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1 Benedictine Daily Prayer A SHORT BREVIARY SECOND EDITION Compiled and Edited by Maxwell E. Johnson, Oblate of Saint John s Abbey, and the Monks of Saint John s Abbey LITURGICAL PRESS Collegeville, Minnesota
2 Cover design by Ann Blattner. Illustrations by Frank Kacmarcik, OblSB. Scripture texts in this work, except for the psalter and where otherwise noted, are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible (NRSV): Catholic Edition, 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Psalm texts are taken from The Psalms, An Inclusive Language Version Based on the Grail Translation from the Hebrew, , 1986 The Grail (England). All rights reserved. Published through exclusive license agreement by G. I. A. Publications, Inc., 7404 S. Mason Avenue, Chicago, Illinois (U.S.A.). Licensed for Benedictine Daily Prayer by HarperCollins Publishers, Fulham Palace Road, London, W6 8JB ENGLAND, international literary agents for The Grail. Used with permission. All rights reserved by Order of Saint Benedict, Collegeville, Minnesota. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by print, microfilm, microfiche, mechanical recording, photocopying, translation, or by any other means, known or yet unknown, for any purpose except brief quotations in reviews, without the previous written permission of Liturgical Press, Saint John s Abbey, PO Box 7500, Collegeville, Minnesota Printed in China. ISBN ISBN (e-book) The Library of Congress has cataloged the earlier edition as follows: Benedictine daily prayer : a short breviary / compiled and edited by Maxwell E. Johnson and the monks of Saint John s Abbey. p. cm. Summary: A Benedictine liturgy of the hours for Christian daily prayer Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 13: (alk. paper) ISBN 10: (alk. paper) 1. Breviaries. 2. Benedictines Prayer-books and devotions English. I. Johnson, Maxwell E., 1952 II. St. John s Abbey (Collegeville, Minn.) BX2000.A4J '.024 dc
3 CONTENTS Introduction to the Second Edition v Aids to Praying Benedictine Daily Prayer xvii Chronological Chart for the Psalter xx Principal Celebrations of the Liturgical Year xxvi Monastic Calendar xxix Sunday and Weekday Readings 1 The Ordinary of the Liturgy of the Hours 807 The Weekly Psalter 841 Weeks I and III 841 Weeks II and IV 1029 Festival Psalter 1213 Common for Feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary 1237 Common for Feasts of Apostles 1251 Common for Feasts of Martyrs 1257 Common for Feasts of Holy Men and Women 1269 Office for the Dead 1285 Proper of Seasons 1309 Advent 1309 Christmas 1339 Lent 1403 Triduum 1456 Easter 1499 Pentecost 1573 Proper of the Saints 1617 Appendix: A Selection of Benedictine Prayers 2013 Acknowledgments 2018 Index 2023
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5 INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION This second edition of Benedictine Daily Prayer stands in the tradition of A Short Breviary, first published by the monks of Saint John s Abbey in 1941, which sought to provide the Englishspeaking world with an unofficial vernacular edition of the Divine Office for those who sought to pray with the church in a more simplified manner. Between the original or first edition and the wholly revised fourth edition in 1975, Book of Prayer, which was an abridgment and adaptation of the current Roman Liturgia Horarum (1970), over two hundred communities of religious adopted A Short Breviary as their book for daily liturgical prayer. The 2005 edition of Benedictine Daily Prayer has had a similar response. It is currently used by numerous oblates of Saint Benedict and others and has been adopted for use by some monastic and other religious communities as well. It is important to note that at no time since the first printing of A Short Breviary in 1941, including the 1975 Book of Prayer, was there ever any insinuation or any effort made to identify this form of the Divine Office or Liturgy of the Hours with the official texts or editions of the Roman Office. 1 This precedent is being followed for the present revision of Benedictine Daily Prayer. As a book of prayer with the word Benedictine in its title this volume is, obviously, an Office or prayer book intended for those with some form of association with or attraction to Benedictine monasticism. As such, it is intended in a special way for Benedictine oblates and others who wish to pray a form of the Liturgy of 1 On the untimely 1976 demise of the 1975 Book of Prayer see Mark J. Twomey, Seventy-Five Years of Grace: The Liturgical Press (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2001), Liturgical Press still receives occasional requests for this now unavailable edition. v
6 vi Introduction the Hours with objectively solid and traditional prayer patterns that have roots specifically in the 1,500-plus years of liturgical prayer within the Benedictine monastic tradition of preferring nothing to the Opus Dei, the Divine Office (Rule of St. Benedict 43). Certainly, several excellent Benedictine prayer books and resources for prayer, including the 2005 edition of Benedictine Daily Prayer itself, The Monastic Diurnal, 2 Divine Praise, 3 and the Liturgy of the Hours for Benedictine Oblates, 4 are already available today, as well as the simpler editions of Judith Sutera s Work of God, 5 the Benedictine Oblate Companion, 6 the Glenstal Book of Prayer, 7 Saint Benedict s Prayer Book for Beginners, 8 Saint Meinrad Prayer Book, 9 and the seasonal Liturgy of the Hours booklets for Advent and Christmas and Lent and the Triduum. 10 Why, then, a second version? This new version of Benedictine Daily Prayer is, in part, a response to those who, in using the previous version, have requested several things. First, those seeking a greater selection of psalmody will be pleased 2 The Monastic Diurnal (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1963). Earlier editions of A Short Breviary, e.g., the edition of 1944, tended to be modeled on the Monastic Office as well and included feasts special to the Order of St. Benedict. The Monastic Diurnal has been reprinted recently by St. Michael s Abbey Press (Farnborough, Hampshire, 2011). 3 Divine Praise: An Adaptation of the Day Hours of the Benedictine Monastic Breviary (St. Meinrad, IN: St. Meinrad s Abbey, 1953). 4 Liturgy of the Hours for Benedictine Oblates (St. Meinrad, IN: St. Meinrad Archabbey Press, 2009). 5 Judith Sutera, Work of God: Benedictine Prayer (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1997). 6 Benedictine Oblate Companion (St. Meinrad, IN: St. Meinrad Archabbey Press, 1997). 7 The Glenstal Book of Prayer: A Benedictine Prayer Book (Glenstal, Ireland: The Monks of Glenstal Abbey, 2001). 8 Saint Benedict s Prayer Book for Beginners (York: Ampleforth Abbey Press, 1993). 9 Saint Meinrad Prayer Book (St. Meinrad, IN: St. Meinrad Archabbey Press, 1995). 10 St. Joseph, MN: Sisters of the Order of St. Benedict, 1995.
