DIVINE WORSHIP DAILY OFFICE (COMMONWEALTH EDITION)
DIVINE WORSHIP DAILY OFFICE (Commonwealth Edition)
The Divine Office for use in the Personal Ordinariates established under the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum cœtibus
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Decrees............................................................................................. 9 General Introduction..................................................................... 11 Table of Liturgical Days................................................................. 27 The Calendar.................................................................................. 31 Table of Lessons Through the Year................................................................................... 46 Saints and Holy Days............................................................................. 64 Table of Optional Psalms and Lessons.................................................. 67
Collects Through the Year................................................................................... 73 Saints and Holy Days........................................................................... 106 Commons............................................................................................. 189
Supplementary Texts Time After Epiphany and After Trinity............................................... 200 Seasons................................................................................................. 207 Saints and Holy Days........................................................................... 254 Commons............................................................................................. 305 Votive Offices....................................................................................... 325 Alternative Office Hymns.................................................................... 332
Quicunque Vult (The Creed of St Athanasius)........................... 339 The Litany.................................................................................... 343 Occasional Prayers and Thanksgivings....................................... 351 ORDINARY OF THE DIVINE OFFICE Introduction to Morning and Evening Prayer............................ 371 Morning Prayer............................................................................ 375 Optional Canticles for Morning Prayer...................................... 384 Prime............................................................................................ 397 Terce............................................................................................. 403 Sext............................................................................................... 409 None............................................................................................. 415 7
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Evening Prayer............................................................................. 421 Compline..................................................................................... 427 Anthems of the Blessed Virgin Mary.......................................... 435 Office of the Dead Morning Prayer.................................................................................... 439 Evening Prayer..................................................................................... 452
THE PSALMS OF DAVID.......................................................... 461 THE LESSONS Advent.......................................................................................... 625 Christmastide............................................................................... 704 Time after Epiphany.................................................................... 772 Pre-Lent........................................................................................ 881 Lent.............................................................................................. 938 Passiontide................................................................................. 1052 Holy Week.................................................................................. 1076 Eastertide.................................................................................... 1093 Pentecost (Whitsunday)............................................................ 1245 Trinity Sunday........................................................................... 1263 Time after Trinity...................................................................... 1264 Saints and Holy Days................................................................. 1900 Commons.................................................................................. 1978 APPENDICES I. Preparation Before Mass......................................................... 1995 II. Thanksgiving After Mass....................................................... 2001 III. Seven Penitential Psalms..................................................... 2007 IV. Itinerary................................................................................ 2017 V. Benediction of the Most Holy Sacrament............................. 2020 VI. Blessings for Various Occasions........................................... 2023 VII. Examination of Conscience for Priests.............................. 2027 VIII. Brief Formulæ for Use in Danger of Death....................... 2032
THE PERSONAL ORDINARIATE OF OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM
DIVINE WORSHIP: DAILY OFFICE DECREE OF PUBLICATION FOR THE PERSONAL ORDINARIATE OF OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM In accord with the norms established by the decree of the Sacred Congregation of Rites in Cum, nostra ætate (27 January 1966), this Divine Worship: Daily Office (Commonwealth Edition) is published by the authority of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. In consultation with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Divine Worship: Daily Office is approved for use by the Personal Ordinariates established under the auspices of the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum cœtibus, and fulfils the obligation of the clergy incardinated into the Personal Ordinariates to pray the Liturgy of the Hours with and for the Church. Divine Worship: Daily Office (Commonwealth Edition) may be used by the communities of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham from 3 September 2021, the Feast of Saint Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church. Given on 24 June 2021, the Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist. Rev. Mgr. Keith Newton, Prot. Ap. Ordinary Rev. James Bradley, J.C.D. Vice-Chancellor
THE PERSONAL ORDINARIATE OF OUR LADY OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS
DIVINE WORSHIP: DAILY OFFICE DECREE OF PUBLICATION FOR THE PERSONAL ORDINARIATE OF OUR LADY OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS In accord with the norms established by the decree of the Sacred Congregation of Rites in Cum, nostra ætate (27 January 1966), this Divine Worship: Daily Office (Commonwealth Edition) is published by the authority of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross. In consultation with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Divine Worship: Daily Office is approved for use by the Personal Ordinariates established under the auspices of the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum cœtibus, and fulfils the obligation of the clergy incardinated into the Personal Ordinariates to pray the Liturgy of the Hours with and for the Church. Divine Worship: Daily Office (Commonwealth Edition) may be used by the communities of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross from 3 September 2021, the Feast of Saint Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church. Given on 24 June 2021, the Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist. Rev. Mgr. Carl Reid, Prot. Ap. Ordinary Moira Kelly Ecclesiastical Notary
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
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GENERAL INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION 1. “The Mystery of Christ, his Incarnation and Passover, which we celebrate in the Eucharist especially at the Sunday assembly, permeates and transfigures the time of each day through the celebration of the Liturgy of the Hours, the Divine Office.”1 As an exercise of the priestly office of Christ, this public prayer of the Church, undertaken by clergy and lay faithful alike, gives voice to the Bride of Christ addressing her Bridegroom. Indeed, “it is the very prayer which Christ himself, together with his Body, addresses to the Father.”2 2. Divine Worship: Daily Office (Commonwealth Edition) for use by the clergy and lay faithful of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham and the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, gives expression to and preserves for Catholic worship the worthy Anglican liturgical patrimony, understood as that which has nourished the Catholic faith throughout the history of the Anglican tradition and prompted aspirations towards ecclesial unity.3 3. As dispensers of the mysteries of God, consecrated to God by the sacrament of holy order, priests and deacons are enjoined to “the most blessed and joyful ordinance of the Gospel” by the discipline and prayer of the Divine Office.4 Clerics and members of institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life within the Ordinariates satisfy this obligation by praying the Office in Divine Worship. Priests and deacons incardinated in the Ordinariates fulfil this duty by the recitation of Morning and Evening Prayer.5
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Catechism of the Catholic Church, n. 1174.
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SECOND VATICAN ECUMENICAL COUNCIL, Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy Sacrosanctum concilium, n. 84.
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Cf. BENEDICT XVI, Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum cœtibus, Art. III.
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JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, Sermons, 1824-1843. Vol. 1: Sermons on the Liturgy and Sacraments and on Christ the Mediator, ed. Placid Murray (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991) 25-26; SECOND VATICAN ECUMENICAL COUNCIL, Sacrosanctum concilium, n. 86.
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CIC, can. 276 §2, 3°; 1174-1175; Cf. CONGREGATION FOR THE CLERGY, Directory on the Life and Ministry of Priests, nn. 74-76; General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours (GILH), n. 29. 13
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4. Since the Divine Office is the prayer of the whole Church, in accordance with the teaching of the Church’s pastors and the Anglican tradition, pastors of souls are to see that insofar as possible, Morning and Evening Prayer are recited daily in public, especially on Sundays and more solemn days, and that the lay faithful are exhorted to pray at least some part of the Office, either with the clergy, among themselves, or even individually.6
NORMS COMMON TO THE DIVINE OFFICE 5. In the Anglican tradition, the titles Morning Prayer and Mattins (Matins), and Evening Prayer and Evensong, are often used interchangeably. These terms may denote the celebration of the Divine Office according to Divine Worship. 6. The Psalms and associated texts provided in Divine Worship: Daily Office (Commonwealth Edition) are taken from the Coverdale translation of the Psalter common to the English prayer book tradition. In accord with the provisions of the Apostolic See for the Ordinariates, the Lessons are taken from the Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition. 7. The term Officiant is used to denote the person, cleric or lay, who leads the Office. When the Officiant is a lay person the salutation, V. The Lord be with you. R. And with thy spirit, is always replaced by, V. O Lord, hear our prayer. R. And let our cry come unto thee. Unless otherwise indicated, a lay Officiant may read everything appointed in the Office. 8. Unless otherwise indicated, or as apparent from the nature of the matter, the words ‘say’ and ‘recite’ are understood as referring to singing or saying the texts of the Office. 9. The Gloria Patri is said as follows after each Psalm, including the Venite, and after each Canticle, unless otherwise indicated: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen. It is customary to bow at the invocation of the Most Holy Trinity.
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SECOND VATICAN ECUMENICAL COUNCIL, Sacrosanctum concilium, n. 100; Cf. BENEDICT XVI, Apostolic Exhortation Verbum Domini, n. 62.
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10. When the Office is sung, the given Psalms, Antiphons, Office Hymns, and other texts, may be replaced by musical settings that rely on a different translation of the same text. In the case of the Psalms, this includes the Revised Psalter. 11. The texts of the Office are to be recited in such a way that their prayerful character and nature is clear. In the spoken or chanted recitation of the Office, a pause is to be observed in the midst of each verse of a Psalm or Canticle, and elsewhere, as indicated by a colon. Whether spoken or sung, insofar as possible the Psalms should be recited antiphonally; that is by two choirs, by two parts of the congregation, or even between the Officiant and the People. 12. When clerics or religious who are obliged under any title to pray the Divine Office join in an Office celebrated in common according to Divine Worship, they fulfil their obligation in respect to the part of the Office at which they are present.7 In the case of Morning Prayer this is the Office of Readings and Lauds, and in the case of Evening Prayer this is Vespers and Compline.
MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER 13. Morning and Evening Prayer are “the two hinges on which the daily Office turns; hence they are to be considered as the chief hours and are to be celebrated as such.”8 They are known in Divine Worship as the Greater Hours. 14. The Office of Sundays, Solemnities, and other appointed Feasts, begins with Evening Prayer in the evening of the preceding day. Should Evening Prayer of the current day’s Office, and Evening Prayer of the eve of the following day, be assigned for the same time, then Evening Prayer of the celebration with the higher rank in the Table of Liturgical Days takes precedence; in cases of equal rank, Evening Prayer of the current day takes precedence.9 15. On Sundays, Solemnities, and at other times appointed by the Officiant, the Introduction to Morning and Evening Prayer may precede the recitation of the Office. Otherwise, Morning and Evening Prayer begin with the Versicle, O Lord, open thou our lips. 7
Cf. GILH, n. 242.
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SECOND VATICAN ECUMENICAL COUNCIL, Sacrosanctum concilium, n. 89a.
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Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the General Roman Calendar, n. 61.
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16. The penitential act in the Introduction to Morning and Evening Prayer is a corporate acknowledgement of sin, and includes an expression of remorse or lament, and a plea for God’s mercy.10 If a Priest officiates, this concludes with the Priest’s prayer for the forgiveness of sin which, however, lacks the efficacy of the Sacrament of Penance and is not a general absolution. Therefore the Priest does not make the Sign of the Cross over the People during this prayer.11 If the Officiant is not a Priest, the Collect for the Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity is always said in its place. 17. At Morning Prayer, the Invitatory Psalm is said as indicated. On Easter Day, and throughout the Easter Octave, the Invitatory Psalm is replaced by Anthems. On certain other days, Anthems are provided for optional use at the discretion of the Officiant. 18. The Venite is said daily as the Invitatory Psalm, except on the nineteenth day of the month when this Psalm is given in the course of the Psalter. On this day, and at other times as circumstances suggest, Jubilate Deo is said in its place. 19. The Psalms at Morning and Evening Prayer are to be said according to the day of the month, following the longstanding Anglican tradition. In this way the entire Psalter is generally prayed each month. In February the Psalter shall be read only to the twentyeighth or twenty-ninth day. In months with thirty-one days, the Psalms appointed for the thirtieth day are repeated. When proper Psalms are indicated, these are to be used in place of the Psalms appointed for the day. 20. At Morning and Evening Prayer there are two Lessons, one from the Old Testament, and one from the New Testament. Before every Lesson the reader shall say, Here beginneth such a Chapter, or Verse of such a Chapter, of such a Book. And after every Lesson, Here endeth the First, or the Second Lesson. 21. At Morning Prayer on Sundays (except in Advent, Pre-Lent, Lent, and Passiontide), on Solemnities, Feasts, and optionally on Memorials, throughout the Octaves of Christmas, Easter, and Pentecost, and daily throughout Eastertide, unless otherwise indicated, Te Deum Laudamus 10
Cf. Psalm 22:6; Psalm 38:3; Isaiah 1:5-6; Daniel 9:4-10.
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Cf. General Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM), n. 51; Divine Worship: The Missal, Rubrical Directory, n. 28.
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follows the First Lesson. On other days Benedicite, Omnia Opera is said. Optional Canticles for Morning Prayer are also provided, and these may replace the Te Deum as indicated. 22. After the Second Lesson at Morning Prayer, the Benedictus is said daily without variation. After the First Lesson at Evening Prayer, the Magnificat is said daily without variation. 23. After the Second Lesson at Evening Prayer, the Nunc Dimittis is said without variation, even if Compline is to be recited later. No Antiphon is said for the Nunc Dimittis at Evening Prayer. 24. At Morning Prayer, the Apostles’ Creed is replaced by Quicunque vult, commonly called The Creed of Saint Athanasius, on Christmas Day, the Epiphany, Easter Day, Ascension Day, Whitsunday, Saint Matthias, the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist, Saint James, Saint Bartholomew, Saint Matthew, Saints Simon and Jude, Saint Andrew, and on Trinity Sunday. The Ordinary may also appoint this Creed to be recited on other days. On these days, the Athanasian Creed is omitted at Prime. 25. At both Morning and Evening Prayer the Officiant says the appointed Collect, followed by the Second and Third Collects. At certain times, such as in Advent and Lent, another Collect is appointed to be said before the appointed Second Collect. If no proper Collect is provided, that of the preceding Sunday is said. 26. In the Collects from Divine Worship given, “Holy Spirit” is customarily replaced by “Holy Ghost” in the recitation of the Divine Office.12 27. After the Third Collect, the Officiant may add other appropriate Collects, or Prayers and Thanksgivings. These may be taken from Divine Worship, or some other suitable source. For a particular need, the Ordinary may even appoint a Collect to be said at this time. 28. Unless otherwise indicated, Morning and Evening Prayer always concludes with the Prayer of Saint Chrysostom and the Grace (2 Corinthians 13:14).
