Trivia Thread

[Paul S]

Here's a question somewhat related to the last one, but a bit easier.

I mentioned that the Second Sunday of Advent is a II Class Sunday. In the pre-Vatican II calendar, there are three classes of Sundays - which Sundays are which?

 

[Ann M]

The seasons in the Roman Catholic Church are:

Advent

First season of the liturgical year. It is tradtionally a fast, and begins four Sundays before Christmas and ends on Christmas Eve. Its purpose is the preparation for Christmas.

Christmas

Begins with the Vigil Mass on Christmas Eve (December 24) and ends on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord on the Sunday after January 6 (formerly on the eighth and final day of the Octave of Epiphany, or January 13). Christmas Day itself is December 25.

Ordinary Time

Ordinary comes from the same root as our word ordinal, and in this sense means "the counted weeks." These are the common weeks which do not belong to a proper season. It consists of either 33 or 34 Sundays, depending on the year. The first part (formerly known as the season after Epiphany) extends from the Monday following the Christmas Season (or, in the United States only, from the Tuesday in years when the first Sunday after January 6 falls on January 7 or 8, in which case the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord is observed on a Monday instead of a Sunday) through the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. This first installment of Ordinary Time has anywhere from four to nine Sundays, depending on how early or late Easter falls in a given year.

Lent

Lent is a major fast taken by the Church to prepare for Easter. It begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Thursday, in Holy Week. There are forty days of Lent, counting from Ash Wednesday through the Easter Triduum, but not including Sundays. The last two of these Sundays are known as Passion Sunday and Palm Sunday. The final week of Lent, starting with Palm Sunday, is known as Holy Week.

Easter Triduum

The Easter Triduum consists of:

* Holy Thursday
o at the evening Mass of the Lord's Supper
* Good Friday
o the celebration of His passion
* Holy Saturday
o commemoration of the day Christ lay in the Tomb
* Easter Vigil
o held on the evening of Holy Saturday in anticipation of the resurrection.
See also Paschal candle

Easter

The date of Easter varies from year to year, but is set to be close to the date of Jesus' resurrection, which the holiday recognizes. The Easter season extends from the Easter Vigil through Pentecost Sunday 49 days later.

Ascension Day

Ascension Day is the Thursday after the sixth Sunday of Easter, and the days from then to Pentecost constitute Ascensiontide.

Pentecost

Pentecost is the Sunday ten days after Ascension Day, which celebrates the Holy Spirit descending upon the Apostles.

Ordinary Time

The second part of Ordinary Time begins after the Easter Season, on the Monday after Pentecost, and ends on the Saturday before the First Sunday of Advent. Before the liturgical calendar was reformed at the Second Vatican Council, the Sundays in this part of the year were listed as "Sundays after Pentecost." Trinity Sunday takes place in this span of time, being the Sunday after Pentecost. The remainder of the liturgical year after this date is known as the Trinity season.

Okay, so we know that the three 'tiers' of Sundays were - Advent/Lent, Ordinary and Sundays after Pentecost.

 

[Paul S]

Those are the seasons, but the classes of Sundays don't always correspond to the seasons.

Which class a Sunday is matters, because certain feasts cannot be celebrated on Sundays.

I Class Sundays give way to no feast whatsoever.

II Class Sundays give way only for a I Class Double (or, after 1962, a I Class Feast).

III Class Sundays give way only for I or II Class Doubles. In 1962, these all got promoted to II Class Sundays, so that only a I Class Double could be celebrated on Sunday, unless the feast was a feast of Our Lord.

So which Sundays fall into each the three classes? I'll give a hint - there's 10 I Class and 6 II Class Sundays.

 

[Ann M]

The Sundays of Lent, Easter and Low Sunday (Sunday after Easter), Pentecost, and Advent are all first Class Sundays, according to here.