7 Introduction vii by the new organization of the Office of Vigils, structured on a two-week cycle adapted from the Office of Vigils at Mount Saviour Monastery, Elmira, New York. Second, based on available resources, including especially Stephen Mark Holmes s recent volume, The Fathers on the Sunday Gospels, 11 as well as the recent reprint of the Anglican Benedictine translation of the Monastic Breviary: Matins, 12 patristic readings are provided for each Sunday in all three years of the Sunday Lectionary, with the exception of those Sundays in Advent (weeks 1 3), Lent (Sundays 1 and 2), or other Sunday solemnities where a single patristic reading is offered related to the overall focus or theme of the day. Third, all of the daily Offices are arranged on a two-week cycle with the complete Offices of the various days printed in that cycle, thus making frequent page turning unnecessary. Further, this two-week cycle is structured as Weekly Psalter: Weeks I and III and Weekly Psalter: Weeks II and IV and, as such, is much more obviously connected to the Sundays and seasons of the liturgical year. Which week of the Psalter is to be used is indicated both in the Vigil readings for the current Sunday of the year, page 1ff., and in table 1 following this introduction. Fourth, concluding prayers for each of the daily and seasonal Offices are offered herein for each hour, including solemnities and feasts. These are largely based on and adapted from the volume of the French-language Liturgy Commission of the Cistercian Order, Proclaiming All Your Wonders: Prayers for a Pilgrim People. 13 Others are taken from the previous Book of Prayer. Again, this means limited page turning and searching as the concluding prayer to be used in each Office appears in its actual location. Only on the various feasts and memorials 11 Stephen Mark Holmes, The Fathers on the Sunday Gospel (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2012). 12 Monastic Breviary: Matins, According to the Holy Rule of Saint Benedict (Lydart, Monmouth: Tymawr Convent, 1961; reprinted by Glendale, CO: Lancelot Andrewes Press, 2007). 13 Proclaiming All Your Wonders: Prayers for a Pilgrim People (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1991).
8 viii Introduction of saints is there a single prayer that is repeated at each Office. Fifth, and finally, in light of the above, this revised version of Benedictine Daily Prayer seeks deliberately to be a more userfriendly resource than the previous edition was. Like its predecessor volume, this revised Benedictine Daily Prayer offers here a relatively complete version, although abridged and simplified, of the traditional Monastic Liturgy of the Hours as known from the Rule of St. Benedict and subsequent editions of the Breviarium Monasticum. Since the 1970s Benedictine monastic communities and confederations have been guided by various authoritative documents in creating their own local versions of the Office: the Thesaurus Liturgiae Horarum monasticae; the Directory for the Celebration of the Work of God; and the Directive Norms for the Celebration of the Monastic Liturgy of the Hours. 14 This version, while clearly not the Office book of any monastic community under the authority of those documents, tends, nonetheless, to follow, at least, the spirit of those documents rather closely, and there is no reason why a monastic community might not adopt it for their use. Among the Directive Norms for the Monastic Liturgy of the Hours, the following are clearly reflected in this edition: In the execution of the Liturgy of the Hours... the calendar approved for the Benedictine Confederation on 22 June 1972 must be observed. A hymn may be assigned to the beginning of each Hour so as to set the tone for each Hour or for the feast. At Lauds in the morning petitions are made for the consecration of the day and its work to God, and at Vespers there are intercessions. 14 Anne M. Field, ed., The Monastic Hours: Directory for the Celebration of the Work of God and Directive Norms for the Celebration of the Monastic Liturgy of the Hours, 2nd ed. (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2000).
9 Introduction ix Each Hour should consist of psalms, a hymn, a reading, and prayer. In arranging the cursus of psalms, provision should be made that at least seventy-five psalms are said throughout the week. Responsories, versicles, antiphons, and the like may be adopted according to local practice, but it is recommended that on feasts and during major liturgical seasons these elements should be included according to traditional monastic liturgy. The arrangements of the psalter contained in the Thesaurus are recommended; antiphons, versicles, responsories, and the like may be used as a means of enriching and embellishing the Office. The arrangement of the psalter, laid down in the Rule of St. Benedict, may be kept. The distribution of the psalms of Vigils over a two-week period... may be kept. Antiphons at the Benedictus and Magnificat canticles given in the Thesaurus may be used, or others which are in harmony with mystery of the day or feast. 15 Within the above-noted documents various arrangements of the Psalter are suggested, including Schema A, which is an adaptation of the traditional monastic weekly Psalter as it appears in chapters 8 18 of the Rule of Saint Benedict. 16 The arrangement of the Psalter in this Benedictine Daily Prayer is a further adaptation and abridgment of this Schema A. As directed in the Rule: 15 Ibid., An alternative one-week Psalter, Schema B, is used in the Italian Liturgia Monastica Delle Ore, Schema B, 3rd ed. (Praglia: Scritti Monastici, 1994).
10 x Introduction Four psalms are sung each day at Vespers, starting with Psalm 109 (110) and ending with Psalm 147, omitting the psalms in this series already assigned to other hours, namely, Psalms 117 (118) through 127 (128), Psalm 133 (134) and Psalm 142 (143). All the remaining psalms are said at Vespers. Since this leaves three psalms too few, the longer ones in the series should be divided: that is, Psalms 138 (139), 143 (144) and 144 (145). And because Psalm 116 (117) is short it can be joined to Psalm 115 (116). This is the order of psalms for Vespers. 17 Similarly, for the Office of Compline the same three psalms, Psalms 4, 90 (91), and 133 (134) are recited every day. In the classic Benedictine liturgical tradition the Little Hours of Terce, Sext, and None, like Compline, are characterized as well by fixed daily psalmody. On Sundays and Mondays the psalmody at all three of these hours is taken from the divisions of Psalm 118 (119) with the result that the entire psalm is recited over the three hours on these days. While, traditionally, portions of Psalm 118 (119) were also recited at Prime, now generally eliminated from the Liturgy of the Hours in most modern versions, those portions have been integrated here into Terce, Sext, and None on Sundays and Mondays. 18 From Tuesday through Saturday Psalms 119 (120) 121 (122) at Terce, Psalms 122 (123) 124 (125) at Sext, and Psalms 125 (126) 127 (128) at None are recited every day. For Vespers, Compline, Terce, Sext, and None, then, Benedictine Daily Prayer is nothing other than a reflection of the daily Benedictine Office as directed in the Rule. The Offices of Vigils and Lauds, however, are more clearly adapted and/or abridged from Schema A or from the Rule than are the other Offices in this book. That is, instead of the cus- 17 Rule of Benedict Quotations from the Rule are taken from The Rule of St. Benedict, 1980, ed. Timothy Fry (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1980), See 6.a in Field, The Monastic Hours, 51.