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Cf. Divine Worship: The Missal, Rubrical Directory, n. 9.
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Variations at Morning and Evening Prayer 29. At Evening Prayer, if a proper Vigil Mass provided in Divine Worship: The Missal is to be said, the Collect appointed for the Mass in that Missal may be said in place of that given in the Office. 30. A suitable Anthem or Hymn may follow the Third Collect. A Sermon may also be given at Morning and Evening Prayer. The Sermon is preached after the Anthem or Hymn, if there be one, or otherwise after the Third Collect. 31. After the Anthem or Hymn, or if there be one after the Sermon, the Office continues with other appropriate Collects, or Prayers and Thanksgivings. 32. On Sundays, and other days appointed by the Officiant, a further suitable Hymn may be sung before the Prayer of Saint Chrysostom. If there is to be a collection, this may be taken during this Hymn. 33. On days of greater solemnity, if the Officiant is a cleric, the Prayer of Saint Chrysostom and the Grace may be replaced by a suitable blessing. If a Bishop (or the Ordinary, if he is not a Bishop) presides at the Office, he may give the Pontifical Blessing provided in Divine Worship: The Missal (Appendix 7). 34. If another liturgical function is to follow Morning or Evening Prayer, the Office is to be recited in full, and concluded in the usual manner. 35. When the Litany is recited, this is done after Morning Prayer, or apart from the Office. The Litany is appropriately said on Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and other days according to tradition. It is said on the Rogation Days, either at Morning Prayer or before Mass. It may be appointed to be said by the Ordinary at other times. The Litany may be sung in procession, or else led by the Officiant from his place, or even by the Officiant and cantors from a desk appointed for this purpose in the midst of the quire.
Lectionary for Morning and Evening Prayer 36. The Lectionary given in Divine Worship: Daily Office (Commonwealth Edition) is alone to be used in Morning and Evening Prayer. When a separate Bible is used, the Lessons are always to be taken from a translation of Scripture approved for use in the Ordinariate.
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37. In the public recitation of Morning and Evening Prayer, in accordance with the Anglican tradition, it is most fitting that the Lessons are read from a Bible placed on a lectern, ambo, or other suitable place designated for this purpose.13 38. When the First Sunday of Advent occurs in a year with an even number, the Lessons appointed in the Lectionary for Year I are to be read. When it occurs in a year with an odd number, the Lessons appointed for Year II are to be read. 39. The Lessons are to be read as given, however when a Lesson begins with a pronoun the reader substitutes the appropriate noun. Where passages in the Lessons are given within brackets, these may be read or omitted at the discretion of the Officiant. 40. If so desired, the Second Reading from the Office of Readings in the Liturgy of the Hours, or a non-biblical reading from some other suitable source, may be read following the conclusion the Office, namely after the Third Collect.
Office of the Dead 41. The Office of the Dead may be recited on the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed in place of Morning and Evening Prayer. 42. Except on Sundays, including Remembrance Sunday, it may also be said in addition to the Office of the day, or even in its place as pastoral circumstances demand and the Table of Liturgical Days allows. The Office of the Dead is customarily said on Mondays in the seasons of Advent and Lent, and on the first feria in the calendar month. 43. The appropriate canonical hour from the Office of the Dead, either Morning or Evening Prayer, is appropriately prayed after the Vigil for the Deceased has taken place, or before a Funeral.14 The Office is provided in full, together with the Psalms and Lessons, to facilitate the participation of the lay faithful. 44. In the Office of the Dead, in place of the Gloria Patri shall be said the following: V. Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord. R. And let light perpetual shine upon them. If for reasons of musical setting this is not possible, the Gloria Patri is omitted entirely. 13
Cf. GIRM, n. 309; BENEDICT XVI, Verbum Domini, n. 68.
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Divine Worship: The Order for Funerals, n. 14.
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Supplementary Texts 45. Divine Worship preserves such features and elements that are representative of the English prayer book tradition, in conformity with Catholic doctrinal and liturgical norms. For this reason, Antiphons, Office Hymns, and other optional texts for Morning and Evening Prayer are provided to complement the Divine Office. 46. The choice of including these Supplementary Texts should respect the overall shape of the liturgical celebration, such as the distinction between solemn and simple celebrations, and is made within the tradition of a Parish or community of the Ordinariate. 47. At Morning Prayer, the recitation of the Venite may include an Invitatory Antiphon (Inv.), whilst at both Morning and Evening Prayer the appointed Office Hymn, its Versicle and Response, and the Antiphon appointed for the Benedictus (Ben.) and Magnificat (Mag.) may each be used at the discretion of the Officiant. 48. When the Venite is said with the optional Invitatory Antiphon, the Antiphon is said as indicated in the Supplementary Texts (p. 199). 49. The Office Hymn is sung after the First Lesson at Evening Prayer, and after the Second Lesson at Morning Prayer. Where the Office Hymn corresponds to the setting provided in The English Hymnal, the relevant hymn number is indicated. On Memorials, whether optional or obligatory, the ferial Office Hymn and its Versicle and Response may always replace a Common text. If the Office Hymn is proper, however, it is used. 50. Where several options are indicated for Common texts in the Office for a Saint or Holy Day, the choice should insofar as possible correspond to the Mass formulary celebrated that day. 51. When the Supplementary Texts are used, from after Evening Prayer on the Saturday before Septuagesima until after the Solemn Vigil of Easter, Alleluia is omitted entirely from the Office. From Morning Prayer on Easter Day until None on the Ember Saturday in Whitsun Week, Alleluia is added to the Invitatory Antiphon, the Versicle and Response following the Office Hymn, and to the Antiphon on the Benedictus and Magnificat.
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LESSER HOURS 52. The Offices of Prime, Terce, Sext, None, and Compline, known in Divine Worship as the Lesser Hours, have the character of devotional Offices, and correspond to certain times of the day, that the tradition of prayer in the course of the day’s work may be maintained.15 They are provided for optional recitation. 53. Prime, recited after the time for Morning Prayer, mystically refers to the Incarnation and Infancy of Christ. The Office, taken from the English prayer book tradition, generally comprises the Hymn Iam lucis ordo sidere, the beginning of Psalm 119, and prayers that mark the start of the working day. By ancient custom, on Sundays this Office includes the Creed of Saint Athanasius. Prime is appropriately prayed by the lay faithful whose obligations preclude the regular recitation of Morning Prayer. 54. The Roman Martyrology may be read at the conclusion of Prime, as appointed in the liturgical book. At the conclusion, the reader adds these or similar words: And elsewhere many other holy martyrs, confessors, and holy virgins. And all reply, Thanks be to God. This practice is especially praiseworthy when Prime is recited in common. 55. Terce is the third hour. Its Office, recited in the mid-morning, recalls the descent of the Holy Ghost on the Apostles on the Day of Pentecost. The Office generally comprises the Hymn Nunc Sancte nobis Spiritus, the continuation of Psalm 119, a Chapter, Responsory, and Collect. The recitation of Terce, particularly in common, aptly precedes the celebration of Mass. 56. Sext is the noonday office, recited when the day is at its brightest and at the hour in which the Lord Jesus was nailed to the Cross. The Hymn Rector potens, a further portion of Psalm 119, a Chapter, Responsory, and Collect, generally constitute this Office. 57. None is recited in the mid-afternoon. This Office recalls the prayer of the Apostles in the Temple, the gradual conclusion of the day, and the death of the Lord Jesus on the Cross.16 The Hymn Rerum Deus tenax vigor, the conclusion of Psalm 119, a Chapter, Responsory, and Collect, are provided. 15
Cf. Hebrews 13:15.
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Cf. Acts 3:1.
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58. Compline marks the end of the day and looks also to the end of the earthly pilgrimage. This Office, drawn from the English prayer book tradition, is recited in the late evening, before retiring for bed. Together with Prime, it is most suitably prayed daily by the lay faithful. 59. At Compline, after the Psalmody, Chapter, and Responsory, the Hymn Te lucis ante terminum is generally sung. The Antiphon and Canticle Nunc Dimittis is then recited, unless Evening Prayer has also been said, in which case these are omitted. Then follows the Apostles’ Creed. The Office concludes with an examination of conscience, a penitential act, and Collect. 60. After Compline the appropriate Anthem of the Blessed Virgin Mary is said, together with its Versicle and Response, and Collect. Where the recitation of Compline takes place in common, during this Anthem a cleric may sprinkle those present with holy water. After the Collect, the Officiant says, May the divine assistance remain with us always. And all reply, Amen. 61. At the Lesser Hours, the given Office Hymn, Versicle and Response, Chapter, and Responsory, may be substituted by texts appointed for the same Office elsewhere in the Roman Rite.
INDICATIONS FOR THE LITURGICAL YEAR 62. The Proclamation of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Divine Worship: The Missal (Appendix 9) may be chanted or recited, most appropriately on 24 December, at Evening Prayer. In this instance it takes place immediately before the Office. It may also be sung, as appointed, at Prime on Christmas Day. 63. The Seven Penitential Psalms are provided in Appendix III (p. 2022) for recitation in common or in private, particularly after Morning Prayer. By tradition they are said especially on the weekdays of Lent, and on Ash Wednesday after the Office of Sext. 64. From after None of Passion Sunday, the Gloria Patri is omitted from the Venite at Morning Prayer, and from the Responsories at the Lesser Hours. The Gloria Patri is omitted entirely in the Office from after Compline of the Wednesday of Holy Week, up to and including
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Compline of Holy Saturday. During the Sacred Paschal Triduum, the reading of the Roman Martyrology at Prime is omitted. 65. During the Sacred Paschal Triduum, in place of Morning Prayer, the Office of Tenebrae may be said in English according to the ancient order for the Office. 66. Those who take part in the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Maundy Thursday, or the Celebration of the Passion and Death of Our Lord on Good Friday, are not bound to the recitation of Evening Prayer on either day. Compline on Holy Saturday is said only by those who are not present at the Solemn Vigil of Easter.
OTHER NORMS AND INDICATIONS 67. For the public celebration of the Office, a cleric may wear choir dress. At Morning and Evening Prayer, if it is to be celebrated in a more solemn form, the Officiant, if he be a cleric, may wear a cope. He may be assisted by other Ministers in appropriate attire. 68.
The colour of sacred vestments for the Divine Office is as follows: a. White is used during Eastertide and Christmastide; also for Feasts of the Lord other than of his Passion; in celebrations of the Blessed Virgin Mary, of the Holy Angels, of Saints who are not Martyrs; on the Solemnities of All Saints and the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist; and on the Feasts of Saint John the Evangelist, of the Chair of Saint Peter, and the Conversion of Saint Paul. b. Red is used for Palm Sunday, Pentecost Sunday (Whitsunday), during the Octave of Pentecost; on celebrations of the Lord’s Passion; on the Feasts of Apostles and Evangelists; and for the celebration of Martyrs. c. Green is used for the Time after Epiphany until Septuagesima, and in the Time after Trinity. d. Violet or purple is used in Advent, Pre-Lent, and Lent, and on Ember Days, except in the Pentecost Octave. It is also worn at the Office on Maundy Thursday.
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e. Black is used at the Office of the Dead, and on the Commemoration of the Faithful Departed (2 November). f. Rose may be used on Gaudete Sunday (Third Sunday of Advent) and on Lætare Sunday (Fourth Sunday in Lent). g. On more solemn occasions, sacred vestments may be used that are more festive, that is, more precious, even if not of the colour of the day, so also gold and silver can be substituted for other colours, but not for violet or black.17 69. On days of special thanksgiving in the life of the Church, the Ordinariate, or the Parish, the Te Deum provided in Divine Worship: The Missal (Appendix 11) or Divine Worship: Daily Office (p. 376) may be sung in a solemn manner at Evening Prayer. If so, this takes place after the Third Collect. The Office concludes with the Versicles and Responses, and the Collect appointed for the Solemn Te Deum of Thanksgiving in Divine Worship: The Missal. 70. The use of incense is an expression of reverence and prayer, as is signified in Sacred Scripture.18 Incense may be used by an Officiant who is a cleric, if desired, during the Benedictus and Magnificat at Morning and Evening Prayer respectively, to incense the Cross, Altar, the Ministers, and the People. The Priest or Deacon imposes incense in silence, or while saying in a low voice: Be thou ✠ blessed by him in whose honour thou shalt be burnt. Amen. 71. Aside from Compline, the Marian Anthem appointed for the season may be recited together with its Versicle and Response, and Collect, at the conclusion of any Office. 72. If a Votive Office is recited, it is sufficient that the Collect of the Votive Office alone be said, in place of the first Collect appointed for the day or season at Morning and Evening Prayer.
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Cf. Divine Worship: The Missal, Rubrical Directory, n. 43.
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Psalm 141:2; Revelation 8:3.
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THE SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPORTANCE OF SINGING 73. “The sung celebration of the Divine Office is the form which best accords with the nature of this prayer. It expresses its solemnity in a fuller way and expresses a deeper union of hearts in performing the praises of God.”19 For this reason the sung form of the Office is strongly recommended, whether in quire or in common with others. When clerics meet together, either in their common life or for some other purpose, it is most fitting that they recite at least some part of the Divine Office.20 74. With the exception of those texts proper to the Officiant, the singing of the Office may be assisted by a choir. The Office may be accompanied by appropriate musical instruments, chiefly the organ.21 Those who offer their skill as musicians in the Church are to be devout and attentive to the liturgical function. It is therefore fitting that they wear some ecclesiastical garb, and in keeping with the Anglican tradition particularly the cassock and surplice. Care is to be taken, as everything related to the music “ought to correspond to the meaning of the mystery being celebrated, the structure of the rite, and the liturgical seasons.”22 75. Whenever the choir sings alone the parts of the Office designated for the People, they do so in the name of the whole Church. In accordance with the Anglican choral tradition, the People participate in this by their prayerful observance of the texts, and by a union of prayer in their hearts. 76. On Sundays and Holy Days, it is especially appropriate that singing should be used at least at Morning and Evening Prayer. Similarly these Offices should be carried out solemnly whenever possible. 77. Of all the parts of the Office, the Versicles and Responses, Psalmody, Canticles, Office Hymns, Responsories, and Collects are, insofar as possible, to be sung. The Lessons at Morning and Evening Prayer are not sung, but the Chapter at the Little Hours may be sung to the appropriate chant. 19
SACRED CONGREGATION OF RITES, Instruction Musicam Sacram, 5 March 1967, n. 37.