Other 1st Class Sundays:-

Sun 1st May- Saint Joseph the Workman, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Fifth Sunday After Easter

1st Class, White
At Mass: Gloria, Credo, Preface of Saint Joseph.
Mass proper to St Josepth the workman is celebrated with a commemoration of the 5th Sunday after Easter. The feast of Ss Philip and James (Ap), previously held on 1st May, is now permanently moved to 11th May.


Sun 22nd May - Feast of the Most Holy Trinity

1st Class, White
At Mass: Gloria, Credo, Preface of the Most Holy Trinity.
The antiphon 'Apserges Me' and psalm 'Miserere' are resumed for the sprinkling of water before the principal Sunday Mass.



Sun 30th October - Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King

1st Class, White
At Mass: Gloria, Credo, Preface of Christ the King.
In all churches with the Most Blessed Sacrament exposed, is recited the formula for the Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Decree of S Paenitentiariae Ap, 18 July 1959).

My numbers are not adding up Paul, I have too many 1st Class Sundays.......

 

[Ann M]

DIVISION OF FEASTS

Feasts are divided:

* According to external celebration (feriatio): festa fori, or feasts of precept, with double obligation, to rest from work and to hear Mass; festa chori, which are kept only in the liturgy, by the celebration of Mass, and the recitation of the Divine Office. Besides these there were, and still are, in some dioceses (e.g. in Holland), the Half Holy Days, on which the people after having heard Mass can do servile work (Candlemas, Nativity of Mary, and the Immaculate Conception in the Diocese of Utrecht).
* According to extension: Universal feasts, celebrated everywhere, at least in the Latin Church; particular feasts, celebrated only by certain religious orders, countries, provinces, dioceses or towns. These latter are either prescribed by the general rubrics, like the patronal feasts, or are specially approved by the Apostolic See, and prescribed by bishops or synods, for particular countries or dioceses (festa pro aliquibus locis in the Breviary). The universal feasts are contained in the Roman Calendar.
* According to their position in the calendar: movable feasts, which always fall on a certain day of the week, depending on the date of Easter, or the position of the Sunday, e.g. Ascension of Christ (forty days after Easter), or the feast of the Holy Rosary, the first Sunday of October; immovable feasts, which are fixed to a certain date of the month, e.g. Christmas, 25 December. In the Armenian Church all the feasts of the year are moveable, except six: Epiphany, Purification (14 Febr.), Annunciation (7 April), Nativity (8 Sept.), Presentation (21 Nov.), and (8 Dec. Conception of Mary (Tondini, "Calendrier liturgique de la Nation Arménienne", Rome, 1906).
* According to the solemnity of the office or rite (see CALENDAR and DUPLEX). Since the thirteenth century there are three kinds of feasts: festum simplex, semiduplex, and duplex, all three regulated by the recitation of the Divine Office or Breviary. The simple feast commences with the chapter (capitulum) of First Vespers, and ends with None. It has three lessons and takes the psalms of Matins from the ferial office; the rest of the office is like the semidouble. The semidouble feast has two Vespers, nine lessons in Matins, and ends with Compline. The antiphons before the psalms are only intoned. In the Mass, the semidouble has always at least three "orationes" or prayers. On a double feast the antiphons are sung in their entirety, before and after the psalms. In Lauds and Vespers there are no suffragia of the saints, and the Mass has only one "oratio" (if there be no commemoration prescribed). The ordinary double feasts are called duplicia minora; occurring with feasts of a higher rank, they can be simplified, except the octave days of some feasts and the feasts of the Doctors of the Church, which are transferred. The feasts of a higher rank are the duplicia majora (introduced by Clement VIII), the duplicia secundae classis and the duplicia primae classis. Some of the latter two classes are kept with octaves. Before the reformation of the Breviary by Pius V (1566-72), the terms by which the solemnity of a feast could be known were, in many churches, very different from the terms we use now. We give a few examples from Grotefend, "Zeitrechnung", etc. (Hanover, 1891-98, II-III): Chur: "Festum summum, plenum officium trium lectionum, commemoratio." Havelberg: "Festum summum, semisummum, secundum, tertium, novem majus, novem minus, compulsation 3 lect., antiphona." Halle: "Festum praepositi, apostolicum, dominicale, 9 lect., compulsation 3 lect., antiphona." Breslau: "Festum Triplex, duplex, 9 lectionum, 3 lect., commemoratio." Carthusians: "Festum Candelarum, capituli, 12 lect., missa, commemoratio." Lund: "Fest Praelatorum, canonicorum, vicariorum, duplex, simplex, 9 lect., 3 lect., memoria."