11 Introduction xi tomary twelve psalms each day in the classic monastic Office of Vigils sometimes also called Nocturns, Matins, and/or the Office of Readings six psalms (sometimes more, sometimes less, depending on length), in addition to Psalm 3 and the daily invitatory psalm, Psalm 94 (95), have been selected for each day from among those traditionally assigned. These psalms are further divided into two Nocturns, or nighttime divisions, with reading 1 following the First Nocturn and reading 2 following the Second Nocturn. Over a two-week cycle, therefore, most of the traditional psalms of monastic Vigils are recited. At the same time, those who prefer a shorter Office of Vigils, as it appeared in the previous edition of Benedictine Daily Prayer, may choose only one of the Nocturns each day, followed by both readings. In fact, one could create a four-week cycle of Vigils by choosing the psalms from one Nocturn each day, followed by both readings and concluding prayer. And, while the nocturnal or nighttime character of Vigils is clearly retained, one might choose another time for its recitation during the day or evening, as is the case with the current Roman Office of Readings. Some monastic communities and individuals, for example, choose to celebrate Vigils at some point in the evening after Vespers since the liturgical day always begins on the evening before. This practice of celebrating Vigils in the evening, in fact, was supported favorably by none other than St. Thomas Aquinas. 19 It is important to note that unlike the Roman Liturgy of the Hours or the Office books of other Christian traditions where Lauds and Vespers appear as the center or core of the daily Office, the heart of the Monastic Office is traditionally the Office of Vigils. Hence, greater attention to Vigils has characterized this revision. Similarly, in continuity with the Rule, the psalmody in the Office of Lauds begins each day with Psalm 66 (67) and 19 See Thomas Aquinas, Quaestiones quodlibetales V, q. 14, a. 1, in Quaestiones de Quolibet, vol. 2, Sancti Thomae Opera Omnia Iussu Leonis XIII P. M. Edita 25 (Rome: Commissio Leonina, 1996),
12 xii Introduction concludes with Psalms , the classic Laudate psalms, which until the Breviary reform of Pope Pius X in 1911, had not only concluded Lauds from Christian antiquity on but had actually given the title of Lauds to this morning Office of praise. 20 Where Lauds departs from Schema A or the Rule is that only one additional morning psalm (rather than five) and an Old Testament canticle are provided for each day of the twoweek cycle. In this edition Psalms are printed for each day again to avoid unnecessary page turning. Adapted from the arrangement of readings and responses at Lauds and Vespers in the 1994 Italian Liturgia Monastica Delle Ore, the short biblical readings and responsories for each day at these Offices follow a four-week cycle. Any who have participated frequently in the Monastic Liturgy of the Hours at Saint John s Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota, will find much in this book quite familiar, and, in some ways, this revised Benedictine Daily Prayer is itself a version of Saint John s Abbey Prayer. The Psalter used herein, namely, The Psalms: An Inclusive Language Version Based on the Grail Translation from the Hebrew, 21 is the same as that used at Saint John s, and the Old Testament Canticles at Lauds come directly from Saint John s Abbey Prayer. The Sunday, daily, and feast-day antiphons for the Benedictus and Magnificat as well as the concluding litanies at Lauds and Vespers, with some minor exceptions here and there, are also either taken directly or adapted from Saint John s Abbey Prayer. Visitors and monks alike at Saint John s have often commented on the beauty, depth, and spiritual richness of these daily litanies composed by the monks. So also, the structure of the readings at Vigils on Sundays, solemnities, and feasts follows both Saint John s and the classic monastic pattern of the assigned gospel reading for the day being preceded by 20 Robert Taft, The Liturgy of the Hours in East and West: The Divine Office and Its Meaning for Today (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1986), Chicago: GIA Publications, Inc., 1983.
13 Introduction xiii a patristic reading which serves then as an introductory commentary on the gospel itself. In the interests of space, the readings are often printed in an abridged form, though the complete reference is given for those who may wish to read the whole passage from a Bible. As is customarily done at Saint John s Abbey on the evening before Sundays, solemnities, and certain feasts, one could easily replace First Vespers with the Office of Vigils on those days with the inclusion of the litany, Our Father, and prayer following the Te Deum or Te Decet Laus. A Saint John s or traditional monastic characteristic of Vigils on weekdays is that, with the exception of the memorials of saints, where a second reading is taken from a nonbiblical source, the two daily readings are both from Sacred Scripture. Reading 1 is taken from a continuous reading of a book of the Old Testament, followed by silence, and Reading 2 is from a continuous reading of a book of the New Testament, though during Ordinary Time the books of Maccabees, Tobit, Baruch, and Wisdom are also included. Both readings are followed by a single responsory, often adapted either from the 1975 Book of Prayer or from Saint John s Abbey Prayer itself. Also, while selections from, for example, Romans and Ephesians appear within the cycle of seasonal readings, during Ordinary Time both books are read in their entirety. The precise cycle of readings in this book is adapted from several sources: Saint John s Abbey Prayer, Book of Prayer, and the seasonal Liturgy of the Hours booklets referred to above. Those who choose not to pray a separate Office of Vigils each day may substitute one of these longer readings at either or both Lauds and Vespers, a common practice at Saint John s Abbey as well. The liturgical calendar followed in Benedictine Daily Prayer is generally that of the American Cassinese Congregation of the Order of Saint Benedict as it appears in the annual Ordo Ordo for the Liturgy of the Hours and Mass in Churches and Oratories of the American-Cassinese Congregation O.S.B. for 2015 (Collegeville, MN: Saint John s Abbey, 2015).
14 xiv Introduction Together with a few other Benedictine feasts not included within the Ordo but taken either from the calendars of other Benedictine congregations or from the 1994 Italian Liturgia Monastica Delle Ore, it is important to realize that the ranking of solemnities, feasts, and memorials is somewhat different from that of the Roman or universal calendar. There are, of course, Benedictine feasts that do not appear at all in the universal calendar (e.g., the March 21 Solemnity of the Passing of Our Holy Father Benedict) and some that do appear on both but have a different rank. For example, St. Scholastica on February 10 is a solemnity or feast for Benedictines but only a memorial on the Roman Calendar. The same is the case with Pope St. Gregory the Great (September 3) and St. Gertrude the Great (November 16) which are feasts for Benedictines but memorials on the universal calendar. So also, some Benedictine feasts or memorials in this volume take precedence over and even displace some others which appear on the universal calendar, especially when both calendars have different feasts or memorials on the same day. With regard to the liturgical materials provided for the solemnities, feasts, and memorials of the saints in this volume, there is not only a Benedictine but also an ecumenical criterion that has been employed. Especially in the United States, Benedictine oblates tend to be an ecumenical community, representing a wide diversity of Christian denominations, and it is intended that this book might be useful as a daily prayer resource by all of them. Therefore, while it is clear that the liturgical calendar employed herein is that of the Roman Catholic Church in its Benedictine monastic adaptations, a priority is given to Benedictine, early Christian, monastic, and medieval saints that most would recognize ecumenically as classic models of holiness. And for these saints only special second readings are provided, usually from patristic or medieval sources. What this means is that, although no Roman Catholic saint on the calendar is omitted from this book, including those recently canonized, any who wish to celebrate the feasts
15 Introduction xv and memorials of some of the post-reformation or more contemporary Catholic saints, for whom no liturgical Propers are given, are directed to the particular Commons (i.e., the Common of Martyrs or the Common of Holy Men and Women) for appropriate texts or may consult other available resources, such as the current Roman Liturgy of the Hours. Alternate dates of some feasts occurring on the liturgical calendars of, at least, Lutherans and Episcopalians are also provided where appropriate. In his authoritative study of the history and theology of the Liturgy of the Hours, the great Eastern Rite liturgiologist, Robert Taft, SJ, describes the psalmody of the traditional Benedictine Liturgy of the Hours, indeed of all Western monastic Office traditions, as a kind of synthesis of what is often referred to as the cathedral office and the monastic office. That is, within the classic cathedral or parochial office, a more popular form of public praise and intercession, with the presence of additional ritual elements such as incense and light, the psalmody was minimal, fixed, and repeated. Within the monastic office, however, oriented more to the lifestyle of monastic contemplative prayer and devoid of additional ritual elements, the psalms were the central focus and prayed simply as they appear in the order of the Psalter. For the Benedictine Office of Lauds, then, there is a heavily cathedral content with fixed and recurring psalmody each day of the week (Psalms 66 [67] and ), while at Vespers, with the cursus of Psalms 109 (110) to 147 recited in order, there appears to be a complete absence of cathedral elements altogether. 23 The presence of fixed and easily memorizable psalmody in the Little Offices and Compline might also tend to point in a cathedral direction, especially when it is remembered that what eventually became Terce, Sext, and None may well have been the way in which prayer three times a day for all people was itself divided in some places according to the Roman workday in Christian 23 Taft, The Liturgy of the Hours, 134.