20
Cf. GILH, n. 25.
21
SECOND VATICAN ECUMENICAL COUNCIL, Sacrosanctum concilium, n. 120.
22
BENEDICT XVI, Apostolic Exhortation Sacramentum Caritatis, 22 February 2007, n. 42.
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78. There is nothing to prevent some part of the Office being sung in a different language, provided the text is taken from an approved liturgical book of the Roman Rite. The use of Latin, and of Gregorian chant, as proper to the Roman liturgy, is to be given pride of place.23 79. According to the season or the nature of the celebration, the Office may be preceded by an Anthem. As appropriate, the entrance of the Officiant and other Ministers before the Office may be accompanied by the organ, or even by an appropriate Hymn.
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SECOND VATICAN ECUMENICAL COUNCIL, Sacrosanctum concilium, nn. 36, 116.
Table of Liturgical Days according to their order of precedence
I 1. The Paschal Triduum of the Passion and Resurrection of the Lord. 2. The Nativity of the Lord, the Epiphany, the Ascension, and Pentecost. Sundays of Advent, Sundays in Lent, and Sundays of Easter. Ash Wednesday. Weekdays of Holy Week from Monday up to and including Thursday. Days within the Octave of Easter. 3. Solemnities inscribed in the General Calendar, whether of the Lord, of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or of Saints. The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls). 4. Proper Solemnities, namely: a) The Solemnity of the Title of the Ordinariate. b) The Solemnity of the principal Patron of the place, city, or state. c) The Solemnity of the dedication and of the anniversary of the dedication of one’s own church. d) The Solemnity of the Title of one’s own church. e) The Solemnity either of the Title or of the Founder or of the principal Patron of an Order or Congregation.
II 5. Feasts of the Lord inscribed in the General Calendar. 6
Sundays of Christmas Time, the Sundays after Epiphany, Septuagesima, Sexagesima, Quinquagesima, the Sundays after Trinity.
7. Feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary and of the Saints in the General Calendar. 27
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8. Proper Feasts, namely: a) The Feast of the principal Patron of the Ordinariate. b) The Feast of the anniversary of the dedication of the principal church of the Ordinariate. c) The Feast of the principal Patron of a region or province, or a country, or of a wider territory. d) The Feast of the Title, Founder, or principal Patron of an Order or Congregation and of a religious province, without prejudice to the prescriptions given under no. 4. e) Other Feasts proper to an individual church. f) Other Feasts inscribed in the Calendar of each Ordinariate. 9. Weekdays of Advent from 17th December up to and including 24th December. Days within the Octave of Christmas. Days within the Octave of Pentecost (including the Ember Days therein). Weekdays of Lent.
III 10. Obligatory Memorials in the General Calendar. Ember Days. Rogation Days. 11. Proper Obligatory Memorials, namely: a) The Memorial of a secondary Patron of the place, Ordinariate, region, or religious province. b) Other Obligatory Memorials inscribed in the Calendar of each Ordinariate, or Order or congregation. 12. Optional Memorials, which, however, may be celebrated, in the special manner described in the General Instruction of the Roman Missal, even on the days listed in no. 9. In the same manner Obligatory Memorials may be celebrated as Optional Memorials if they happen to fall on Lenten weekdays.
TAB LE OF LIT UR GI CAL D AYS
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13. Weekdays of Advent up to and including 16th December. Weekdays of Christmas Time from 2nd January until the Saturday after the Epiphany. Weekdays of the Easter Time from Monday after the Octave of Easter up to and including the Saturday before Pentecost. Weekdays in Time after Epiphany and Time after Trinity. If several celebrations fall on the same day, the one that holds the highest rank according to the Table of Liturgical Days is observed. However, a Solemnity impeded by a liturgical day that takes precedence over it should be transferred to the closest day not listed under nos. 1-8 in the Table of Precedence, provided that what is laid down in no. 5 is observed. As to the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, whenever it falls on any day of Holy Week, it shall always be transferred to the Monday after the Second Sunday of Easter. Other celebrations are omitted in that year. Should Evening Prayer of the current day’s Office and First Evensong (Evening Prayer I) of the following day be assigned for celebration on the same day, then Evening Prayer of the celebration with the higher rank in the Table of Liturgical Days takes precedence; in cases of equal rank, Evening Prayer of the current day takes precedence.
THE CALENDAR
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THE CALENDAR This calendar lists the fixed observances approved for use in the Personal Ordinariates of the Chair of Saint Peter, Our Lady of the Southern Cross, and Our Lady of Walsingham. Observances are of four types, directly identified in red on the right-hand side and distinguished by formatting. SOLEMNITIES are formatted in bold capitals. Feasts are formatted in small capitals. Memorials are formatted in unadorned type. Optional Memorials are formatted in italics; for brevity, the words “Optional Memorial” are omitted from the description. Some observances are of a National character and are not identified as any of these types (e.g. Independence Day (July 4) in the United States). Where observances are not universal, jurisdictions are noted with the type of observance. The Ordinariates are identified as CSP (Chair of Saint Peter), OLSC (Our Lady of the Southern Cross), and OLW (Our Lady of Walsingham). Other jurisdictions are noted by the name of the applicable country.
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JANUARY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
MARY, THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD Solemnity Sts Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops and Doctors of the Church Memorial The Most Holy Name of Jesus* CSP: St Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious Memorial CSP (US only): St John Neumann, Bishop Memorial THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD (The Manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles) Solemnity CSP: St André Bessette, Religious St Raymond of Penyafort, Priest
St Benedict Biscop, Abbot OLW: St Ælred of Rievaulx, Abbot St Hilary, Bishop and Doctor of the Church OLSC, OLW: St Kentigern (Mungo), Bishop
St Anthony, Abbot
Memorial
OLSC, OLW: St Wulfstan, Bishop St Fabian, Pope and Martyr St Sebastian, Martyr St Agnes, Virgin and Martyr Memorial CSP (Canada only), OLSC, OLW: St Vincent, Deacon and Martyr CSP (US only): Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children CSP (US only): St Vincent, Deacon and Martyr CSP (US only): St Marianne Cope, Virgin St Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Memorial The Conversion of St Paul the Apostle Feast CSP, OLW: Sts Timothy and Titus, Bishops Memorial OLSC: Australia Day (Day of Prayer) St Angela Merici, Virgin OLSC: Sts Timothy and Titus, Bishops St Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor of the Church Memorial St John Bosco, Priest
Memorial
* When the rank of the celebration is not indicated, it is an Optional Memorial.
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FEBRUARY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
OLSC, OLW: St Brigid of Kildare, Abbess The Presentation of the Lord (Candlemas) St Blaise, Bishop and Martyr St Ansgar, Bishop St Gilbert of Sempringham, Religious St Agatha, Virgin and Martyr St Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs St Jerome Emiliani, Priest St Josephine Bakhita, Virgin OLW (Wales only): St Teilo, Bishop St Scholastica, Virgin Our Lady of Lourdes
Feast
Memorial Memorial
Memorial
Sts Cyril, Monk, and Methodius, Bishop, Patrons of Europe Memorial Feast OLW: Sts Cyril, Monk, and Methodius, Bishop, Patrons of Europe The Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order
St Peter Damian, Bishop and Doctor of the Church The Chair of St Peter the Apostle CSP: THE CHAIR OF ST PETER THE APOSTLE St Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr
St Gregory of Narek, Abbot and Doctor of the Church
Feast Solemnity Memorial
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MARCH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
St David, Bishop, Patron of Wales OLW (Wales only): ST DAVID, BISHOP, PATRON OF WALES OLW: St David, Bishop, Patron of Wales
Solemnity Feast
CSP (US only): St Katharine Drexel, Virgin St Casimir OLW: St Piran, Abbot Sts Perpetua and Felicitas, Martyrs St John of God, Religious St Frances of Rome, Religious
St Patrick, Bishop OLSC: ST PATRICK, BISHOP OLW: St Patrick, Bishop, Patron of Ireland St Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop and Doctor of the Church ST JOSEPH, SPOUSE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Memorial
Solemnity Feast Solemnity
St Turibius of Mogrovejo, Bishop THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD (Lady Day)
Solemnity
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APRIL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
St Francis of Paola, Hermit St Isidore, Bishop and Doctor of the Church St Vincent Ferrer, Priest St John Baptist de la Salle, Priest
Memorial
St Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr
Memorial
St Martin I, Pope and Martyr OLSC, OLW: St Magnus of Orkney, Martyr CSP (Canada only): St Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin OLSC, OLW: St Alphege, Bishop and Martyr OLW (Wales only): St Beuno, Abbot St Anselm of Canterbury, Bishop and Doctor of the Church OLSC: St Anselm of Canterbury, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Memorial OLW: ST GEORGE, MARTYR Solemnity CSP, OLSC: St George, Martyr Memorial St Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Priest and Martyr St Adalbert, Bishop and Martyr OLW: St Mellitus, Bishop Feast CSP, OLW: St Mark, Evangelist OLSC: ANZAC Day (Day of Prayer) OLSC: St Mark, Evangelist Feast OLSC: St Louis Grignion de Montfort, Priest St Peter Chanel, Priest and Martyr OLSC: St Peter Chanel, Priest and Martyr Memorial CSP, OLW: St Louis Grignion de Montfort, Priest St Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church Memorial Feast OLW: St Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church St Pius V, Pope