Some of the religious orders which have their own breviary, did not adopt the terms now used in the Roman Breviary. For example, the Cistercians have the following terminology: "Festum sermonis majus, sermonis minus, duarum missarum majus, 2 miss. minus, 12 lectionum, 3 lect., commemoratio." The Dominicans: "Totum duplex, duplex, simplex, 3 lect., memoria." The Carmelites: "Duplex majus I. classis solemnis, dupl, maj. I. cl. duplex majus 2. classis, duplex minus I, classis, duplex minus 2, classis, semiduplex, simplex, simplicissimum."

Among the feasts of the same rite there is a difference in dignity. There are

* primary feasts which commemorate the principal mysteries of our religion, or celebrate the death of a saint;
* secondary feasts, the object of which is a particular feature of a mystery, e.g. the feast of the Crown of Thorns, of the relics of a saint or of some miracle worked by him, e.g. the feast of the translation of St. Stephen, the Apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The list of primary and secondary feasts has been determined by a decree of the Sacred Congregation of Rites (22 Aug., 1893), and is found in the introduction to the Roman Breviary.
* Within the two classes mentioned the feasts of Christ take the first place, especially those with privileged vigils and octaves (Christmas, Epiphany, Easter, Pentecost, and Corpus Christi); then follow the feasts of the Blessed Virgin, the Holy Angels, St. John the Baptist, St. Joseph, the Apostles and Evangelists, and the other saints

 

[Paul S]

My numbers are not adding up Paul, I have too many 1st Class Sundays.......

That's because in the 1962 Missal, the arrangement was revised to 13 I Class Sundays, and the rest are II Class.

Also, the three feasts you mentioned are not Sundays, but I Class Feasts which happen to fall on Sunday. The Feast of the Most Holy Trinity and the Feast of Christ the King are not technically Sundays, but Feasts that perpetually occur on Sunday. Trinity Sunday takes precedence over the First Sunday after Pentecost, and Christ the King replaces whichever Sunday after Pentecost falls on the last Sunday in October.

The Sundays of Lent, Easter and Low Sunday (Sunday after Easter), Pentecost, and Advent are all first Class Sundays

You're close - according to the 1962 Missal, there's 13 I Class Sundays.

Now can you find the six Sundays that, before 1962, were II Class Sundays?

Other than these 16, all the other Sundays of the year were III Class Sundays. Then everything changed in 1962, and then again in 1969.

 

[Paul S]

Found those other two Sundays yet?

 

[Ann M]

Sorry, got distracted doing the 'Autumn clean'. This house will stay clean one day - in about 20 years when the final one moves out......for about 6 months before they next one moves back in!

I've looked in a few places, but is there any other way of googling it, and nothing is coming up for 'III Class Sunday', and the site's I've been reading that apparently still use the 1845 missal and calendar (namely sspx) have the classes marked for each Sunday but they too, only have class I and II.

 

[Ann M]

II. Sunday

4. The Church celebrates the paschal mystery on the first day of the week, known as the Lord's Day or Sunday. This follows a tradition handed down from the apostles and having its origin from the day of Christ's resurrection. Thus Sunday must be ranked as the first holyday of all. [3]

5. Because of its special importance, the Sunday celebration gives way only to solemnities or feasts of the Lord. The Sundays of the seasons of Advent, Lent, and Easter, however, take precedence over all solemnities and feasts of the Lord. Solemnities occuring on these Sundays are observed on the Saturdays preceding.