16 xvi Introduction antiquity. 24 In other words, the traditional Benedictine Office reflected in this volume was never simply monastic but had strong and lasting cathedral elements from its very beginning. Perhaps, then, the Benedictine Office can still serve as a resource for diverse ways of praying in the church catholic today. It is sometimes forgotten that it was St. Benedict who introduced hymnody into the Liturgy of the Hours in the Roman liturgical tradition, which Benedict himself refers to as the Ambrosian hymn. 25 A long-standing tradition of A Short Breviary, including the 1975 Book of Prayer, has been the inclusion of classic Latin Office hymnody related to each hour in paraphrased English translations. This has been continued herein, both by the inclusion of several hymns adapted from previous editions as well as by new versions of some hymns especially for this book. Finally, in his Rule St. Benedict states: We believe that the divine presence is everywhere.... But beyond the least doubt we should believe this to be especially true when we celebrate the divine office (Rule of St. Benedict ). And, he urges his disciples: Indeed, nothing is to be preferred to the Work of God, that is, the Divine Office (Rule of St. Benedict 43.3). May this revised Benedictine Daily Prayer, then, assist all who make use of it to celebrate and praise that Divine Presence which is, indeed, everywhere, but especially within the Opus Dei. 24 See Paul Bradshaw, The Search for the Origins of Christian Worship, 2nd ed. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002), Rule of St. Benedict
17 Introduction xvii Aids to Praying Benedictine Daily Prayer Especially for those unfamiliar with the structure of the Liturgy of the Hours or Divine Office it would be helpful to start by looking carefully at the Offices for Sunday in the Weekly Psalter, pages The sequence of a day is here given with basic guidelines and page references. Of these references the most frequent is to The Ordinary of the Liturgy of the Hours, pages Pages are most important for understanding the structure of the Divine Office and the procedure in praying it. These pages should be studied carefully. Practically all the problems that can arise are treated there. Recourse can also be made to the annual Ordo of the American Cassinese Congregation OSB for additional help. 26 Nevertheless, for those needing additional assistance, the following steps might be helpful: 1) Place the first ribbon on the current day in the Sunday and Weekday Readings section, pages To determine what day this is, consult table 1, below, if in Ordinary Time, or Table 2, below, if in another season such as Advent, Christmas, Lent, or Easter. For example, if the current day is Wednesday of Week 3 in Ordinary Time, the first ribbon will be placed on page 324. This will also determine which week of the Psalter is to be used since each Sunday entry in this section indicates the corresponding week of the Psalter. 2) Place the second ribbon at The Ordinary of the Liturgy of the Hours, page 807. Frequently occurring texts, such as Psalm 3 and Psalm 94 (95) with its daily invitatory, as well as the Te Deum and Te Decet Laus at Vigils; Psalm 66 (67) and the Benedictus at Lauds; the complete Offices of Terce, Sext, and None recited daily from Tuesday through 26 Ordo 2015 of the American Cassinese Congregation OSB (Collegeville, MN: Saint John s Abbey, 2015). This is also available online at
18 xviii Introduction Saturday; the Magnificat at Vespers, and the complete daily Office of Compline are provided in this Ordinary. 3) Place the third ribbon at the current day in the Weekly Psalter, either in Weeks I and III, or Weeks II and IV. For example, if the current day is Wednesday of Week 3 in Ordinary Time, this ribbon would be placed on page 939, and the Offices would be prayed as indicated therein for that day. 4) Place the fourth ribbon either in one of the various Commons (Mary, Apostles, Martyrs, and Holy Men and Women), page 1237, or, depending on time of year, in the Proper of Seasons (Advent, Christmas, Lent, Holy Week, Triduum, Easter, or Pentecost), page These Commons and Propers provide various texts to be substituted occasionally in the daily or Festival Office being celebrated. 5) Place the fifth ribbon at the Proper of Saints on page Beginning with the November 30 Feast of St. Andrew, Apostle, close to the beginning of the new liturgical year in Advent, the Proper of Saints contains the necessary texts and rubrics for celebrating the saints throughout the year. Confusion is often created by the rubric within the various introductions to the feast, namely, From the Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Apostles, Martyrs, or Holy Men and Women. What that means is that for a solemnity or feast one replaces the Office of the current weekday with the Office as it appears in that particular Common, apart from the special texts that appear in the Proper of Saints. For a memorial, however, one may pray the Office as it appears in the current weekday and substitute only those elements, such as reading 2 at Vigils and the concluding prayer, from the Proper of Saints that appear on the given saint s day in question. During Lent, this is especially appropriate wherein memorials of the saints are closer to commemorations than feasts.
19 Introduction xix Using a Breviary like this for daily prayer is always difficult for those not used to navigating such documents with their multiple ribbons and confusing terminology. Hopefully, the above five steps and the following tables will help in minimizing problems and provide assistance toward their resolution.