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MAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
St Joseph the Worker St Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Sts Philip and James, Apostles OLW: The English Martyrs CSP, OLSC: The English Martyrs OLW: St Asaph, Bishop CSP (Canada only), OLW: St John the Apostle in Eastertide
Memorial Feast Feast Memorial
St John of Avila, Priest and Doctor of the Church CSP: St Damien de Veuster, Priest Sts Nereus and Achilleus, Martyrs St Pancras, Martyr Our Lady of Fatima St Matthias, Apostle CSP: St Isidore
Feast
St John I, Pope and Martyr OLSC, OLW: St Dunstan, Bishop CSP: Sts Dunstan, Ethelwold and Oswald, Bishops 20 St Bernardine of Siena, Priest 21 St Christopher Magallanes, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs OLW: St Godric of Finchale, Religious OLW: St Helena 22 St Rita of Cascia, Religious 23 OLW: St Petroc, Abbot 24 OLSC: OUR LADY, HELP OF CHRISTIANS Solemnity OLW: St Aldhelm, Bishop 25 St Bede the Venerable, Priest and Doctor of the Church St Gregory VII, Pope St Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi, Virgin OLW: St Bede the Venerable, Priest and Doctor of the Church Memorial 26 St Philip Neri, Priest Memorial 27 St Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop OLSC, OLW: St Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop Feast 28 OLW: St Gregory VII, Pope OLW: St Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi, Virgin 29 St Paul VI, Pope 30 The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Feast 31
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JUNE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
St Justin, Martyr Sts Marcellinus and Peter, Martyrs St Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs
Memorial
St Boniface, Bishop and Martyr St Norbert, Bishop
Memorial
Memorial
St Ephrem, Deacon and Doctor of the Church St Columba, Abbot St Barnabas, Apostle
Memorial
St Anthony of Padua, Priest and Doctor of the Church
Memorial
St Richard of Chichester, Bishop St Romuald, Abbot St Alban, Martyr OLW (Wales only): Sts Alban, Julius and Aaron, Protomartyrs of Britain St Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious Memorial Sts John Fisher, Bishop, and Thomas More, Martyrs Memorial OLW: Sts John Fisher, Bishop, and Thomas More, Martyrs Feast St Paulinus of Nola, Bishop OLSC, OLW: St Etheldreda (Audrey), Virgin CSP: Sts Hilda, Etheldreda, Mildred and All Holy Nuns THE NATIVITY OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST Solemnity St Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop and Doctor of the Church St Irenæus, Bishop and Martyr STS PETER AND PAUL, APOSTLES The First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church
Memorial Solemnity
OLW (England & Wales): Thursday after Pentecost Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest Feast
Saturday after the Second Sunday after Pentecost The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary Memorial
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JULY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
OLSC, OLW: St Oliver Plunkett, Bishop and Martyr CSP: Saint Junipero Serra, Priest CSP (Canada only): Canada Day St Thomas, Apostle OLSC, OLW: St Elizabeth of Portugal CSP (US only): Independence Day St Anthony Zaccaria, Priest CSP: St Elizabeth of Portugal St Maria Goretti, Virgin and Martyr OLSC: Blessed Peter To Rot, Martyr
Feast
St Augustine Zhao Rong, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs CSP: Our Lady of the Atonement OLW: St Benedict, Abbot Feast CSP, OLSC: St Benedict, Abbot Memorial OLW (Wales only): St John Jones, Martyr St Henry CSP (Canada only), OLSC, OLW: St Camillus de Lellis, Priest CSP (US only): St Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin Memorial St Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church CSP: St Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Memorial OLSC, OLW: St Swithun, Bishop Our Lady of Mount Carmel OLW: St Osmund, Bishop CSP (US only): St Camillus de Lellis, Priest St Apollinaris, Bishop and Martyr OLW: St Margaret of Antioch, Martyr St Lawrence of Brindisi, Priest and Doctor of the Church St Mary Magdalene Feast St Bridget of Sweden, Religious OLW: St Bridget of Sweden, Religious Feast St Sharbel Makhlūf, Priest St James, Apostle Feast Sts Joachim and Ann, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary Memorial CSP (Canada only): Sts Joachim and Ann, Feast Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary Sts Martha, Mary and Lazarus St Peter Chrysologus, Bishop and Doctor of the Church St Ignatius of Loyola, Priest
Memorial Memorial
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AUGUST 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
St Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church St Eusebius of Vercelli, Bishop St Peter Julian Eymard, Priest OLW (Wales only): St Germanus of Auxerre, Bishop St John Mary Vianney, Priest The Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major OLW: St Oswald, Martyr The Transfiguration of the Lord St Sixtus II, Pope, and Companions, Martyrs St Cajetan, Priest OLSC: St Dominic, Priest OLSC: ST MARY OF THE CROSS, VIRGIN CSP, OLW: St Dominic, Priest St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Virgin and Martyr OLW: St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Virgin and Martyr St Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr St Clare, Virgin St Jane Frances de Chantal, Religious Sts Pontian, Pope, and Hippolytus, Priest, Martyrs St Maximilian Mary Kolbe, Priest and Martyr THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY St Stephen of Hungary St John Eudes, Priest St Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church St Pius X, Pope The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary St Rose of Lima, Virgin St Bartholomew, Apostle St Louis St Joseph Calasanz, Priest OLW: Blessed Dominic of the Mother of God, Priest OLW (Wales only): St David Lewis, Martyr St Monica St Augustine of Hippo, Bishop and Doctor of the Church The Passion of St John the Baptist CSP (Canada only): The Passion of St John the Baptist Sts Margaret Clitherow, Anne Line and Margaret Ward, Martyrs St Aidan, Bishop, and the Saints of Lindisfarne
Memorial
Memorial Feast
Solemnity Memorial Feast Feast Memorial Memorial Solemnity
Memorial Memorial Memorial Feast
Memorial Memorial Memorial Feast
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SEPTEMBER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
OLSC: OUR LADY OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS
Solemnity
St Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church OLW: St Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church St Cuthbert, Bishop
Memorial Feast
The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary St Peter Claver, Priest CSP: St Peter Claver, Priest
Feast Memorial
The Most Holy Name of Mary St John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Memorial The Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Holy Cross Day) Feast Our Lady of Sorrows (St Mary at the Cross) Memorial Sts Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs Memorial St Robert Bellarmine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church St Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin and Doctor of the Church OLW: St Edith of Wilton, Religious OLW: St Ninian, Bishop St Januarius, Bishop and Martyr St Theodore of Canterbury, Bishop CSP: St Adrian, Abbot Sts Andrew Kim Tae-gǒn, Priest, Paul Chǒng Ha-sang, and Companions, Martyrs St Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
Memorial Feast
St Pius of Pietrelcina, Priest Memorial Our Lady of Walsingham Feast OLW: OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM Solemnity CSP (Canada only): Sts Cosmas and Damian, Martyrs Sts Cosmas and Damian, Martyrs CSP (Canada only): Sts Jean de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, and Companions, Martyrs Feast St Vincent de Paul, Priest Memorial St Wenceslaus, Martyr St Lawrence Ruiz and Companions, Martyrs Sts Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels (Michaelmas) Feast St Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church Memorial
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OCTOBER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
St Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church Memorial Holy Guardian Angels Memorial OLSC, OLW: St Thomas of Hereford, Bishop St Francis of Assisi Memorial St Faustina Kowalska, Virgin CSP (US only): Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, Priest St Bruno, Priest CSP: Blessed Marie Rose Durocher, Virgin Our Lady of the Rosary Memorial St Denis, Bishop and Companions, Martyrs St John Leonardi, Priest Feast OLW: Saint John Henry Newman, Priest OLSC: Saint John Henry Newman, Priest Memorial CSP: Saint John Henry Newman, Priest OLSC, OLW: St Paulinus of York, Bishop St John XXIII, Pope OLW: St Ethelburga, Abbess St Wilfrid, Bishop St Edward the Confessor St Callistus I, Pope and Martyr St Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church Memorial St Hedwig, Religious St Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin OLW (Wales only): St Richard Gywn, Martyr St Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr Memorial St Luke, Evangelist Feast CSP (US only): Sts Jean de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, and Companions, Martyrs Memorial OLSC, OLW: Sts Jean de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, and Companions, Martyrs OLSC, OLW: St Frideswide, Abbess OLSC, OLW, CSP (Canada only): St Paul of the Cross, Priest CSP: St Paul of the Cross, Priest St John Paul II, Pope St John of Capistrano, Priest St Anthony Mary Claret, Bishop OLW (Wales only): Six Welsh Martyrs and their Companions OLSC, OLW: Sts Chad and Cedd, Bishops Sts Simon and Jude, Apostles
Feast Feast