6. By its nature, Sunday excludes any other celebration's being permanently assigned to that day, with these exceptions:

a. Sunday within the octave of Christmas is the feast of the Holy Family;

b. Sunday following 6 January is the feast of the Baptism of the Lord;

c. Sunday after Pentecost is the solemnity of the Holy Trinity;

d. the last Sunday in Ordinary Time is the solemnity of Christ the King.

7. In those places where the solemnities of Epiphany, Ascension, and Corpus Christi are not observed as holydays of obligation, they are assigned to a Sunday, which is then considered their proper day in calendar. Thus:

a. Epiphany, to the Sunday falling between 2 January and 8 January;

b. Ascension, to the Seventh Sunday of Easter;

c. the solemnity of Corpus Christi, to the Sunday after Trinity Sunday.

Am I getting closer or going around in circles?

 

[Paul S]

You were close when you said:

The Sundays of Lent, Easter and Low Sunday (Sunday after Easter), Pentecost, and Advent are all first Class Sundays

There's two I Class Sundays (in the 1962 Missal) you left out. There's 13, and you had 11 - four of Lent, Easter, Low Sunday, Pentecost, and the four of Advent.

Other than these 13, in the 1962 Missal, all other Sundays are II Class.

Before 1962, there were 10 I Class Sundays, 6 II Class Sundays, and all other Sundays were III Class.

The last rubric you posted is for the 1970 Missal, which, like the 1962 Missal, divides Sundays into two classes, but they're somewhat different Sundays.

 

[Ann M]

Prepare for a Looooong one....

Changes in the 1962 Missal

At a High Mass the celebrant no longer reads the Epistle and Gospel (or any other lesson) but listens while these are sung; seated at the sedilia for the Epistle (or any other lesson), standing at the altar as previously for the Gospel.

At a Missa Cantata where incense is used the Celebrant is no longer censed after he has sung the Gospel. Otherwise the censings are made as at High Mass.

The Confiteor is no longer said immediately before the people's Communion, nor does the Celebrant say Misereatur and Indulgentiam.

Benedicamus Domino will not now normally occur, being restricted to the evening Mass on Holy Thursday, on Corpus Christi when followed by the procession and Mass on the opening and closing days of the Quarant'ore. On all other occasions, excepting Requiems, Ite Missa est is now said.

(Ritus Servandus in celebratione missae VI 4, 5,8. XII 4)

Sacred Music

During High Mass or Missa Cantata nothing may be sung in the vernacular.

If the Sanctus and Benedictus are sung in plainsong they are chanted without a break between them, otherwise the Benedictus is to be sung after the Consecration.

During the Consecration all singing must cease, nor may the organ ( or any other musical instrument) be played.

The Communion antiphon is sung as the Celebrant distributes Holy Communion. If anything else is sung it is to follow the Communion antiphon.

(Instruction of the Sacred Congregation of Rites on Sacred Music and Liturgy 3rd September 1958)

Votive Mass for an External Solemnity

Two Votive Masses of 2nd Class may be celebrated for the external solemnity of the following Feasts:

The Most Sacred of Heart of Jesus on 3rd Sunday after Pentecost. Gloria, Creed, Preface of the Sacred Heart, no commemoration of the Sunday. This Mass may not be celebrated on days of 1st Class.

BVM of the Rosary, on 1st Sunday of October. Gloria, Creed, Preface of the BVM (et te in Veneratione), commemoration of the Sunday. The Introit Gaudeamus is replaced by Salve from the Common of Feasts of BVM. This Mass may not be celebrated on days of 1st Class.

(General Rubrics of Missal 356-361).