20 xx Introduction Table 1: Chronological Chart for the Psalter Week of the Year in Ordinary Time and Week of the Psalter 2015 Cycle B Year I 2016 Cycle C Year II 2017 Cycle A Year I 2018 Cycle B Year II 2019 Cycle C Year I 1 Week I Jan 12* Jan 11* Jan 9* Jan 8* Jan 14* 2 Week II Jan 18 Jan 17 Jan 15 Jan 14 Jan 20 3 Week III Jan 25 Jan 24 Jan 22 Jan 21 Jan 27 4 Week IV Feb 1 Jan 31 Jan 29 Jan 28 Feb 3 5 Week I Feb 8 Feb 7 Feb 5 Feb 4 Feb 10 6 Week II Feb 15 Feb 12 Feb 11 Feb 17 7 Week III May 16* Feb 19 May 21* Feb 24 8 Week IV May 25* May 23* Feb 26 May 28* Mar 3 9 Week I June 1* May 29 June 5* June 3 10 Week II June 7 June 5 June 12* June 10 June 10* 11 Week III June 14 June 12 June 18 June 17 June 17* 12 Week IV June 21 June 19 June 25 June 25* June Week I June 28 June 26 July 2 July 1 June Week II July 5 July 3 July 9 July 8 July 7 15 Week III July 12 July 10 July 16 July 15 July Week IV July 19 July 17 July 23 July 22 July Week I July 26 July 24 July 30 July 29 July Week II Aug 2 July 31 Aug 7* Aug 5 Aug 4 19 Week III Aug 9 Aug 7 Aug 13 Aug 12 Aug Week IV Aug 16 Aug 14 Aug 20 Aug 19 Aug Week I Aug 23 Aug 21 Aug 27 Aug 26 Aug Week II Aug 30 Aug 28 Sept 3 Sept 2 Sept 1 23 Week III Sept 6 Sept 4 Sept 10 Sept 9 Sept 8 24 Week IV Sept 13 Sept 11 Sept 17 Sept 16 Sept Week I Sept 20 Sept 18 Sept 24 Sept 23 Sept Week II Sept 26 Sept 25 Oct 1 Sept 30 Sept Week III Oct 4 Oct 2 Oct 8 Oct 7 Oct 6 28 Week IV Oct 11 Oct 9 Oct 15 Oct 14 Oct Week I Oct 18 Oct 16 Oct 22 Oct 21 Oct Week II Oct 25 Oct 23 Oct 29 Oct 28 Oct Week III Nov 2* Oct 30 Nov 5 Nov 4 Nov 3 32 Week IV Nov 8 Nov 6 Nov 12 Nov 11 Nov Week I Nov 15 Nov 13 Nov 19 Nov 18 Nov Week II Nov 23* Nov 21* Nov 27* Nov 26* Nov 15*
21 Introduction xxi 2020 Cycle A Year II 2021 Cycle B Year I 2022 Cycle C Year II 2023 Cycle A Year I 2024 Cycle B Year II 2025 Cycle C Year I 2026 Cycle A Year II Jan 13* Jan 11* Jan 10* Jan 9* Jan 8* Jan 13* Jan 12* Jan 19 Jan 17 Jan 16 Jan 15 Jan 14 Jan 19 Jan 18 Jan 26 Jan 24 Jan 23 Jan 22 Jan 21 Jan 26 Jan 25 Feb 3* Jan 31 Jan 30 Jan 29 Jan 28 Feb 3* Feb 1 Feb 9 Feb 7 Feb 6 Feb 5 Feb 4 Feb 9 Feb 8 Feb 16 Feb 14 Feb 13 Feb 12 Feb 11 Feb 16 Feb 15 Feb 23 Feb 20 Feb 19 May 20* Feb 23 May 24* Feb 27 May 29* May 27* Mar 2 May 25* June 1* May 31* June 5* June 2 June 1* June 8* June 6 June 6* June 11 June 9 June 9* June 7 June 14 June 11 June 13* June 18 June 16 June 16* June 14 June 21 June 20 June 19 June 25 June 23 June 22 June 21 June 28 June 27 June 26 July 2 June 30 June 30* June 28 July 5 July 4 July 3 July 9 July 7 July 6 July 5 July 12 July 11 July 10 July 16 July 14 July 13 July 12 July 19 July 18 July 17 July 23 July 21 July 20 July 19 July 26 July 25 July 24 July 30 July 28 July 27 July 26 Aug 2 Aug 1 July 31 Aug 7* Aug 4 Aug 3 Aug 2 Aug 9 Aug 8 Aug 7 Aug 13 Aug 11 Aug 10 Aug 9 Aug 16 Aug 16* Aug 14 Aug 20 Aug 18 Aug 17 Aug 16 Aug 23 Aug 22 Aug 21 Aug 27 Aug 25 Aug 24 Aug 23 Aug 30 Aug 29 Aug 28 Sept 3 Sept 1 Aug 31 Aug 30 Sept 6 Sept 5 Sept 4 Sept 10 Sept 8 Sept 7 Sept 6 Sept 13 Sept 12 Sept 11 Sept 17 Sept 15 Sept 15* Sept 13 Sept 20 Sept 19 Sept 18 Sept 24 Sept 22 Sept 21 Sept 20 Sept 27 Sept 26 Sept 25 Oct 1 Sept 29 Sept 28 Sept 27 Oct 4 Oct 3 Oct 2 Oct 8 Oct 6 Oct 5 Oct 4 Oct 11 Oct 10 Oct 9 Oct 15 Oct 13 Oct 12 Oct 11 Oct 18 Oct 17 Oct 16 Oct 22 Oct 20 Oct 19 Oct 18 Oct 25 Oct 24 Oct 23 Oct 29 Oct 27 Oct 26 Oct 25 Nov 2* Oct 31 Oct 30 Nov 5 Nov 3 Nov 3* Nov 2* Nov 8 Nov 7 Nov 6 Nov 12 Nov 10 Nov 10* Nov 8 Nov 15 Nov 14 Nov 13 Nov 19 Nov 17 Nov 16 Nov 15 Nov 23* Nov 22* Nov 21* Nov 27* Nov 15* Nov 24* Nov 23*
22 xxii Introduction Week of the Year in Ordinary Time and Week of the Psalter 2027 Cycle B Year I 2028 Cycle C Year II 2029 Cycle A Year I 2030 Cycle B Year II 2031 Cycle C Year I 1 Week I Jan 11* Jan 10* Jan 8* Jan 14* Jan 13* 2 Week II Jan 17 Jan 16 Jan 14 Jan 20 Jan 19 3 Week III Jan 24 Jan 23 Jan 21 Jan 27 Jan 26 4 Week IV Jan 31 Jan 30 Jan 28 Feb 3 Feb 3* 5 Week I Feb 7 Feb 6 Feb 4 Feb 10 Feb 9 6 Week II Feb 13 Feb 11 Feb 17 Feb 16 7 Week III May 17* Feb 20 May 21* Feb 24 Feb 23 8 Week IV May 24* Feb 27 May 28* Mar 3 9 Week I May 30 June 5* June 3 June 2* 10 Week II June 6 June 12* June 10 June 10 June 9* 11 Week III June 13 June 18 June 17 June 17* June Week IV June 20 June 25 June 25* June 23 June Week I June 27 July 2 July 1 June 30 June 30* 14 Week II July 4 July 9 July 8 July 7 July 6 15 Week III July 11 July 16 July 15 July 14 July Week IV July 18 July 23 July 22 July 21 July Week I July 25 July 30 July 29 July 28 July Week II Aug 1 Aug 7* Aug 5 Aug 4 Aug 3 19 Week III Aug 8 Aug 13 Aug 12 Aug 11 Aug Week IV Aug 16* Aug 20 Aug 19 Aug 18 Aug Week I Aug 22 Aug 27 Aug 26 Aug 25 Aug Week II Aug 29 Sept 3 Sept 2 Sept 1 Aug Week III Sept 5 Sept 10 Sept 19 Sept 8 Sept 7 24 Week IV Sept 12 Sept 17 Sept 16 Sept 15 Sept 15* 25 Week I Sept 19 Sept 24 Sept 23 Sept 22 Sept Week II Sept 26 Oct 1 Sept 30 Sept 29 Sept Week III Oct 3 Oct 8 Oct 7 Oct 6 Oct 5 28 Week IV Oct 10 Oct 15 Oct 14 Oct 13 Oct Week I Oct 17 Oct 22 Oct 21 Oct 20 Oct Week II Oct 24 Oct 29 Oct 28 Oct 27 Oct Week III Oct 31 Nov 5 Nov 4 Nov 3 Nov 3* 32 Week IV Nov 7 Nov 12 Nov 11 Nov 10 Nov 10* 33 Week I Nov 14 Nov 19 Nov 18 Nov 17 Nov Week II Nov 22* Nov 27* Nov 26* Nov 25* Nov 24*