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NOVEMBER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
ALL SAINTS’ DAY Solemnity COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED (All Souls) St Martin de Porres, Religious OLW: St Winefride, Virgin St Charles Borromeo, Bishop Memorial OLW (Wales only): St Illtud, Abbot OLSC, OLW: St Willibrord, Bishop OLW (England only): All Saints of England OLW (Wales only): All Saints of Wales The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica St Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church St Martin of Tours, Bishop St Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr CSP: St Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin St Albert the Great, Bishop and Doctor of the Church St Margaret of Scotland St Gertrude, Virgin OLW: St Edmund of Abingdon, Bishop St Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious CSP (US only): St Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious OLSC, OLW: St Hilda, Abbess OLSC, OLW: St Hugh of Lincoln, Bishop Dedication of the Basilicas of Sts Peter and Paul, Apostles CSP: St Rose Philippine Duchesne, Virgin St Edmund, Martyr The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary St Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr St Clement I, Pope and Martyr St Columban, Abbot CSP (US only): Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro, Priest and Martyr St Andrew Dũng-Lạc, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs St Catherine of Alexandria, Virgin and Martyr
St Andrew, Apostle
Feast Feast Feast Memorial Memorial Memorial Memorial
Memorial
Memorial Memorial
Memorial
Feast
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DECEMBER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
OLW: St Edmund Campion, Priest and Martyr OLSC: St Edmund Campion, Priest and Martyr
Memorial
St Francis Xavier, Priest St John Damascene, Priest and Doctor of the Church
Memorial
St Nicholas, Bishop St Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Memorial THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Solemnity St Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin Our Lady of Loreto OLW (Wales only): St John Roberts, Priest and Martyr St Damasus I, Pope Our Lady of Guadalupe CSP: Our Lady of Guadalupe Feast St Lucy, Virgin and Martyr Memorial St John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor of the Church Memorial
St Peter Canisius, Priest and Doctor of the Church St John of Kanty, Priest THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD (CHRISTMAS) St Stephen, The First Martyr St John, Apostle and Evangelist The Holy Innocents, Martyrs St Thomas Becket, Bishop and Martyr OLW: St Thomas Becket, Bishop and Martyr St Sylvester I, Pope
Solemnity Feast Feast Feast Feast
TABLE OF LESSONS
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TABLE OF LESSONS THROUGH THE YEAR When the First Sunday of Advent occurs in a year with an even number the Lessons appointed for Year I are read, and when it occurs in a year with an odd number the Lessons appointed for Year II are read, for the whole of that liturgical year. In this Table, verses are stated inclusively. Verses printed within brackets may be omitted at the discretion of the Officiant. Other directions about the Lessons given in the General Introduction are to be observed. MORNING PRAYER First Lesson ADVENT I
Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday of this week are the Advent Ember Days
ADVENT II
ADVENT III
Second Lesson
EVENING PRAYER First Lesson
Second Lesson
I
Is 1:1–20
Mt 24:1–28
Is 2:10–end
1 Thess 5
II
Is 1:1–20
Rev 14:13–15:4
Is 2:10–end
Jn 3:1–21
M
Is 3:1–15
Mk 1:1–20
Is 4:2–end
Rev 6
T
Is 5:1–17
Mk 1:21–end
Is 5:18–end
Rev 7
W Is 6
Mk 2:1–22
Is 8:16–9:7
Rev 8
Th Is 9:8–10:4
Mk 2:23–3:12
Is 10:5–23
Rev 9
F
Is 10:24–11:9
Mk 3:13–end
Is 11:10–12:end
Rev 10
S
Is 13:1–14:2
Mk 4:1–20
Is 14:3–27
Rev 11
I
Is 5:1–16
Mt 24:29–end
Is 5:18–end
2 Tim 3:14–4:8
II
Is 11:1–9
Rev 20:11–21:7
Is 11:10–12:end
Lk 1:1–25
M
Is 17
Mk 4:21–end
Is 18
Rev 12
T
Is 19:1–17
Mk 5:1–20
Is 19:18–end
Rev 13
W Is 21:1–12
Mk 5:21–end
Is 22:1–14
Rev 14
Th Is 24
Mk 6:1–13
Is 28:1–13
Rev 15
F
Is 28:14–end
Mk 6:14–29
Is 29:1–14
Rev 16
S
Is 29:15–end
Mk 6:30–end
Is 30:1–18
Rev 17
I
Is 25:1–9
Mt 25:1–30
Is 26:1–13
1 Tim 1:12–2:8
II
Is 28:9–22
Rev 21:9–22:5
Is 30:8–21
Mt 3
M
Is 30:19–end
Mk 7:1–23
Is 31
Rev 18
T
Is 38:1–20
Mk 7:24–8:10
Is 40:1–11
Rev 19
W Is 40:12–end
Mk 8:11–9:1
Is 41
Rev 20
Th Is 42:1–17
Mk 9:2–32
Is 42:18–43:13
Rev 21:1–14
F
Is 43:14–44:5
Mk 9:33–end
Is 44:6–23
Rev 21:15–22:5
S
Is 44:24–45:13
Mk 10:1–31
Is 45:14–end
Rev 22:6–end
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MORNING PRAYER First Lesson ADVENT IV
CHRISTMAS
I
Is 32:1–8
Second Lesson
EVENING PRAYER First Lesson
Mt 25:31–end
Is 40:1–11
Second Lesson 2 Pet 3:1–14
II
Is 35
Rev 22:6–end
Is 40:1–11
Lk 1:26–45
M
Is 46
Mk 10:32–end
Is 47
Jude 1–16
T
Is 48
Mk 11:1–26
Is 50:4–10
Jude 17–end
W Is 51:1–16
Mk 11:27–12:12 Is 51:17–52:12
2 Pet 1
Th Is 52:13–53:end
Mk 12:13–34
2 Pet 2
Is 54
F
Is 56:1–8
Mk 12:35–13:13 Is 57:15–end
S
Is 59
Mk 13:14–end
Eve
From the appropriate weekday after Advent IV
Day Is 9:2–7
2 Pet 3
Zech 2:10–end
Tit 2:11–3:7 1 Jn 4:7–end
Lk 2:1-20
Is 7:10–14
St Stephen
Gen 4:1–10
Acts 6
2Chron24:15–22 Acts 7:59–8:8
St John
Ex 33:9–19
Jn 13:21–35
Is 6:1–8
1 Jn 5:1–12
Holy Innocents
Jer 31:1–17
Mt 18:1–10
Bar 4:21–27
Mk 10:13–16
Prov 4:1-6
Lk 2:41-end
Day Is 41:8–20
Col 1:1–20
Is 12
Phil 2:1–11
29 December
Is 55
Jn 1:14–18
Is 60:1–12
Mt 11:2–6
30 December
Is 60:13–end
Jn 3:16–21
Is 61
Mt 16:13–20
31 December
Is 62
Jn 6:41–58 Deut 10:12–11:1
Lk 21:25–36
Gen 17:1–13
Rom 2:17–end
Deut 30
Col 2:8–15
HOLY FAMILY
Eve
MARY, MOTHER Eve OF GOD Day
Is 41:21–end
1 Jn 1:1–2:6
Is 12
Phil 2:1–11
2 January
Is 63:1–6
Mt 1:18–end
Is 63:7–end
1 Thess 1
3 January
Is 64
Mt 2
Is 65:1–16
1 Thess 2:1–16
4 January
Is 65:17–end
Mt 3:1–4:11
Is 66:1–9
1 Thess 2:17–3:end
5 January
Is 66:10–end
Mt 4:12–5:16
Is 60:1–7
Rom 15:8–21
CHRISTMAS II
Lessons for 6 and 7 January are used when the Epiphany is transferred to 7 or 8 January 6 January
Hos 2:14–3:end
Mt 5:17–end
7 January
Hos 5:8–6:6
Mt 6:1–18
Hos 4:1–11
1 Thess 4:1–12
As Eve of the Epiphany
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MORNING PRAYER First Lesson EPIPHANY
Day Is 49:1-13
Hos 2:14–3:end
The Lessons appointed T Hos 5:8–6:6 here are read W Hos 9 as needed between the Th Hos 11 Epiphany and the following F Hos 13:1–14 Sunday
EPIPHANY II
EPIPHANY III
EVENING PRAYER First Lesson
Second Lesson
Is 60:1–7
Rom 15:8–21
Lk 3:15–22
Is 60:9–end
Jn 2:1–11
Mt 5:17–end
Hos 4:1–11
1 Thess 4:1–12
Mt 6:1–18
Hos 8
1Thess 4:13–5:11
Mt 6:19–end
Hos 10
1 Thess 5:12–end
Mt 7
Hos 12
2 Thess 1
Mt 8:1–17
Hos 14
2 Thess 2
Eve
M
BAPTISM
Second Lesson
S
Joel 1
Mt 8:18–end
Joel 2:1–14
2 Thess 3
I
Is 49:13–23
Mt 17:1–13
Is 61
Mt 2
II
Is 42:1–12
Jn 4:1–26 (27–42)
Is 43:1–13
Jn 12:20–36a
M
Joel 2:15–end
Mt 9:1–17
Joel 3
Gal 1
T
Amos 1
Mt 9:18–34
Amos 2
Gal 2
W Amos 3
Mt 9:35–10:23
Amos 4
Gal 3
Th Amos 5
Mt 10:24–end
Amos 6
Gal 4:1–5:1
F
Amos 7
Mt 11
Amos 8
Gal 5:2–end
S
Amos 9
Mt 12:1–21
Obadiah
Gal 6 Mk 1:35–end
I
Is 43:14–44:5
Eph 1
Is 44:6–23
II
Amos 3
Jn 6:22–40
Mic 3:5–end
Jn 4:43–5:9
M
Jon 1 & 2
Mt 12:22–end
Jon 3 & 4
1 Cor 1:1–25
T
Mic 1
Mt 13:1–23
Mic 2
1 Cor 1:26–2:end
W Mic 3
Mt 13:24–43
Mic 4:1–5:1
1 Cor 3
Th Mic 5:2–end
Mt 13:44–end
Mic 6
1 Cor 4:1–17
F
Mic 7
Mt 14
Nahum 1
1 Cor 4:18–5:end
S
Nahum 2
Mt 15:1–28
Nahum 3
1 Cor 6
I
Is 45:9–end
Eph 2
Is 46:3–end
Mk 7:24–end
II
Amos 5:6–24
Jn 6:41–end
Mic 4:1–7
Jn 9
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MORNING PRAYER First Lesson
EPIPHANY V
EPIPHANY VI
EVENING PRAYER First Lesson
M
Hab 1
1 Cor 7
Hab 2
T
Hab 3:2–end
1 Cor 9
Zeph 1
Second Lesson 1 Cor 8 1 Cor 10:1–11:1
W Zeph 2
1 Cor 11:2–end Zeph 3
1 Cor 12:1–27
Th Zech 11
1 Cor 12:27– 13:end
1 Cor 14:1–19
F
EPIPHANY IV
Second Lesson
Mal 1
Zech 13
1 Cor 14:20–end Mal 2:1–16
1 Cor 15:1–34
S
Mal 2:17–3:12
1 Cor 15:35–end Mal 3:13–4:end
1 Cor 16
I
Is 48:12–end
Eph 3
Is 54:1–14
Lk 13:1–17
II
Amos 7:1–15
Jn 8:1–11
Mic 5:2–7
Jn 10:1–18
M
Jer 1
2 Cor 1:1–2:11
Jer 2:1–13
2 Cor 2:12–3:end
T
Jer 4:1–18
2 Cor 4
Jer 5:1–19
2 Cor 5
W Jer 5:20–end
2 Cor 5:20–7:1
Jer 6:1–21
2 Cor 7:2–end
Th Jer 7:1–28
2 Cor 8
Jer 8
2 Cor 9
F
Jer 9:1–24
2 Cor 10
Jer 10
2 Cor 11
S
Jer 14
2 Cor 12:1–13
Jer 15
2 Cor 12:14– 13:end
I
Is 59:12–20
Eph 5:15–6:9
Is 60
Mk 2:1–12
II
Amos 8:4–12
Jn 7:14–36
Mic 6:1–8
Jn 5:19–29 (30-40)
M
Jer 17:1–18
Acts 15:1–29
Jer 17:19–end
Acts 15:30–16:5
T
Jer 18:1–17
Acts 16:6–end
Jer 20
Acts 17:1–15
W Jer 23:9–32
Acts 17:16–end
Jer 30:1–22
Acts 18:1–23
Th Jer 31:1–20
Acts 18:24–19:7 Jer 31:23–end
Acts 19:8–20
F
Jer 33:1–13
Acts 19:21–end
Jer 33:14–end
Acts 20:1–16
S
Jer 35:1–11
Acts 20:17–end
Jer 35:12–end
Acts 21:1–16 Lk 7:1–10
I
Is 63:7–16
Eph 6:10–end
Is 64
II
Amos 9:5–end
Jn 7:37–52
Mic 7:1–9
Jn 8:12–30
M
Tob 4:5–19
Acts 21:17–36
Tob 13
Acts 21:37–22:22
T
Bar 1:15–2:10
Acts 22:23–23:11 Bar 2:11–end
Acts 23:12–end
W Bar 3:1–8
Acts 24:1–23
Bar 3:9–end
Acts 24:24–25:12
Th Bar 4:21–30
Acts 25:13–end
Bar 4:36–5:end
Acts 26
F
2 Mac 4:7–17
Acts 27:1–26
2 Mac 6:12–end
Acts 27:27–end
S
2 Mac 7:1–19
Acts 28:1–15
2 Mac 7:20–41
Acts 28:16–end
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MORNING PRAYER First Lesson SEPTUAGESIMA
SEXAGESIMA
QUINQUAGESIMA
Ash Wednesday
LENT I
I
Gen 1:1–2:3
Second Lesson Jn 1:1–18
EVENING PRAYER First Lesson Gen 2:4–end
Second Lesson Rev 4
II
Gen 1:1–2:3
Rev 21:1–7
Gen 2:4–end
Mk 10:1–16
M
Gen 3
Mt 15:29–16:12
Gen 4:1–16
Rom 1
T
Gen 6:5–end
Mt 16:13–end
Gen 7
Rom 2
W Gen 8:1–14
Mt 17:1–23
Gen 8:15–9:17
Rom 3
Th Gen 11:1–9
Mt 17:24–18:14
Gen 11:27–12:10 Rom 4
F
Gen 13
Mt 18:15–end
Gen 14
Rom 5
S
Gen 15
Mt 19:1–15
Gen 16
Rom 6
Gen 3
1 Cor 10:1–13 (14-24)
Gen 4:1–16
1 Jn 3:1–15
I II
Gen 3
1 Cor 6:12–end
Gen 37
Lk 10:25–37
M
Gen 17:1–22
Mt 19:16–20:16
Gen 18
Rom 7
T
Gen 19:1–3, 12–29
Mt 20:17–end
Gen 21
Rom 8:1–17
W Gen 22:1–19
Mt 21:1–22
Gen 23
Rom 8:18–end
Th Gen 24:1–28
Mt 21:23–end
Gen 24:29–end
Rom 9
F
Gen 25:7–11, 19–end
Mt 22:1–33
Gen 27:1–40
Rom 10
S
Gen 27:41– 28:end
Mt 22:34–23:12
Gen 29:1–20
Rom 11
I
Gen 12:1–9
1 Cor 12:4–end
Gen 6:5–end
Lk 17:20–end
II
Gen 12:1–9
1 Cor 12:4–end
Gen 41:1–40
1 Jn 4:7–end
M
Gen 31:1–9, 14–21
Mt 23:13–end
Gen 31:22–32:2
Rom 12
T
Gen 32:3–30
Mt 24:1–28
Gen 33
Rom 13
W Is 58
Mk 2:13–22