Votive Mass of the Blessed Sacrament at Corpus Christi

Where, during the seven days following the Feast of Corpus Christi, a procession of the Blessed Sacrament is held, Mass of the Blessed Sacrament may be celebrated as a Votive Mass of 2nd Class. Gloria, no Sequence, no Creed, Common Preface. (On the Sunday with Gloria and Creed, Preface of the Holy Trinity, no commemoration of the Sunday, no Sequence). Two such occasions are allowed. This Mass may not be celebrated on days of 1st Class.

(Rub. of 1962 Missal given after Corpus Christi).

Votive Mass of the Rogations

On 25th April (or the day to which the Greater Litanies is transferred), as also the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday before the Ascension where a procession is made with the Litanies of the Saints (or other special supplications ordered by the Ordinary) the Mass of the Rogations is celebrated afterwards as a Votive Mass of 2nd Class. No Preparatory Prayers, no Gloria, no Creed, Preface of Easter, in Violet. (On Sunday with Creed.) This Mass may not be celebrated on days of 1st Class.

(Gen. Rub. 80-90, Gen. Rub. of Missal 341-344, 346-347).

First Thursday

One Votive Mass of 3rd Class of OLJC, High and Eternal Priest, for the sanctification of the clergy, may be said on the First Thursday (or First Saturday) of each month. Gloria, no Creed, Preface of the Holy Cross. Two commemorations are allowed. Thursdays on which it may be celebrated are indicated thus: JCHP. This Mass, together with those of the First Friday and Saturday may only be celebrated on days of 3rd or 4th Class. Further it is envisaged that appropriate exercises of piety are performed on that day.

(Gen. Rub. of Missal 384-385).

First Friday

Two Votive Masses of 3rd Class of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus may be said on the First Friday of each month. Gloria, no Creed, Preface of the Sacred Heart. Two commemorations are allowed. Fridays on which it may be celebrated are indicated thus: SH.

(Gen. Rub. of Missal 384-385)

First Saturday

One Votive Mass of 3rd Class of the Immaculate Heart of the BVM may be said on the First Saturday of each month. Gloria, no Creed, Preface of the BVM (et te in Veneratione). Two commemorations are allowed. Saturdays on which it may be celebrated are indicated thus: IH.

(Gen. Rub. of Missal 384-385)

Votive Masses of the 4th Class

A Votive Mass of 4th Class may only be celebrated on a liturgical day of 4th Class. The Gloria is not said, except in Masses of the Angels on any day and in Masses of the BVM celebrated on a Saturday. The Creed is never said. Two commemorations are allowed. Days on which it may be celebrated are indicated thus: † or ‡

(Gen. Rub. of Missal 387-389)

Requiem Masses of 1st Class

These are:

Masses on the Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed.

Funeral Masses.

(Gen. Rub. of Missal 402-409)

Requiem Masses of 2nd Class

These are:

Masses for the day of death.

Mass after receiving news of a death.

Mass for the final burial.

These Masses may not be celebrated on days of 1st Class or any Sunday.

(Gen. Rub. of Missal 410-414)

Requiem Masses of 3rd Class

These are:

Mass on 3rd, 7th and 30th day from the death or burial.

Mass on the anniversary. By an anniversary is meant not only the annual recurrence of the date of death or burial of some person but also the celebration held once each year for all deceased members of some body. This Mass should be used for the Society's annual November Requiems held in various Dioceses. (See note page 72).

Masses in the Churches and Chapels of cemeteries.

Masses within eight days of the Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed.

These Masses may not be celebrated on days of 1st or 2nd Class.

(Gen. Rub. of Missal 415-422)

Requiem Masses of 4th Class

A Requiem Mass of 4th Class (Daily Mass for the Dead) may be celebrated only on Ferias of 4th Class outside Christmastide and Epiphanytide. It may not be celebrated on Saturdays. Days on which it may be celebrated (as also 4th Class Votive Masses) are indicated thus: ‡

(Gen. Rub. of Missal 423).