23 Introduction xxiii 2032 Cycle A Year II 2033 Cycle B Year I 2034 Cycle C Year II 2035 Cycle A Year I 2036 Cycle B Year II 2037 Cycle C Year I 2038 Cycle A Year II Jan 12* Jan 10* Jan 9* Jan 8* Jan 14* Jan 12* Jan 11* Jan 18 Jan 16 Jan 15 Jan 14 Jan 20 Jan 18 Jan 17 Jan 25 Jan 23 Jan 22 Jan 21 Jan 27 Jan 25 Jan 24 Feb 1 Jan 30 Jan 29 Jan 28 Feb 1 Feb 3 Jan 31 Feb 8 Feb 6 Feb 5 Feb 4 Feb 10 Feb 8 Feb 7 Feb 13 Feb 12 May 14* Feb 17 Feb 15 Feb 14 May 17* Feb 20 Feb 19 May 21* Feb 24 Feb 21 May 24* Feb 29 May 29* May 27 May 25* Feb 28 May 30 June 5* June 3 June 2* June 1* Mar 7 June 6 June 6* June 11 June 10 June 9* June 7 June 13 June 13* June 18 June 17 June 15 June 14 June 14* June 20 June 19 June 25 June 25* June 22 June 21 June 21* June 27 June 26 July 2 July 1 June 30* June 28 June 27 July 4 July 3 July 9 July 8 July 6 July 5 July 4 July 11 July 10 July 16 July 15 July 13 July 12 July 11 July 18 July 17 July 23 July 22 July 20 July 19 July 18 July 25 July 24 July 30 July 29 July 27 July 26 July 25 Aug 1 July 31 Aug 7* Aug 5 Aug 3 Aug 2 Aug 1 Aug 8 Aug 7 Aug 13 Aug 12 Aug 10 Aug 9 Aug 8 Aug 16* Aug 14 Aug 20 Aug 19 Aug 17 Aug 16 Aug 16* Aug 22 Aug 21 Aug 27 Aug 26 Aug 24 Aug 23 Aug 22 Aug 29 Aug 28 Sept 3 Sept 2 Aug 31 Aug 30 Aug 29 Sept 5 Sept 4 Sept 10 Sept 9 Sept 7 Sept 6 Sept 5 Sept 12 Sept 11 Sept 17 Sept 16 Sept 15* Sept 13 Sept 12 Sept 19 Sept 18 Sept 24 Sept 23 Sept 21 Sept 20 Sept 19 Sept 26 Sept 25 Oct 1 Sept 30 Sept 28 Sept 27 Sept 26 Oct 3 Oct 2 Oct 8 Oct 7 Oct 5 Oct 4 Oct 3 Oct 10 Oct 9 Oct 15 Oct 14 Oct 12 Oct 11 Oct 10 Oct 17 Oct 16 Oct 22 Oct 21 Oct 19 Oct 18 Oct 17 Oct 24 Oct 23 Oct 29 Oct 28 Oct 26 Oct 25 Oct 24 Oct 31 Oct 30 Nov 5 Nov 4 Nov 3* Nov 2* Nov 2* Nov 7 Nov 6 Nov 12 Nov 11 Nov 10* Nov 8 Nov 7 Nov 14 Nov 13 Nov 19 Nov 18 Nov 16 Nov 15 Nov 14 Nov 22* Nov 21* Nov 27* Nov 26* Nov 24* Nov 23* Nov 22*
24 xxiv Introduction Week of the Year in Ordinary Time and Week of the Psalter 2039 Cycle B Year I 2040 Cycle C Year II 2041 Cycle A Year I 2042 Cycle B Year II 2043 Cycle C Year I 1 Week I Jan 10* Jan 9* Jan 14* Jan 13* Jan 12* 2 Week II Jan 16 Jan 15 Jan 20 Jan 19 Jan 18 3 Week III Jan 23 Jan 22 Jan 27 Jan 26 Jan 25 4 Week IV Jan 30 Jan 29 Feb 3 Feb 3* Feb 1 5 Week I Feb 5 Feb 6 Feb 10 Feb 9 Feb 8 6 Week II Feb 13 Feb 12 Feb 17 Feb 16 7 Week III Feb 20 May 21* Feb 24 May 18* 8 Week IV May 28* Mar 3 May 26* May 25* 9 Week I May 30* June 3 June 2* May Week II June 6* June 10 June 10* June 8 June 7 11 Week III June 12 June 17 June 17* June 15 June Week IV June 19 June 25* June 23 June 22 June Week I June 26 July 1 June 30 June 30* June Week II July 3 July 8 July 7 July 6 July 5 15 Week III July 10 July 15 July 14 July 13 July Week IV July 17 July 22 July 21 July 20 July Week I July 24 July 29 July 28 July 27 July Week II July 31 Aug 5 Aug 4 Aug 3 Aug 2 19 Week III Aug 7 Aug 12 Aug 11 Aug 10 Aug 9 20 Week IV Aug 14 Aug 19 Aug 18 Aug 17 Aug Week I Aug 21 Aug 26 Aug 25 Aug 25 Aug Week II Aug 28 Sept 1 Sept 2 Aug 31 Aug Week III Sept 4 Sept 9 Sept 8 Sept 7 Sept 6 24 Week IV Sept 11 Sept 16 Sept 15 Sept 15* Sept Week I Sept 18 Sept 23 Sept 22 Sept 21 Sept Week II Sept 25 Sept 30 Sept 29 Sept 28 Sept Week III Oct 2 Oct 7 Oct 6 Oct 5 Oct 4 28 Week IV Oct 9 Oct 14 Oct 13 Oct 12 Oct Week I Oct 16 Oct 21 Oct 20 Oct 19 Oct Week II Oct 23 Oct 28 Oct 27 Oct 26 Oct Week III Oct 30 Nov 4 Nov 3 Nov 3* Nov 2* 32 Week IV Nov 6 Nov 11 Nov 10 Nov 10* Nov 8 33 Week I Nov 13 Nov 18 Nov 17 Nov 16 Nov Week II Nov 21* Nov 26* Nov 25* Nov 24* Nov 23*
25 Introduction xxv 2044 Cycle A Year II 2045 Cycle B Year I 2046 Cycle C Year II 2047 Cycle A Year I 2048 Cycle B Year II 2049 Cycle C Year I 2050 Cycle A Year II Jan 11* Jan 9* Jan 8* Jan 14* Jan 13* Jan 11* Jan 10* Jan 17 Jan 15 Jan 14 Jan 20 Jan 19 Jan 17 Jan 16 Jan 24 Jan 22 Jan 21 Jan 27 Jan 26 Jan 24 Jan 23 Jan 31 Jan 29 Jan 28 Feb 3 Feb 3* Jan 31 Jan 30 Feb 7 Feb 5 Feb 4 Feb 10 Feb 9 Feb 7 Feb 6 Feb 14 Feb 12 Feb 14* Feb 17 Feb 16 Feb 14 Feb 13 Feb 21 Feb 19 Feb 21* Feb 24 Feb 21 Feb 20 Feb 28 May 29* May 27 May 25* Feb 28 June 5* June 3 June 3* June 1* May 30* June 6* June 11 June 10 June 10* June 7 June 7* June 6* June 13* June 18 June 17 June 16 June 14 June 14* June 12 June 19 June 25 June 25* June 23 June 21 June 20 June 19 June 26 July 2 July 1 June 30 June 28 June 27 June 26 July 3 July 9 July 8 July 7 July 5 July 4 July 3 July 10 July 16 July 15 July 14 July 12 July 11 July 10 July 17 July 23 July 22 July 21 July 19 July 18 