain seated to listen to the readings, except for the solemn proclamation of the Gospel. During the responsories which follow the readings, the community members adopt whenever posture seems most appropriate. |
| 36. | The community members make a profound bow:
- to the altar when entering or leaving the choir, if the Blessed Sacrament is not reserved in the tabernacle;
- at the "Glory be to the Father" and the doxology of the introductory verse of each Hour, as well as at the doxologies of the psalms and canticles from sacred scripture;
- during the conclusions of a vernacular hymns and canticles, if these conclusions are true doxologies;
- ad libitum during the prayer of the day and its conclusion, unless the community members face the altar or the image of the Saviour;
- ad libitum for the blessing at the end of the Hours.
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| 37. | If there is a tabernacle with the Blessed Sacrament in the sanctuary, the community members genuflect when entering or leaving the choir.
| | 38. | The community members may kneel:
- during the examination of conscience at Night Prayer;
- if it seems appropriate, on the weekdays of Lent and on days of penance, during the prayer of the day and its conclusion;
- during the Salve Regina, when it is sung, at the beginning, and from the words Eia, ergo, advocata nostra until the word ostende.
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| 39. | All make the Sign of the Cross at the beginning of the Hours, at the words, "O God, come to our aid."
They make the Sign of the Cross on their lips at the beginning of the Invitatory, at the words, "Lord, open our lips." |
| 40. | Other gestures which provinces or communities have tried may be used, provided that they correspond to the true meaning and character of the various parts of the Office are in harmony with the choral celebration and can provide a stimulus for expressing common prayer. |
| IV. Other Celebrations |
| General Guidelines |
| 41. | In all liturgical actions, the norms and books of the Roman Rite are to be observed. Due `attention should be given to the form of participation best suited to the community and to the way in which it blends with the participation of the laity.
Certain customs of the old Rite of the Order can be maintained if they are in harmony with the spirit of the revised liturgy and with the different parts of the celebration. |
| The Worship of the Eucharist Outside Mass |
| 42. | The prescriptions contained in the revised Roman Ritual 29 are to be observed in the worship of the Eucharist outside Mass. |
| Processions |
| 43. | Where processions are held, the norms of the liturgical books, and, in certain cases, the customs proper to the Order, are to be observed.
The route to be followed, and the stations, if there are to be any, are determined by local conditions. In all this the meaning of the procession should be clearly apparent. |
| Various Prayers Used in Community Life |
| 44. | As far as the other prayers used in community life are concerned,30 let our customs be observed, keeping in mind the spirit of the revised liturgy and the guidelines of the present document. |
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* The text of this document, inasmuch as it is the particular law of the Order, was approved by the General Chapter (1974), which ordered it to be published as the law for all the provinces of the Order to use (ACG 1974, n.172 [ASOP 43 (1977), pp.160-168 and Notitiae 14 (1978), pp. 463-469])
This translation, which follows the original text, has at times retained the term "friars." However, these guidelines may be applied to monasteries and congregations mutatis mutandis.
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| NOTES |
| 1. | See ACG 1968, n.58; ACG 1971 , n.135. |
| 2. | See Vatican Council II, Decree on the Appropriate Renewal of Religious Life Perfectae Caritatis October 28, 1965, n. 3 [Hereafter = PC; DOC 203) . |
| 3. | See Paul VI Apostolic Exhortation Evangelica testificatio June 29, 1971 , n. 3 |
| 4. | See LCO n.58; LCM. nn.81, 85. |
| 5. | See Vatican Council II SC, n. 28 [DOC 28]. |
| 6. | See GILH, n.262; LCO, n.61 - iii : "When, for a just cause, the Liturgy of the Hours cannot be celebrated in choir, it shall be carried out in another suitable location especially so that the faithful may be able to participate actively in the liturgical prayer of the brethren." See: ACG 1980, n.188. |
| 7. | See Caeremoniale juxta Ritum S.O.P., ed. V. Jandel, [Mechliniae, 1869], nn.469-477, especially n.472; Missale O.P. ed. A. Fernández (Romae 1965], p. 104 n.5. |
| 8. | See Humbert of Romans, Opera de vita regulari, ed. J.-J. Berthier, II (Romae, 1889) p.84. |
| 9. | See: LCO n. 330; LCM, n. 244; GIRM, nn. 69, 73. |
| 10. | See: MSSL, n. 95; MS, nn. 5, 8, 11 [DOC 4126, 4129, 4132]. |
| 11. | See: SCR (Consilium), Instruction (first) Inter Oecumenici, on carrying out the Constitution on the Liturgy, September 26, 1964, n. 13 [DOC 305]; Idem: MS, n.5 [DOC 4126]; GIRM, nn. 21, 73. |
| 12. | See MSSL, n. 35; MS, nn. 5, 11 [DOC 4126, 4132]. |
| 13. | See: GIRM, n.18; GILH, n.273; LCO, n. 65; LCM, n.88. |
| 14. | See: LCO n.266; LCM, Ord. 10. |
| 15. | See LCO n. 59; LCM, n. 82. |
| 16. | See: GIRM n. 76. |
| 17. | See: Ordinarium juxta Ritum S.O.F.P. (1256), ed. L. Theissling (Romae, 1921), p. 238; Caeremoniale S.O.P., ed. V. Jandel (Mechliniae, 1869), n. 701; Missale O.P., ed. A. Fernández Fernández, n. 10, p. xlvii. |
| 18. | According to custom, in choir the profound bow of which the Roman Missal speaks [GIRM n. 234] is ordinarily executed in such a way that the hands can be placed upon the knees. |
| 19. | See: GIRM, nn. 84, 233. |
| 20. | See: GIRM, n. 98. |
| 21. | See: GIRM, n.21. |
| 22. | See: GILH, nn. 253 - 284. |
| 23. | See: GILH, n. 265. |
| 24. | See: GILH, n. 255. |
| 25. | See: GILH, nn. 256, 257. |
| 26. | See: GILH, nn. 253 - 280. |
| 27. | See: LCO, n. 65; LCM, n. 90. See also the primitive legislation of the Order, where the mind of Saint Dominic regarding buildings is expressed: "[They are to be built] in such a way that the brethren are not encumbered by debts, and other seculars and religious are not scandalized by the sumptuousness of our edifices." [G. Meerssmann, "L'architecture dominicaine au XIII siècle," AFP 16 (1946), p. 146.] |
| 28. | See: GILH, n. 261; Caeremoniale juxta Ritum S.O.P., ed. V. Jandel, [Mechliniae, 1869], nn. 1106 - 1115. |
| 29. | See SCCD, Holy Communion and the Worship of the Eucharist outside Mass, June 21, 1973 [DOC, n. 125.] |
| 30. | See LCO, nn. 7, 11, 69; LCM, nn. 61, 76. |
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