Dan 9:3–19
Heb 3:12–4:13
Th Gen 35:1–20
Mt 24:29–end
Gen 37
Rom 14
F
Gen 39
Mt 25:1–30
Gen 40
Rom 15
S
Gen 41:1–40
Mt 25:31–end
Gen 41:41–end
Rom 16
I
Gen 13
Lk 15:1–10
Gen 8:15–9:17
Mk 14:1–26
II
Gen 27:1–40
Heb 4:14–5:10
Gen 42
Lk 22:1–23
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MORNING PRAYER First Lesson Monday in Lent I
Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday of this week are the Lent Ember Days
LENT II
LENT III
LENT IV
I
Gen 42
Second Lesson Mt 26:1–30
EVENING PRAYER First Lesson Gen 43
Second Lesson Phil 1
II
Gen 43:1–14
Mt 26:1–30
Gen 43:15–end
Phil 1
T
Gen 44
Mt 26:31–56
Gen 45:1–15
Phil 2
W Gen 45:16–46:7
Mt 26:57–end
Gen 46:26–47:12 Phil 3
Th Gen 47:13–end
Mt 27:1–26
Gen 48
Phil 4
F
Gen 49:1–32
Mt 27:27–56
Gen 49:33– 50:end
Col 1:1–20
S
Ex 1:1–14, 22–2:10
Mt 27:57– 28:end
Ex 2:11–22
Col 1:21–2:7
I
Gen 18:1–16
Lk 15:11–end
Gen 11:1–9
Mk 14:27–52
Gen 28:10–end
Heb 10:19–end
Gen 43:1–15 Lk 22:24–53 (16–26), 27–end
M
Ex 2:23–3:end
Jn 1:1–28
Ex 4:1–23
Col 2:8–3:11
T
Ex 4:27–6:1
Jn 1:29–end
Ex 6:2–13, 7:1–7
Col 3:12–4:1
II
W Ex 7:8–end
Jn 2
Ex 8:1–19
Col 4:2–end
Th Ex 8:20–9:12
Jn 3:1–21
Ex 9:13–end
Philemon
F
Ex 10:1–20
Jn 3:22–end
Ex 10:21–11:end
Eph 1
S
Ex 12:1–20
Jn 4:1–26
Ex 12:21–36
Eph 2
I
Gen 18:17–end
Lk 18:1–14
Gen 24:1–28
Mk 14:53–end
II
Gen 29:1–20
Heb 12:14–end
Gen 44:1–45:8
Lk 22:54–end
M
Ex 12:37–end
Jn 4:27–end
Ex 13:1–16
Eph 3
T
Ex 13:17–14:14
Jn 5:1–23
Ex 14:15–end
Eph 4:1–16
W Ex 15:1–26
Jn 5:24–end
Ex 15:27–16:35
Eph 4:17–30
Th Ex 17
Jn 6:1–21
Ex 18
Eph 4:31–5:21
F
Ex 19
Jn 6:22–40
Ex 20:1–21
Eph 5:22–6:9
S
Ex 22:20–23:17
Jn 6:41–end
Ex 23:20–end
Eph 6:10–end
I
Ex 1:8–14, 22–2:10
Lk 18:35–19:10
Gen 24:29–end
Mk 15:1–21
II
Gen 32:3–30
Heb 13:1–21
Gen 45:16–46:7
Lk 23:1–25
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MORNING PRAYER First Lesson
LENT V
(Passion Sunday)
St Mary in Passiontide
PALM SUNDAY
MAUNDY THURSDAY
Second Lesson
EVENING PRAYER First Lesson
Second Lesson
M
Ex 24
Jn 7:1–24
Ex 25:1–22
1 Tim 1:1–17
T
Ex 28:1–4, 29:1–9
Jn 7:25–end
Ex 29:38–30:16
1 Tim 1:18–2:end
W Ex 32
Jn 8:1–30
Ex 33
1 Tim 3
Th Ex 34
Jn 8:31–end
Ex 35:20–36:7
1 Tim 4
F
Ex 40:17–end
Jn 9
Lev 6:8–end
1 Tim 5
S
Lev 19:1–18, 30–end
Jn 10:1–21
Lev 25:1–24
1 Tim 6
I
Ex 2:23–3:20
Mt 20:17–28
Ex 4:27–6:1
Mk 15:22–39
II
Ex 2:23–3:20
Mt 20:17–28
Ex 6:2–13
Lk 23:26–49
M
Num 6
Jn 10:22–end
Num 9:15–end, Tit 1:1–2:8 10:29–end
T
Num 11:10–23
Jn 11:1–44
Num 12
Tit 2:9–3:end
Num 13:1–3, W 17–end
Jn 11:45–end
Num 14:1–25
2 Tim 1
Th Num 16:1–35
Jn 12:1–19
Num 16:36– 17:end
2 Tim 2
F
Num 20
Jn 12:20–end
Num 22:1–35
2 Tim 3
S
Num 22:36– 23:26
Jn 13
Num 23:27– 24:end
2 Tim 4
Mt 26
Is 52:13–53:end
Lk 19:29–end Jn 14:15–end
I & II Ex 11 M
Lam 1:1–12
Jn 14:1–14
Lam 2:8–19
T
Lam 3:1–30
Jn 15:1–16
Lam 3:40–51
Jn 15:17–end
W Is 42:1–9
Jn 16:1–15
Num 21:4–9
Jn 16:16–end
Th Ex 24:1–11
Jn 17
Lev 16:2–24
Jn 13:1–35
GOOD FRIDAY
F
Gen 22:1–18
Jn 18
Is 50:4–10
Jn 19:38–end
HOLY SATURDAY
S
Zech 9:9–12
1 Pet 2:19–end
Job 19:21–27
Jn 2:13–22
Rev 1:4–18
Ex 14:5–end
Jn 20:11–23
EASTER DAY
I & II Ex 12:1–14
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MORNING PRAYER First Lesson
Second Lesson
Ex 15:1–18
Lk 24:1–12
Is 12
T
Is 25:1–9
1 Pet 1:1–12
Is 26:1–19
Mt 28:1–15
1 Pet 1:13–end
Song 2:8–end
Mt 28:16–end
Th Job 14:1–15
EASTER III
EVENING PRAYER First Lesson
M
W Is 61
EASTER II
Second Lesson
Rev 7:9–end
1 Thess 4:13–end Dan 12
Mk 16
F
Zeph 3:14–end
Acts 17:16–31
2 Kgs 4:8–37
Jn 21:1–14
S
Jer 31:1–14
Acts 26:1–23
Mic 7:7–end
Jn 21:15–end Jn 20:24–end
I
Is 51:1–16
Lk 24:13–35
Ex 15:1–18
II
Ez 37:1–14
Lk 24:13–35
1 Kgs 17:8–end
Jn 20:24–end
M
Deut 1:3–18
Acts 1:1–14
Deut 1:19–end
Acts 1:15–end
T
Deut 2:1–25
Acts 2:1–21
Deut 2:26–3:5
Acts 2:22–end
W Deut 3:18–end
Acts 3:1–4:4
Deut 4:1–24
Acts 4:5–31
Th Deut 4:25–40
Acts 4:32–5:11
Deut 5:1–21
Acts 5:12–end
F
Deut 5:22–end
Acts 6:1–7:16
Deut 6
Acts 7:17–34
S
Deut 7:1–11
Acts 7:35–8:4
Deut 7:12–end
Acts 8:4–25
I
Ex 16:2–15
1 Cor 15:1–26
Ex 24
Jn 21:1–14
II
Is 55
Mk 5:21–end
Deut 4:25–40
Rev 2:1–17
M
Deut 8
Acts 8:26–end
Deut 9:1–10
Acts 9:1–31
T
Deut 9:11–end
Acts 9:32–end
Deut 10
Acts 10:1–23
W Deut 11:1–12
Acts 10:24–end
Deut 11:13–end
Acts 11:1–18
Th Deut 12:1–14
Acts 11:19–end
Deut 15:1–18
Acts 12:1–24
F
Deut 16:1–20
Acts 12:25–13:12 Deut 17:8–end
Acts 13:13–43
S
Deut 18:9–end
Acts 13:44–14:7 Deut 19
Acts 14:8–end
I
Ex 32:1–14, 30–end
1 Cor 15:35–end Ex 33:7–end
Jn 21:15–end
II
Num 13:1–2, 17–end
Lk 7:11–17
Deut 5:1–21
Rev 2:18–3:6
EASTER IV
M
Deut 21:22–22:8 Acts 15:1–21
T
Deut 26
Deut 24:5–end
Acts 15:22–35
Acts 15:36–16:5 Deut 28:58–end
Acts 16:6–end
W Deut 29:10–end
Acts 17:1–15
Deut 30
Acts 17:16–end
Th Deut 31:1–13
Acts 18:1–23
Deut 31:14–29
Acts 18:24–19:7
F
Deut 31:30– 32:14
Acts 19:8–20
Deut 32:15–47
Acts 19:21–end
S
Deut 33
Acts 20:1–16
Deut 32:48–end Acts 20:17–end & 34
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MORNING PRAYER First Lesson EASTER V
EASTER VI
(Rogation Sunday)
I
EASTER VII
PENTECOST
(Whitsunday) Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday of this week are the Whitsun Ember Days
1 Pet 3:8–end
EVENING PRAYER First Lesson Ex 35:30–36:1
Second Lesson Lk 16:19–end
II
Num 22:1–35
Jn 11:1–44
Deut 10:12–11:1
Rev 3:7–end
M
Josh 1
Acts 21:1–16
Josh 2
Acts 21:17–36
T
Josh 3
Acts 21:37–22:22 Josh 4:1–5:1
Acts 22:23–23:11
W Josh 5:13–6:20
Acts 23:12–end Josh 7
Acts 24:1–23
Th Josh 9:3–end
Acts 24:24–25:12 Josh 10:1–15
Acts 25:13–end
F
Josh 21:43–22:8
Acts 26
Josh 22:9–end
Acts 27
S
Josh 23
Acts 28:1–15
Josh 24:1–28
Acts 28:16–end
I
Deut 34
Acts 13:26–43
Deut 6
Lk 10:38–11:13
II
Num 22:36– 23:12
Rom 6:1–14
Deut 28:1–14
Mk 4:1–20
Deut 7:6–13
Mt 6:5–18
Deut 8
Mt 6:19–end
Deut 11:8–21
Lk 5:1–11
1 Kgs 8:22–43
Jas 5:1–18
Joel 2:21–27
Jn 6:22–40
Dan 3:29-37
Mt 28:16–end
Jn 17
Dan 7:9–10, 13–14
Heb 1
The three days M preceding T Ascension are Rogation Days W ASCENSION
Ex 34:1–10
Second Lesson
Th 2 Kgs 2:1–15 F
Judg 2:6–end
Heb 2
Judg 4
Heb 3
S
Judg 5
Heb 4:1–13
Judg 6:1–24
Heb 4:14–5:10
I
Is 65:17–end
Lk 24:36–end
Jer 31:1–13
Jn 14:1–14
II
Is 52:1–12
Eph 4:1–16
Is 62
Rev 5
M
Judg 6:25–end
Heb 5:11–6:end
Judg 7
Heb 7
T
Judg 10:17– 11:28
Heb 8
Judg 11:29–12:7
Heb 9:1–14
W Judg 13
Heb 9:15–end
Judg 14
Heb 10:1–18
Th Judg 16:4–end
Heb 10:19–end
Ruth 1
Heb 11
F
Ruth 2
Heb 12:1–13
Ruth 3
Heb 12:14–end
S
Ruth 4:1–17
Heb 13
Deut 16:9–12
Acts 18:24–19:7
Rom 8:1–17
Is 11:1–9
Rom 8:18–end
I & II Joel 2:28–end M
Ez 11:14–20
Acts 2:12–36
Wis 1:1–7
Acts 2:37–end
T
Ez 37:1–14
1 Cor 12:1–13
Wis 7:15–8:1
1 Cor 12:27– 13:end
W 1 Kgs 19:1–18
1 Cor 2
Wis 9
1 Cor 3
Th 2 Sam 23:1–5
Eph 6:10–20
Ex 35:30–36:1
Gal 5:13–end
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MORNING PRAYER First Lesson
Second Lesson
EVENING PRAYER First Lesson
Second Lesson
England and Wales: OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, ETERNAL HIGH PRIEST
TRINITY SUNDAY
Th Lev 8
2 Cor 5:14–6:10
Jer 31:31–34
2 Cor 3
S
Num 27:15–end
Mt 9:35–10:20
Is 61
2 Tim 1:3–14
Mk 1:1–13
Is 40:12–end
1 Pet 1:3–12 Mk 1:14–31
I & II Is 6:1–8 M
1 Sam 1
Jas 1
1 Sam 2:1–21
T
1 Sam 2:22–end
Jas 2:1–13
1 Sam 3
Mk 1:32–end
Jas 2:14–end
1 Sam 7
Mk 2:1–22
Ex 16:2-15
Mk 14:12-25
Jn 6:22-25
Prov 9:1-15
1 Cor 10:1-17
1 Sam 8
Jas 3
1 Sam 9:1–25
Mk 2:23–3:12
1 Sam 9:26–10:16
Jas 4
1 Sam 10:17–end Mk 3:13–end
1 Sam 11
Jas 5
1 Sam 12
Mk 4:1–34
Josh 1:1–9
Mk 1:21–34
Hos 6:1–6
Acts 1:1–14
Jer 5:1–19
Acts 9:1–22 (23–31)
1 Kgs 3:5–14
Jn 13:1–20
M
1 Sam 13
1 Pet 1:1–21
T
1 Sam 14:24–48 1 Pet 1:22–2:10
Eve Day Ex 24:1-11
I II
W 1 Sam 16 Th 1 Sam 17:31–54 SACRED HEART
Heb 7:11-end
Num 11:16–17, 24–29
The Lessons provided for Thursday are Th only used if Corpus Christi is not kept on this day. F The Lessons for Saturday evening are omitted if Corpus Christi S is observed on Sunday TRINITY I
Lev 9
F
W 1 Sam 4 CORPUS CHRISTI
Heb 4:14–5:10
1 Sam 14:1–23
Mk 4:35–5:20
1 Sam 15
Mk 5:21–end
1 Pet 2:11–3:7
1 Sam 17:1–30
Mk 6:1–29
1 Pet 3:8–4:6
(1 Sam 17:55–18:16)
(Mk 6:30–end)
Hos 11:1-9
Jn 19:31-37
Eph 2:4-10
Is 12
Jn 7:37-39
Eve Day Jer 31:31-34
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MORNING PRAYER First Lesson The Lessons provided for Friday are used if the Sacred Heart is not kept on this day. The Lessons for Saturday evening are omitted if Sacred Heart is observed on Sunday TRINITY II
TRINITY III
Second Lesson
Second Lesson
F
1 Sam 19
1 Pet 4:7–end
1 Sam 20:1–17
Mk 7:1–23
S
1 Sam 20:18– end
1 Pet 5
1 Sam 21:1–22:5
Mk 7:24–8:10
I
Josh 2
Mk 2:23–3:19
Hos 11:1–9a
Acts 2:1–21
Jer 7:1–16
Acts 13:1–13 (14–26)
1 Kgs 8:22–30 (& 9:1–3)
Jn 13:21–end
M
1 Sam 22:6–end
2 Pet 1
1 Sam 23
Mk 8:11–9:1
T
1 Sam 24
2 Pet 2
1 Sam 25:2–42
Mk 9:2–29
W 1 Sam 26
2 Pet 3
1 Sam 28:3–end
Mk 9:30–end
Th 1 Sam 31
Jude
2 Sam 1
Mk 10:1–31
II
F
2 Sam 2:1–3:1
1 Jn 1:1–2:6
2 Sam 3:17–end
Mk 10:32–end
S
2 Sam 5:1–12
1 Jn 2:7–end
2 Sam 6
Mk 11:1–26
I
Josh 3
Mk 3:20–end
Hos 14
Acts 2:22–42 (43–end)
II
Jer 17:5–14
Acts 16:6–34
1 Kgs 10:1–13
Jn 14:1–14
M
2 Sam 7
1 Jn 3:1–12
2 Sam 9
Mk 11:27–12:12
T
2 Sam 11
1 Jn 3:13–4:6
2 Sam 12:1–23
Mk 12:13–34
1 Jn 4:7–end
2 Sam 14:25–15:12
Mk 12:35–13:13
2 Sam 16:1–19
Mk 13:14–end
2 Sam 17:24–18:18
Mk 14:1–26
2 Sam W 13:38–14:24
Th 2 Sam 15:13–end 1 Jn 5
TRINITY IV
EVENING PRAYER First Lesson
F
2 Sam 17:1–23
2 Jn
S
2 Sam 18:19–end 3 Jn
2 Sam 19:1–23
Mk 14:27–52
I
Josh 5:13–6:20
Mk 4:21–end
Joel 2:1–14
Acts 3:1–16 (17–end)
II
Jer 18:1–17
Acts 17:16–end
1 Kgs 12:1–20
Jn 14:15–end
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MORNING PRAYER First Lesson
TRINITY V
Second Lesson
Mk 14:53–end
M
Rom 1
2 Sam 23:1–17
T
2 Sam 24
Rom 2:1–16
1 Kgs 1:5–31
Mk 15:1–41
W 1 Kgs 1:32–end Rom 2:17–end
1 Chron 22:2– end
Mk 15:42– 16:end
Th 1 Chron 28:1–10 Rom 3
1 Chron 28:20– Lk 1:1–23 29:9
F
1 Chron 29:10– Rom 4 end
1 Kgs 3
Lk 1:24–56
S
1 Kgs 4:21–end
Rom 5
1 Kgs 5
Lk 1:57–end
I
Josh 24:1–5, 13–25
Mk 6:7–32
Joel 2:15–27
Acts 4:1–22 (23–31)
II
Jer 26:1–16
Acts 19:21–end
1 Kgs 18:17–39
Jn 15:1–16
M
1 Kgs 6:1–14
Rom 6
1 Kgs 8:1–21
Lk 2:1–21
T
1 Kgs 8:22–53
Rom 7
1 Kgs 8:54–9:9
Lk 2:22–end
Rom 8:1–17
1 Kgs 11:1–13
Lk 3:1–22
1 Kgs 12:1–24
Lk 4:1–30
Th 1 Kgs 11:26–end Rom 8:18–end
TRINITY VII
Second Lesson
2 Sam 19:24– end
W 1 Kgs 10
TRINITY VI
EVENING PRAYER First Lesson
F
1 Kgs 12:25– 13:10
Rom 9
1 Kgs 13:11–end Lk 4:31–end
S
1 Kgs 14:1–20
Rom 10
2 Chron 12
Lk 5:1–16
I
Judg 5
Mk 6:53–7:23
Zech 2
Acts 6
II
Jer 30:1–3, 10–22
Acts 20:17–end