Mass Formula for a Requiem Mass

The first Mass of the Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed, with the appropriate Collect, Secret and Postcommunion taken from the occasional prayers for the Dead, is used for a deceased Sovereign Pontiff, Cardinal, Bishop or Priest in all Masses of 1st, 2nd or 3rd Class.

The Mass "In die obitus seu depositionis defuncti" is said for the dead who are not priests etc for:

The Funeral Mass.

Masses for the day of death.

Masses after receiving news of a death.

The final burial.

The 3rd, 7th and 30th day, but with proper Collect, Secret and Postcommunion.

If the Mass for the day of death is said after 8 days from the day of death or burial the adverb hodie is omitted in the Collect and Postcommunion .

The Mass "In anniversario defunctorum" is used for anniversaries of deceased persons who are not priests etc.

The Mass "quotidiana", the Daily Mass for the Dead, is used for all deceased persons of whatever order or rank, outside the days mentioned above.

(Gen. Rub. of Missal 390-401)

Mass of an impeded 3rd Class Feast
Mass of an impeded 3rd Class Feast

Where, on a 3rd Class Feast of a Saint a commemoration of another Saint is ordered, the Mass of the latter Saint may be said "ad lib" with a commemoration of the former. However, should the impeding Feast be of a rank greater than 3rd Class the Mass of the impeded Feast may not be said "ad lib".

Mass of a commemorated Saint on a 4th Class Feria

Where on a 4th Class Feria the commemoration of a Saint is ordered, the Mass of the commemorated Saint may be said "ad lib" instead of the Ferial Mass. Where two commemorations of Saints are ordered the Mass may be of either "ad lib", but in this case a commemoration of the other Saint is made.

(Gen. Rub. Missal 302-303).

Resumed Sunday Mass on 4th Class Feria

All the Ferias of Lent and Passiontide, as well as the Ember Days of Advent and September, have a proper Mass. On other Ferias the Mass of the preceding Sunday is said, but without Gloria or Creed.

However the following should be noted:

On Ferias between the Octave Day of the Nativity of OLJC and the Epiphany the Mass of the Octave Day of the Nativity is said, with Gloria and Preface of the Nativity but without Creed or proper Communicantes.

On Ferias between the Epiphany and the Feast of the Holy Family the Mass of the Epiphany is said, with Gloria and Preface of the Epiphany but without Creed or proper Communicantes.

On Ferias between the feast of the Holy Family and the Commemoration of the Baptism of OLJC the Mass of 1st Sunday after the Epiphany is said, in White, with Gloria and Preface of the Epiphany but without Creed or Proper Communicantes.

On Ferias between the Commemoration of the Baptism and 2nd Sunday after Epiphany the Mass of 1st Sunday after Epiphany is said, but in Green, with the Common Preface and without Gloria, Creed or proper Communicantes.

On Ferias between the Ascension and the Vigil of Pentecost, including the Friday immediately prior to the Vigil of Pentecost, the Mass of the Ascension is said, even after the Sunday, with Gloria and Preface of the Ascension but without Creed or proper Communicantes.

Where the preceding Sunday is impeded by a Feast, either perpetually, as in the Feasts of the Holy Family, the Most Holy Trinity or OLJC the King, or accidentally for any particular year, the resumed Mass to be said on any 4th Class Feria is that of the impeded Sunday, except as provided above.

(Gen. Rub. of Missal 299)

Commemorations

Commemorations are either privileged or ordinary.

Privileged commemorations are made in all Masses, and at Lauds and Vespers; ordinary commemorations are made only in Low Masses (and Conventual Masses) and at Lauds

(but not Vespers).

The Privileged commemorations are:

of a Sunday.

of a day of 1st Class.

of a day within the Octave of Christmas.

of the September Ember Days.

of the Ferias of Advent, Lent and Passiontide.

of the Greater Litanies (in Mass, no commemoration made in the Office).