July 17 July 24 July 30 July 29 July 28 July 26 July 25 July 24 July 31 Aug 7* Aug 5 Aug 4 Aug 2 Aug 1 July 31 Aug 7 Aug 13 Aug 12 Aug 11 Aug 9 Aug 8 Aug 7 Aug 14 Aug 20 Aug 19 Aug 18 Aug 16 Aug 16* Aug 14 Aug 21 Aug 27 Aug 26 Aug 25 Aug 23 Aug 22 Aug 21 Aug 28 Sept 3 Sept 2 Sept 1 Aug 30 Aug 29 Aug 28 Sept 4 Sept 10 Sept 9 Sept 8 Sept 6 Sept 5 Sept 4 Sept 11 Sept 17 Sept 16 Sept 15 Sept 13 Sept 12 Sept 11 Sept 18 Sept 24 Sept 23 Sept 22 Sept 20 Sept 19 Sept 18 Sept 25 Oct 1 Sept 30 Sept 29 Sept 27 Sept 26 Sept 25 Oct 2 Oct 8 Oct 7 Oct 6 Oct 4 Oct 3 Oct 2 Oct 9 Oct 15 Oct 14 Oct 13 Oct 11 Oct 10 Oct 9 Oct 16 Oct 22 Oct 21 Oct 20 Oct 18 Oct 17 Oct 16 Oct 23 Oct 29 Oct 28 Oct 27 Oct 25 Oct 24 Oct 23 Oct 30 Nov 5 Nov 4 Nov 3 Nov 2* Oct 31 Oct 30 Nov 6 Nov 12 Nov 11 Nov 10 Nov 8 Nov 7 Nov 6 Nov 13 Nov 19 Nov 18 Nov 17 Nov 15 Nov 14 Nov 13 Nov 21* Nov 27* Nov 26* Nov 25* Nov 23* Nov 22* Nov 21* * week of psalter begins on Monday
26 xxvi Introduction Table 2: Principal Celebrations of the Liturgical Year Based on Roman Catholic usage in the United States Sunday Cycle Weekday Cycle 1 Advent Holy Family Epiphany 2015 B I 30 Nov 27 Dec 4 Jan 2016 C II 29 Nov 30 Dec* 3 Jan 2017 A I 27 Nov 31 Dec 8 Jan 2018 B II 3 Dec 30 Dec 7 Jan 2019 C I 2 Dec 29 Dec 6 Jan 2020 A II 1 Dec 27 Dec 5 Jan 2021 B I 29 Nov 26 Dec 3 Jan 2022 C II 28 Nov 30 Dec* 2 Jan 2023 A I 27 Nov 31 Dec 8 Jan 2024 B II 3 Dec 29 Dec 7 Jan 2025 C I 1 Dec 28 Dec 5 Jan 2026 A II 30 Nov 27 Dec 4 Jan 2027 B I 29 Nov 26 Dec 3 Jan 2028 C II 28 Nov 31 Dec 2 Jan 2029 A I 3 Dec 30 Dec 7 Jan 2030 B II 2 Dec 29 Dec 6 Jan 2031 C I 1 Dec 28 Dec 5 Jan 2032 A II 30 Nov 26 Dec 4 Jan 2033 B I 28 Nov 30 Dec* 2 Jan 2034 C II 27 Nov 31 Dec 8 Jan 2035 A I 3 Dec 30 Dec 7 Jan 2036 B II 2 Dec 28 Dec 6 Jan 2037 C I 30 Nov 27 Dec 4 Jan 2038 A II 29 Nov 26 Dec 3 Jan 2039 B I 28 Nov 30 Dec* 2 Jan 2040 C II 27 Nov 30 Dec 8 Jan 2041 A I 2 Dec 29 Dec 6 Jan 2042 B II 1 Dec 28 Dec 5 Jan 2043 C I 30 Nov 27 Dec 4 Jan 2044 A II 29 Nov 30 Dec* 3 Jan 2045 B I 27 Nov 31 Dec 8 Jan 2046 C II 3 Dec 30 Dec 7 Jan 2047 A I 2 Dec 29 Dec 6 Jan 2048 B II 1 Dec 27 Dec 5 Jan 2049 C I 29 Nov 26 Dec 3 Jan 2050 A II 28 Nov 30 Dec* 2 Jan
27 Introduction xxvii Sunday Cycle Weekday Cycle Baptism Ash Wed Easter Pentecost 2015 B I 11 Jan 18 Feb 5 Apr 24 May 2016 C II 10 Jan 10 Feb 27 Mar 15 May 2017 A I 9 Jan** 1 Mar 16 Apr 4 June 2018 B II 8 Jan** 14 Feb 1 Apr 20 May 2019 C I 13 Jan 6 Mar 21 Apr 9 June 2020 A II 12 Jan 26 Feb 12 Apr 31 May 2021 B I 10 Jan 17 Feb 4 Apr 23 May 2022 C II 9 Jan 2 Mar 17 Apr 5 June 2023 A I 9 Jan** 22 Feb 9 Apr 28 May 2024 B II 8 Jan** 14 Feb 31 Mar 19 May 2025 C I 12 Jan 5 Mar 20 Apr 8 June 2026 A II 11 Jan 18 Feb 5 Apr 24 May 2027 B I 10 Jan 10 Feb 28 Mar 16 May 2028 C II 9 Jan 1 Mar 16 Apr 4 June 2029 A I 8 Jan** 14 Feb 1 Apr 20 May 2030 B II 13 Jan 6 Mar 21 Apr 9 June 2031 C I 12 Jan 26 Feb 13 Apr 1 June 2032 A II 11 Jan 11 Feb 28 Mar 16 May 2033 B I 9 Jan 2 Mar 17 Apr 5 June 2034 C II 9 Jan** 22 Feb 9 Apr 28 May 2035 A I 8 Jan** 8 Feb 25 Mar 13 May 2036 B II 13 Jan 27 Feb 13 Apr 1 June 2037 C I 11 Jan 18 Feb 5 Apr 24 May 2038 A II 10 Jan 10 Mar 25 Apr 13 June 2039 B I 9 Jan 23 Feb 10 Apr 29 May 2040 C II 9 Jan** 15 Feb 1 Apr 20 May 2041 A I 13 Jan 6 Mar 21 Apr 9 June 2042 B II 12 Jan 19 Feb 6 Apr 25 May 2043 C I 11 Jan 11 Feb 29 Mar 17 May 2044 A II 10 Jan 2 Mar 17 Apr 5 June 2045 B I 9 Jan** 22 Feb 9 Apr 28 May 2046 C II 8 Jan** 7 Feb 25 Mar 13 May 2047 A I 13 Jan 27 Feb 14 Apr 2 June 2048 B II 12 Jan 19 Feb 5 Apr 24 May 2049 C I 10 Jan 3 Mar 18 Apr 6 June 2050 A II 9 Jan 23 Feb 10 Apr 29 May *Holy Family on Friday ** Baptism of the Lord on Monday
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29 MONASTIC CALENDAR JANUARY 1 OCTAVE OF CHRISTMAS SOLEMNITY OF MARY, MOTHER OF GOD Solemnity 2 St. Basil the Great and St. Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops and Doctors of the Church Memorial 3 Most Holy Name of Jesus 1 4 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Married Woman, Religious Founder, Educator Memorial 5 St. John Neumann, Bishop Memorial 6 THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD Solemnity St. André Bessette, Religious 2 7 St. Raymond of Penyafort, Presbyter St. Gregory of Nyssa, Bishop St. Hilary, Bishop and Doctor of the Church St. Maurus and St. Placid, Disciples of Our Holy Father Benedict Memorial St. Anthony, Abbot Memorial 18 THE CONFESSION OF ST. PETER Feast 1 When no rank is given, it is an optional memorial. 2 January 7 in the Dioceses of Canada. xxix