1 Kgs 19:1–18
Jn 15:17–end
M
2 Chron 13
Rom 11:1–24
2 Chron 14
Lk 5:17–end
T
2 Chron 15
Rom 11:25–end
2 Chron 16
Lk 6:1–19
W 1 Kgs 16:15–end Rom 12
1 Kgs 17
Lk 6:20–38
Th 1 Kgs 18:1–16
Rom 13
1 Kgs 18:17–end Lk 6:39–7:10
F
1 Kgs 19
Rom 14
1 Kgs 21
S
1 Kgs 22:1–40
Rom 15:1–13
2 Chron 20:1–30 Lk 7:36–end
I
Judg 7:1–23
Mk 9:14–29
Zech 8:1–17
Acts 8:4–17
Acts 21:15–36
1 Kgs 21:1–23 (24–end)
Jn 16:1–15
II
Jer 31:27–34
Lk 7:11–35
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MORNING PRAYER First Lesson
TRINITY VIII
TRINITY IX
M
2 Kgs 1
T
2 Kgs 4:1–37
Second Lesson Rom 15:14–end
2 Kgs 2:1–22
Second Lesson Lk 8:1–21
Rom 16
2 Kgs 5
Lk 8:22–end
W 2 Kgs 6:1–23
1 Cor 1:1–25
2 Kgs 6:24–7:2
Lk 9:1–17
Th 2 Kgs 7:3–end
1 Cor 1:26– 2:end
2 Kgs 8:1–15
Lk 9:18–50
F
2 Kgs 9
1 Cor 3
2 Kgs 11:1–20
Lk 9:51–end
S
2 Kgs 11:21– 12:end
1 Cor 4:1–17
2 Kgs 13
Lk 10:1–24
I
Judg 16:4–end
Mk 9:30–end
Jon 1 & 2
Acts 8:26-39
Jer 36:1–26
Acts 25:1–12 (13–end)
1 Kgs 22:1–38
Jn 16:16–22
M
2 Kgs 14
1 Cor 4:18– 5:end
2 Chron 26
Lk 10:25–end
T
2 Kgs 15:17–end 1 Cor 6
II
2 Kgs 16
Lk 11:1–28
W Is 7:7–17
1 Cor 7
Is 8:1–18
Lk 11:29–end
Th 2 Kgs 17:1–23
1 Cor 8
2 Kgs 17:24–end Lk 12:1–34
1 Cor 9
F
2 Kgs 18:1–8
2 Chron 30
Lk 12:35–53
S
2 Kgs 18:13–end 1 Cor 10:1–11:1
2 Kgs 19
Lk 12:54–13:9
I
1 Sam 1:1–20
Mk 10:17–31
Jon 3 & 4
Acts 11:1–18
II
Jer 38:1–13
Acts 27
2 Kgs 4:8–37
M
2 Kgs 20
1 Cor 11:2–end 2 Chron 33
Lk 13:10–end
T
2 Kgs 22
1 Cor 12:1–27
2 Kgs 23:1–20
Lk 14:1–24
1 Cor 12:27– 13:end
2 Kgs 23:36– 24:17
Lk 14:25–15:10
2 Kgs 25:8–end
Lk 15:11–end
W 2 Kgs 23:21–35
Th 2 Kgs 24:18–25:7 1 Cor 14:1–19
TRINITY X
EVENING PRAYER First Lesson
Jn 16:23–end
F
Jer 19
1 Cor 14:20–end Jer 21:1–10
Lk 16
S
Jer 22:20–23:8
1 Cor 15:1–34
Jer 24
Lk 17:1–19
I
1 Sam 3:1–4:1a Mk 12:18–end
Prov 1:20–end
Acts 15:1–31
Jer 52:1–11
Acts 28:11–end
2 Kgs 5:1–19 (20–end)
Jn 17
M
Jer 25:1–14
1 Cor 15:35–end Jer 27:2–end
Lk 17:20–end
T
Jer 28
1 Cor 16
Jer 29:1–20
Lk 18:1–30
W Jer 32:1–25
2 Cor 1:1–22
Jer 32:26–end
Lk 18:31–19:10
Th Jer 33
2 Cor 1:23–2:end Jer 34:8–end
Lk 19:11–28
II
F
Jer 37
2 Cor 3
Jer 38:1–13
Lk 19:29–end
S
Jer 38:14–end
2 Cor 4
Jer 39
Lk 20:1–26
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MORNING PRAYER First Lesson TRINITY XI
TRINITY XII
TRINITY XIII
TRINITY XIV
I
1 Sam 9:1–10:1
Second Lesson
EVENING PRAYER First Lesson
Rom 1:1–25 (26–end)
Prov 8:1–17
Second Lesson Mt 4:23–5:20
II
Ez 11:14–20
Lk 4:1–15
2 Kgs 17:1–23
Gal 1
M
Jer 40
2 Cor 5
Jer 41
Lk 20:27–21:4
T
Jer 42
2 Cor 5:20–7:1
Jer 43
Lk 21:5–end
W Jer 44:1–14
2 Cor 7:2–end
Jer 44:15–end
Lk 22:1–38
Th Ez 1:1–14
2 Cor 8
Ez 2:1–3:3
Lk 22:39–53
F
Ez 3:4–end
2 Cor 9
Ez 8
Lk 22:54–end
S
Ez 11:14–end
2 Cor 10
Ez 12:17–end
Lk 23:1–25
I
1 Sam 16:1–13
Rom 5:1–11
Prov 8:1, 22-end Mt 5:21–end
II
Ez 18:1–4, 19–end
Lk 4:16–30
2 Kgs 18:17–22, Gal 6:1–10 28–19:7
M
Ez 13:1–16
2 Cor 11
Ez 14:1–11
Lk 23:26–49
T
Ez 14:12–end
2 Cor 12:1–13
Ez 20:1–20
Lk 23:50–24:12
W Ez 20:27–44
2 Cor 12:14– 13:end
Ez 33:21–end
Lk 24:13–end
Th Ez 34:1–16
Gal 1
Ez 34:17–end
Jn 1:1–28
F
Ez 36:22–36
Gal 2
Ez 37:1–14
Jn 1:29–end
S
Ez 37:15–end
Gal 3
Ez 47:1–12
Jn 2
I
1 Sam 17:1–11, 32–51
Rom 12
Prov 14:31–15:17 Mt 6:1–18
II
Ez 33:1–11
Lk 6:20–38
2 Kgs 19:8–35
1 Cor 1:1–25
M
Ezra 1
Gal 4:1–5:1
Ezra 3
Jn 3:1–21
T
Ezra 4
Gal 5:2–end
Hag 1:1–2:9
Jn 3:22–end
W Zech 1:1–17
Gal 6
Zech 1:18–2:end
Jn 4:1–26
Th Zech 3
Eph 1:1–14
Zech 4
Jn 4:27–end
F
Zech 6:9–end
Eph 1:15–end
Hag 2:10–end
Jn 5:1–23
S
Ezra 5
Eph 2:1–10
Ezra 6
Jn 5:24–end
I
1 Sam 18:1–16
Rom 14:1–15:3
Prov 31:10–end
Mt 6:19–end
II
Ez 33:21–end
Lk 6:39–end
2 Kgs 22
1 Cor 1:26–2:9 (10–end)
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MORNING PRAYER First Lesson
TRINITY XV
TRINITY XVI
TRINITY XVII
The Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after Holy Cross Day are the Autumn Ember Days
TRINITY XVIII
M
Zech 7
T
Ezra 7
Second Lesson Eph 2:11–end
EVENING PRAYER First Lesson Zech 8
Second Lesson Jn 6:1–21
Eph 3
Ezra 8:15–end
Jn 6:22–40
W Ezra 9
Eph 4:1–16
Ezra 10:1–19
Jn 6:41–end
Th Neh 1
Eph 4:17–30
Neh 2
Jn 7:1–24
F
Neh 4
Eph 4:31–5:21
Neh 5
Jn 7:25–end
S
Neh 6:1–7:4
Eph 5:22–end
Neh 8
Jn 8:1–30
I
1 Sam 26
1 Pet 1:13–end
Job 1
Mt 7:1–14
II
Ez 34:1–16
Lk 7:36–8:3
Ezra 1:1–8
1 Cor 3
M
Neh 9:1–23
Eph 6:1–9
Neh 9:24–end
Jn 8:31–end
T
Neh 13
Eph 6:10–end
Dan 1
Jn 9
W Dan 2:1–24
Phil 1:1–11
Dan 2:25–end
Jn 10:1–21
Th Dan 4:1–18
Phil 1:12–end
Dan 4:19–end
Jn 10:22–end
F
Dan 7:9–end
Phil 2:1–11
Dan 9
Jn 11:1–44
S
Dan 10
Phil 2:12–end
Dan 12
Jn 11:45–end
I
1 Sam 28:3–end
1 Pet 2:1–17
Job 2
Mt 7:15–end
II
Ez 36:22–28, 34–36
Lk 9:46–end
Ezra 3
1 Cor 13
M
Esther 1
Phil 3
Esther 2:5–11, 15–end
Jn 12:1–19
T
Esther 3
Phil 4
Esther 4
Jn 12:20–end
W Esther 5
Col 1:1–20
Esther 6 & 7
Jn 13
Th 1 Mac 1:1–19
Col 1:21–2:7
1 Mac 1:20–40
Jn 14
F
1 Mac 1:41–end
Col 2:8–19
1 Mac 2:1–28
Jn 15
S
1 Mac 2:29–48
Col 2:20–3:11
1 Mac 2:49–end
Jn 16
I
2 Sam 1
1 Pet 4
Job 4:1, 5:6–end Mt 11:2–19
II
Ez 37:15–end
Lk 10:1–24
Neh 1
Phil 1:12–end
M
1 Mac 3:1–26
Col 3:12–4:1
1 Mac 3:27–41
Jn 17
T
1 Mac 3:42–end
Col 4:2–end
1 Mac 4:1–25
Jn 18:1–27
W 1 Mac 4:26–35
Philemon
1 Mac 4:36–end
Jn 18:28–end
Th 1 Mac 6:1–17
1 Thess 1
1 Mac 6:18–47
Jn 19:1–30
1 Mac 7:1–20
1 Thess 2:1–16
1 Mac 7:21–end
Jn 19:31–end
S
1 Mac 9:1–22
1 Thess 2:17– 3:end
1 Mac 13:41– end & 14:4–15
Jn 20
I
2 Sam 7
1 Pet 5:1–11
Job 19:1–27a
Mt 11:20–end
II
Dan 3
Lk 11:37–end
Neh 2
Phil 2:1–18
F
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MORNING PRAYER First Lesson
TRINITY XIX
TRINITY XXI
EVENING PRAYER First Lesson
Second Lesson
M
Job 1
1 Thess 4:1–12
Job 2
Jn 21
T
Job 3
1 Thess 4:13–5:11
Job 4
Heb 1
W Job 5
1 Thess 5:12–end Job 6
Heb 2
Th Job 7
2 Thess 1
Job 8
Heb 3 Heb 4:1–13
F
Job 9
2 Thess 2
Job 10
S
Job 11
2 Thess 3
Job 12
Heb 4:14–5:10
I
2 Sam 12:1–23
Col 1:21–2:7
Job 28
Mt 12:22–45
II
Dan 5
Lk 12:1–21
Ruth 1
Phil 3:1–16
M
Job 13
1 Tim 1:1–17
Job 14
Heb 5:11–6:end
Job 15:1–16
1 Tim 1:18–2:end
Job 16:1–17:2
Heb 7
T
TRINITY XX
Second Lesson
W Job 17:3–end
1 Tim 3
Job 18
Heb 8
Th Job 19
1 Tim 4
Job 21
Heb 9:1–14
F
Job 22
1 Tim 5
Job 23
Heb 9:15–end
S
Job 24
1 Tim 6
Job 25 & 26
Heb 10:1–18
I
2 Sam 18
Col 3:12–4:6
Job 38 & 42:1–6 Mt 13:44–end
II
Dan 6:1–23
Lk 12:22–34
Ruth 2:1–20a, 4:13–17
Phil 4
M
Job 27
Tit 1:1–2:8
Job 28
Heb 10:19–end
T
Job 29:1–30:1
Tit 2:9–3:end
Job 31:13–end
Heb 11:1–16
W Job 32
2 Tim 1
Job 33
Heb 11:17–end
Th Job 38:1–21
2 Tim 2
Job 38:22–end
Heb 12:1–13
F
Job 39
2 Tim 3
Job 40
Heb 12:14–end
S
Job 41
2 Tim 4
Job 42
Heb 13
I
Wis 2
Philemon
Bar 3:1–14
Mt 14:13–33
II
1 Mac 2:1–22
Lk 12:35–end
Ecclus 3:17–29
2 Cor 1:1–22
M
Prov 1:1–19
Jas 1:1–11
Prov 1:20–end
Jas 1:12–end
T
Prov 2
Jas 2:1–13
Prov 3:1–26
Jas 2:14–end
W Prov 3:27–4:19
Jas 3
Prov 4:20–5:14
Jas 4
Th Prov 6:1–19
Jas 5
Prov 8
1 Pet 1:1–12
F
Prov 9
1 Pet 1:13–end
Prov 10:1–22
1 Pet 2:1–10
S
Prov 11:1–25
1 Pet 2:11–3:7
Prov 12:10–end
1 Pet 3:8–end
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MORNING PRAYER First Lesson TRINITY XXII
TRINITY XXIII
TRINITY XXIV
See note below
TRINITY XXV
I
Wis 4:7–17
Second Lesson Jas 1:1–18 (19–end)
EVENING PRAYER First Lesson Bar 4:36–5:end
Second Lesson Mt 16:13–end
II
1 Mac 2:49–69
Lk 13:18–end
Ecclus 4:11–28
2 Cor 4
M
Prov 14:9–27
1 Pet 4:1–11
Prov 15:18–end
1 Pet 4:12–end
T
Prov 16:31–17:17 1 Pet 5
Prov 18:10–end
1 Jn 1:1–2:6
W Prov 20:1–22
1 Jn 2:7–17
Prov 22:1–16
1 Jn 2:18–end
Th Prov 24:23–end
1 Jn 3:1–18
Prov 25
1 Jn 3:19–4:6
F
Prov 26:12–end
1 Jn 4:7–end
Prov 27:1–22
1 Jn 5
S
Prov 30:1–16
2 Jn
Prov 31:10–end
3 Jn
I
Wis 6:1–21
Jas 2:1–13 (14–end)
Prayer of Manasses
Mt 18:1–20
II
1 Mac 3:42–end
Lk 14:15–end
Ecclus 4:29–6:1 2 Cor 5
M
Ecclus 1:1–10
Acts 1
Ecclus 1:11–end Acts 2:1–21
T
Ecclus 2
Acts 2:22–end
Ecclus 3:17–29
W Ecclus 4:11–28
Acts 4:5–31
Ecclus 4:29–6:1 Acts 4:32–5:11
Acts 3:1–4:4
Th Ecclus 6:14–31
Acts 5:12–end
Ecclus 7:27–end Acts 6:1–7:16
F
Ecclus 10:6–8, 12–24
Acts 7:17–34
Ecclus 11:7–28
S
Ecclus 14:20–15:10
Acts 8:4–25
Ecclus 15:11–end Acts 8:26–end
I
Wis 7:15–8:1
Jas 3
2 Esdras 16:53–67
Mt 21:12–32
II
1 Mac 14:4–15
Lk 15:1–10
Ecclus 11:7–28
2 Cor 9
M
Ecclus 16:17–end Acts 9:1–31
Ecclus 17:1–24
Acts 9:32–end
T
Ecclus 18:1–14
Acts 10:1–23
Ecclus 19:13–end Acts 10:24–end
W Ecclus 21:1–17
Acts 11:1–18
Ecclus 22:6–22
Acts 11:19–end
Ecclus Th 22:27–23:15
Acts 12:1–24
Ecclus 24:1–22
Acts 12:25–13:12 Acts 13:44–14:7
Acts 7:35–8:4
F
Ecclus 24:23–end
Acts 13:13–43
Ecclus 27:30–28:9
S
Ecclus 31:1–11
Acts 14:8–end
Ecclus 34:9–end Acts 15:1–21
I
Wis 9
Jas 4
Ecclus 18:1–13
Mt 21:33–end
II
Ecclus 15:11–end
Lk 17:1–10
Ecclus 27:30–28:9
1 Tim 6:1–16 (17–end)
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MORNING PRAYER First Lesson
See note below
CHRIST THE KING
EVENING PRAYER First Lesson
Second Lesson
Ecclus 37:7–15
Acts 15:36–16:5
M
Ecclus 35
Acts 15:22–35
T
Ecclus 38:1–14
Acts 16:6–end
Ecclus 38:24–end Acts 17:1–15
Acts 17:16–end
Ecclus 39:13–end Acts 18:1–23
W Ecclus 39:1–11
Th Ecclus 42:15–end Acts 18:24–19:7 Ecclus 43:1–12
Acts 19:8–20
F
Ecclus 43:13–end Acts 19:21–end
Ecclus 50:1–24
S
Ecclus 51:1–12
Acts 20:17–end
Ecclus 51:13–end Acts 21:1–16
I
Wis 11:21–12:2
Jas (5:1–6) 5:7–end
Ecclus 38:24–end
Mt 23:1–22
II
Ecclus 42:15–end Lk 20:1–19
Ecclus 43:13–26
2 Tim 1:1–14 (15–2:7)
M
Eccles 1
Acts 21:17–36
Eccles 2:1–23
Acts 21:37–22:22
T
Eccles 3:1–15
Acts 22:23–23:11 Eccles 3:16–4:6
Acts 23:12–end
W Eccles 4:7–end
Acts 24:1–23
Eccles 5
Acts 24:24–25:12
Th Eccles 6
TRINITY XXVI
See note below
Second Lesson
Acts 20:1–16
Acts 25:13–end
Eccles 7:1–14
Acts 26
F
Eccles 7:15–end
Acts 27:1–26
Eccles 8
Acts 27:27–end
S
Eccles 9
Acts 28:1–15
Eccles 10:5–18
Acts 28:16–end
I & II Eccles 11 & 12
Heb 11:1–16
Mal 3:1–6 & 4
Heb 11:17–12:2
M
Wis 1
Mt 5:1–16
Wis 2
Rev 1
T
Wis 3:1–9
Mt 5:17–end
Wis 4:7–end
Rev 2:1–17
W Wis 5:1–16
Mt 6:1–18
Wis 6:1–21
Rev 2:18–3:6
Th Wis 7:15–8:4
Mt 6:19–end
Wis 8:5–18
Rev 3:7–end
F
Wis 8:21–9:end
Mt 7:1–14
Wis 10:15–11:10
Rev 4
S
Wis 11:21–12:2
Mt 7:15–end
Wis 12:21–21
Rev 5
No matter how many weeks after Trinity are kept in a given year, in the week preceding Christ the King the First Lesson at both Morning and Evening Prayer is always taken from Ecclesiastes, using the readings appointed for the First Lesson during the twenty-sixth week after Trinity. If the week preceding Christ the King is other than the twenty-sixth week after Trinity, the Second Lesson at both Offices is taken from the appropriate week.
TABLE OF LESSONS SAINTS AND HOLY DAYS The Lessons appointed for Morning and Evening Prayer in the course of the year are to be read except when one of the following Feasts or Solemnities is observed. Where a Feast or Solemnity is proper to a given Ordinariate or place, the Lessons indicated below are to be read including, where given, those for Evening Prayer on the eve. Outside such places, the Lessons are always taken from those appointed through the year. MORNING PRAYER First Lesson 25 January
CANDLEMAS 22 February CHAIR OF ST PETER ST DAVID (Wales only)
Day 1 Sam 1:21-end
19 March ST JOSEPH 25 March
ST GEORGE (OLW only) 25 April
Jn 21:15-22
14 May ST MATTHIAS
Ecclus 39:1-10
Phil 3:1-14
Ex 13:11-16
Gal 4:1-7
Hag 2:1-9
Rom 12:1-5
Is 43:10-15
Mt 9:35-10:4
Ez 34:11-16
Acts 11:1-18
From the Common of Confessors (pp. 1985-1987). Outside Wales, today the ferial readings are read.
Day
From the Common of Confessors (pp. 1985-1987). Outside Australia, today the ferial readings are read. Hos 11:1-9
Eve Day Is 11:1-10
Mt 13:54-end
Eve
Heb 2:5-end
Eve Day Josh 1:1-9
Eph 6:10-20
Eve
ST MARK (OLSC: 26 April) Day Ecclus 51:13-end Acts 15:35-end 3 May Eve STS PHILIP & JAMES
Second Lesson Acts 26:1-23
Eve
ANNUNCIATION Day Is 52:7-12 23 April
Heb 10:1-10
Eve Day Ez 3:4-11
17 March ST PATRICK (OLSC only)
Gal 1:11-end
Eve
1 March
EVENING PRAYER First Lesson Jer 1:4-10
Eve
CONVERSION Day Is 56:1-8 OF ST PAUL 2 February
Second Lesson
Day Prov 4: 10-18
Jn 6:1-14
Eve Day 1 Sam 2:27-35
Mt 7:15-27
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Lk 2:41-52
Gen 50:22-26
Mt 2:13-23
Gen 3:1-15
Rom 5:12-end
1 Sam 2:1-10
Mt 1:18-23
Jer 15:15-21
Heb 11:32-12:2
Is 43:1-7
Jn 15:1-8
Ez 1:1-14
Acts 12:25-13:13
Is 62:6-end
2 Tim 4:1-11
Is 30:15-21
Jn 1:43-end
Job 23:1-12
Jn 17:1-8
Is 22:15-22
Jn 15:1-16
1 Sam 16:1-13
1 Cor 4:1-8
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SAIN T S A N D HOLY D AYS
MORNING PRAYER First Lesson 24 May OUR LADY, HELP OF CHRISTIANS (OLSC only) 31 May VISITATION 11 June ST BARNABAS 24 June
Eve Day 2 Chron 26:1-15
ST THOMAS 22 July ST MARY MAGDALENE 25 July ST JAMES 6 August TRANSFIGURATION 8 August
Day Jer 9:23-24
15 August
24 August
Lk 1:5-25
Eve
Acts 11:1-18
Eve Day Job 42:1-6
Jn 14:1-7
Day Is 25:1-9
Jn 20:1-10
Eve Day 2 Kgs 1:1-15
Lk 9:46-56
Eve Day Ex 34:29-end
2 Cor 3
Eve
Rev 19:1, 5-9
Eve Day Is 7:1-15
Lk 11:27-28
Eve
OUR LADY OF Eve THE SOUTHERN CROSS Day Prov 8:22-31 (OLSC only) 8 September Eve
Day Gen 28:10-17
EVENING PRAYER First Lesson
Second Lesson
1 Sam 2:1-10
Rev 12:1-6
Song 2:8-14
Acts 1:1-14
Song 2:8-14
Lk 1:26-38
Zech 2:10-13
Jn 3:25-30
Tob 4:5-11
Acts 4:32-end
Job 29:1-16
Acts 14:8-end
Mal 3:1-6
Mt 3
Mal 4
Mt 11:2-19
Ez 2:1-7
Acts 9:32-end
Ez 34:11-16
Jn 21:15-22
2 Sam 15:17-21
Jn 11:1-16
Ecclus 2
1 Pet 1:3-9
1 Sam 16: 14-end Lk 8:1-3
Eve
ST BARTHOLOMEW Day Deut 18:15-19 1 September
NATIVITY OF BVM
Acts 9:26-31
Eve
ST MARY OF THE CROSS (OLSC only) Day Mic 6:6-8
ASSUMPTION
Mk 3:31-end
Eve
STS PETER & PAUL Day Ez 3:4-11 3 July
Jn 2:1-12
Eve Day 1 Sam 2:1-10
NATIVITY OF ST JOHN THE Day Judg 13:1-7 BAPTIST 29 June
Second Lesson
Mt 10:1-15
Zeph 3:14-end
Mk 15:40–16:7
Jer 26:1-15
Mk 1:14-20
Jer 45
Mk 14:32-42
Ex 24:12-end
Lk 9:28-45
Ecclus 48:1-10
2 Pet 1:12-end
Is 52:7-10
Lk 6:20-31
Is 58:6-11
Rev 21:1-6
Prov 8:22-31
Jn 19:23-27
Song 2:1-7
Acts 1:6-14
Gen 28:10-17
Jn 1:43-end
Is 49:1-13
Mt 10:16-22
1 Sam 2:1-10
Acts 1:1-14
Rev 11:19-12:end Zech 9:9-10
Rev 12:1-6
Eph 1:3-10
1 Sam 1:19-28
Gal 4:1-7
Ez 44:1-4
Rev 7:9-12
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ta bl e of Lesson s
MORNING PRAYER First Lesson 14 September
Eve
HOLY CROSS
Day Is 53
21 September
Eve
ST MATTHEW
Day Prov 3:1-17
24 September
Eve
OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM Day Is 52:7-12 29 September
ST LUKE
Phil 2:5-11
Mt 19:16-end
Heb 2:5-end
Acts 12:1-11
Eve Day Is 61:1-6
EVENING PRAYER First Lesson
Jn 3:1-16
Is 42:1-12
Eph 2:11-end
2 Tim 3:10-end
1 Chron 29:9-18
1 Tim 6:6-19
Wis 9:1-12
Gal 4:1-5
1 Sam 2:1-10
Mt 1:18-23
Dan 10:4-end
Rev 5
Dan 12:1-4
Rev 8:1-6
Is 55
Lk 1:1-4
Ecclus 38:1-14
Col 4:7-end
Is 28:9-16
Eph 2:11-end
Wis 5:1-16
Jn 14:15-24
28 October
Eve
STS SIMON & JUDE
Day Is 45:18-end
1 November
Eve
ALL SAINTS
Day Wis 3:1-9
Rev 19:6-10
Day Wis 4:7-end
1 Cor 15:35-end Job 19:21-27
2 November ALL SOULS 9 November
Lk 6:12-19
2 Esdras 2:42-end Heb 11:32–12:2
Eve
DEDICATION OF THE LATERAN Day 2 Chron 5:6-10, 1 Pet 2:4-9 13–6:2 BASILICA 30 November
Eve
ST ANDREW
Day Zech 8:20-end
8 December
Eve
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION Day Is 61:10-62:5
Second Lesson
Num 21:4-9
1 Kgs 19:15-end Mt 6:19-end
Eve
MICHAELMAS Day 2 Kgs 6:8-17 18 October
Second Lesson
Ecclus 44:1-15
Rev 7:9-end 1 Thess 4:13-end
Hag 2:1-9
1 Cor 3:9-17
Is 6
Mt 5:21-37
Ecclus 14:20-end 1 Cor 4:9-16 Jn 1:35-42
Ez 47:1-12
Jn 12:20-32
Ecclus 24:17-22 Rom 8:28-30 1 Cor 1:26-30
Zeph 3:14-17
Rev 11:1912:6,10
TABLE OF OPTIONAL PSALMS AND LESSONS FOR CERTAIN DAYS AND COMMONS The following may be used at the discretion of the Officiant, in place of the appointed Psalms and Lessons given in the course of the Psalter or the Lectionary. Where no Lessons are provided here, the Lessons are taken from the usual place. Where a Solemnity is kept, but not provided for in the General Roman Calendar or the particular calendar of the Ordinariate, the appropriate Common below may be used.
SEASONS The following Psalmody may be used together with the Proper Lessons provided in the course of the Office. DAY
EVE
EPIPHANY
19, 87
MORNING PRAYER EVENING PRAYER (II) 72
96, 97, 117
TRINITY SUNDAY
—
29, 33
93, 99, 115
CORPUS CHRISTI
23, 42, 43
81, 147:13-end
110, 111, 116:10-end
SACRED HEART
36, 61, 130
108, 146
97, 98
CHRIST THE KING
—
145, 146
147, 148, 149, 150
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TABL E O F O P TI O N AL P S ALMS A ND LE SSO NS
SAINTS AND HOLY DAYS The following Psalmody may be used together with the Proper Lessons provided in the course of the Office. DAY
EVE
1 JANUARY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD
MORNING PRAYER EVENING PRAYER (II)
90, 133, 134
119: 1-32
91, 121
1 MARCH ST DAVID (WALES ONLY)
From the Common of Confessors
17 MARCH ST PATRICK (OLSC ONLY)
From the Common of Confessors
19 MARCH ST JOSEPH
1, 15, 112
132, 147:13-end
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25 MARCH ANNUNCIATION
89:1-4, 19-37
85, 110, 146
111, 113, 131
23 APRIL ST GEORGE (OLW ONLY)
From the Common of Martyrs
24 MAY OUR LADY, HELP OF CHRISTIANS (OLSC ONLY)
From the Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary
24 JUNE NATIVITY OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
71
50, 149
80, 82
29 JUNE STS PETER & PAUL
48, 138
124, 125, 126, 149
66, 67
8 AUGUST ST MARY OF THE CROSS (OLSC ONLY)
From the Common of Virgins
15 AUGUST ASSUMPTION
From the Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary
1 SEPTEMBER OUR LADY OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS (OLSC ONLY) 24 SEPTEMBER OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM (OLW ONLY)
From the Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary
From the Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary
1 NOVEMBER ALL SAINTS
145
97, 149
33
2 NOVEMBER ALL SOULS
—
5, 6, 7
116, 120, 121, 130, 138
8 DECEMBER IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
113, 147:12-20
46, 87
122, 127
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C O M M O NS
COMMONS The following Psalmody and Lessons may be used only on Solemnities which are not provided for in the General Roman Calendar or the particular calendar of the Ordinariate. DAY
EVE
Common of the Dedication of a Church
Ps 24, 84, 134 1 Kgs 6:1-14 1 Pet 1:22-2:10
MORNING PRAYER EVENING PRAYER (II) Ps 48, 122 1 Chron 29:10-end Jn 10:22-end
Ps 132, 133, 134 Gen 28:10-end Rev 21:9-22:5
Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Ps 110, 113, 122 Gen 3:8-15, 20 Acts 1:12-14
Ps 24, 45, 85 Is 7:10-14 Rom 8:18-30
Ps 110, 113, 127 Mic 5:1-4 Gal 4:4-7
Common of Martyrs
Ps 110, 111, 112 Ecclus 4:20-28 Mt 16:24-27
Ps 11, 15, 21 2 Chron 24:17-21 Acts 20:17-38
Ps 61, 64, 79 Ecclus 51:1-8 2 Tim 2:3-13
Common of Confessors
Ps 110, 112, 113, 132 Is 6:1-8 2 Cor 4:1-10
Ps 1, 2, 8 Mal 2:5-7 1 Tim 3:1-9
Ps 110, 112, 113, 132 Jer 1:4-10 Mt 24:42-46
Common of Doctors of the Church
Ps 110, 112, 113, 132 Prov 4:1-9 Mt 5:13-19
Ps 1, 2, 8 Ecclus 39:1-10 Titus 2
Ps 110, 112, 113, 132 1 Kgs 3:6-14 Acts 13:26-33
Common of Virgins
Ps 110, 113, 122 Hos 2:14-20 Mt 19:3-12
Ps 24, 45, 85 Ecclus 51:1-12 1 Cor 7:25-40
Ps 110, 113, 127 Song 8:6-7 Rev 19:1-9
Common of Holy Men and Women
Ps 110, 113, 122 Prov 8:1-11 Mt 13:44-52
Ps 24, 45, 85 Ecclus 2:7-17 Heb 13:7-16
Ps 110, 113, 127 Gen 12:1-14 Rev 21:1-7