30 xxx Monastic Calendar St. Fabian, Pope and Martyr St. Sebastian, Martyr 21 St. Meinrad, Hermit and Martyr Memorial St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr Memorial St. Vincent, Deacon and Martyr 24 St. Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Memorial 25 THE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL THE APOSTLE Feast 26 St. Robert, St. Alberic, and St. Stephen, Abbots of Citeaux St. Timothy and St. Titus, Bishops Memorial 27 St. Angela Merici, Virgin 28 St. Thomas Aquinas, Presbyter and Doctor of the Church Memorial St. John Bosco, Presbyter Memorial Sunday after January 6: BAPTISM OF THE LORD Feast FEBRUARY 1 2 THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD Feast 3 St. Blase, Bishop and Martyr St. Ansgar, Bishop 4 5 St. Agatha, Virgin and Martyr Memorial 6 St. Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs Memorial 7 8 St. Jerome Emiliani, Religious St. Josephine Bakhita, Virgin
31 Monastic Calendar xxxi 9 10 ST. SCHOLASTICA, VIRGIN AND SISTER OF OUR HOLY FATHER BENEDICT Solemnity 11 St. Benedict of Aniane, Abbot Our Lady of Lourdes St Cyril, Monk, and St. Methodius, Bishop Memorial The Seven Holy Founders of the Order of Servites St. Peter Damian, Bishop and Doctor of the Church 22 THE CHAIR OF ST. PETER, APOSTLE Feast 23 St. Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr Memorial St. Walburga, Abbess and Missionary MARCH St. Katherine Drexel, Virgin, Religious Founder 4 St. Casimir St. Perpetua and St. Felicity, Martyrs Memorial
32 xxxii Monastic Calendar 8 St. John of God, Religious 9 St. Frances of Rome, Married Woman, Religious, and Patroness of Benedictine Oblates St. Patrick, Bishop 18 St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop and Doctor of the Church 19 ST. JOSEPH, HUSBAND OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY AND GUARDIAN OF OUR LORD Solemnity THE PASSING OF OUR HOLY FATHER BENEDICT, ABBOT Solemnity St. Turibius of Mongrovejo, Bishop THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD Solemnity APRIL 1 2 St. Francis of Paola, Hermit
33 Monastic Calendar xxxiii 3 4 St. Isidore of Seville, Bishop and Doctor of the Church 5 St. Vincent Ferrer, Presbyter 6 7 St. John Baptist de la Salle, Presbyter Martyr St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr Memorial St. Martin I, Pope and Martyr St. Anselm, Bishop and Doctor of the Church St. Adalbert, Bishop and Martyr St. George, Martyr 24 St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Presbyter, Martyr 25 ST. MARK, EVANGELIST Feast St. Peter Chanel, Presbyter, Martyr St. Louis Grignion de Monfort, Presbyter, Religious Founder 29 St. Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church Memorial 30 St. Pius V, Pope
34 xxxiv Monastic Calendar MAY 1 St. Joseph the Worker 2 St. Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Memorial 3 ST. PHILIP AND ST. JAMES, APOSTLES Feast St. Odo, St. Maiolus, St. Odilo, St. Hugh, and Blessed Peter the Venerable, Abbots of Cluny Memorial 12 St. Nereus and St. Achilleus, Martyrs St. Pancras, Martyr 13 Our Lady of Fatima 14 ST. MATTHIAS, APOSTLE Feast 15 St. Pachomius, Abbot St. John I, Pope and Martyr 19 St. Celestine V, Pope and Hermit 20 St. Bernardine of Siena, Presbyter St. Rita of Cascia, Religious St. Bede the Venerable, Presbyter and Doctor of the Church St. Gregory VII, Pope St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, Virgin
35 Monastic Calendar xxxv 26 St. Philip Neri, Presbyter Memorial 27 St. Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop THE VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Feast First Sunday after Pentecost: HOLY TRINITY Solemnity Thursday after Holy Trinity or Second Sunday after Pentecost: CORPUS CHRISTI Solemnity Friday after Second Sunday after Pentecost: SACRED HEART Solemnity Saturday following Second Sunday after Pentecost: Immaculate Heart of Mary JUNE 1 St. Justin Martyr Memorial 2 St. Marcellinus and St. Peter, Martyrs 3 St. Charles Llwanga and Companions, Martyrs Memorial 4 5 St. Boniface, Bishop and Martyr Memorial 6 St. Norbert, Bishop St. Ephrem, Deacon and Doctor of the Church 10 St. Columba, Abbot 11 St. Barnabas, Apostle Memorial St. Anthony of Padua, Presbyter and Doctor of the Church Memorial 14
36 xxxvi Monastic Calendar St. Romuald, Abbot, Religious Founder St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious Memorial 22 St. Paulinus of Nola, Bishop St. John Fisher, Bishop, and St. Thomas More, Martyrs THE NATIVITY OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST Solemnity St. Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop and Doctor of the Church 28 St. Irenaeus, Bishop and Martyr Memorial 29 ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL, APOSTLES Solemnity 30 The First Martyrs of the Church at Rome JULY 1 St. Junipero Serra, Presbyter, Religious, Missionary 2 3 ST. THOMAS, APOSTLE Feast 4 St. Procopius, Abbot St. Elizabeth of Portugal, Queen, Married Woman 5 St. Anthony Zaccaria, Presbyter 6 St. Maria Goretti, Virgin and Martyr St. Augustine Zhao Rong, Presbyter and Martyr, and Companions, Martyrs
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