All other commemorations are ordinary.

There are in addition certain Collects (with Secrets and Postcommunions) which are ordered to be said under one conclusion with the Collect, Secret and Postcommunion of the Mass. These added prayers referred to in this Calendar as 'commemorations', though not strictly such, are made in all Masses and are reckoned as only one prayer with the prayer of the Mass. No mention is made of them in the Office.

On days of 1st Class and in High or Sung Masses (non-conventual) only one commemoration, which must be privileged, is admitted.

On Sundays of 2nd Class only one commemoration is admitted, that of a 2nd Class Feast, which however is omitted if a privileged commemoration is to be made.

On other days of 2nd Class, unless occurring on a Sunday, only one commemoration again is admitted, but this may be either privileged or ordinary.

On days of 3rd or 4th Class two commemorations (and not more) are admitted.

On days of 4th Class where one commemoration only or no commemorations at all are to be made the celebrant may, at a Low Mass, add one Collect (with accompanying Secret and Postcommunion) at choice. This Collect etc. may be chosen from any Votive Mass, or

Prayers for Special Intentions or from Masses or Prayers for the Dead given in the Missal. This Collect etc is said in the last place after any commemoration that is to be said.

If the Collect A cunctus from the Orationes Diversae is chosen the Titular of the church, or any chief Patron or for an Order or Congregation the Founder or Titular may be named.

In computing the number of commemorations any Collect, Secret and Postcommunion that is to be added, under one conclusion, to the collect etc of the Mass being said is not taken into account.

However, in all cases, the Mass of a Sunday excludes the commemoration of a Feast or Mystery of the Lord and vice versa. Hence, where a Feast of the Lord, either perpetually or accidentally for that year, is celebrated on a Sunday no commemoration of the impeded Sunday is made. The term Feast of the Lord includes the Feasts of the Most Holy Trinity and the Holy Family, together with the anniversary of the Dedication of a Cathedral or Church. Likewise the Mass of the BVM or of any Saint excludes the commemoration of the same BVM or Saint.

(Gen. Rub. 106-114, Gen. Rub. of Missal 433-465).

Prayers for the Supreme Pontiff, the Bishop and the Priest

On the day of the coronation of the Supreme Pontiff, on its anniversary and on either the election, consecration or translation of the diocesan Bishop (once as chosen by the Bishop) for the Conventual Mass in the Cathedral is said the proper Votive Mass, as a Votive Mass of 2nd Class. This Mass is permitted on all days of 2nd, 3rd or 4th Class. If the anniversary is perpetually impeded it is permanently moved to the nearest day not so impeded. If it is accidentally impeded by the Nativity of OLJC, Easter Sunday, Whit Sunday, a day in the Sacred Triduum, the Epiphany, the Ascension, the Most Holy Trinity, Corpus Christi, the Sacred Heart, OLJC the King or the Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed it is transferred to the nearest day not of 1st Class. If it is otherwise accidentally impeded the Votive Mass is only commemorated for that year. On that day, when the Votive Mass is to be said or commemorated in the Cathedral, in all Churches, or all Churches of the Diocese for the Bishop's anniversary, the Collect, Secret and Postcommunion for the Supreme Pontiff or Bishop is to be added to all Masses (except Requiems) under one conclusion to the Collect etc of the Mass. The day on which this extra Collect etc is to be added for the Universal Church or the Diocese, where it can be ascertained, is indicated in this Calendar.

On the anniversary of his ordination to the Priesthood every Priest may add the Collect etc for himself under one conclusion to the Collect etc of the Mass (except Requiems), provided it is not the Nativity of OLJC etc as listed above. When so impeded the Collect etc is transferred to the nearest day not so impeded.

(Gen. Rub. of Missal 362-364, 449-450)


Feasts proper to a Diocese and a Church

Feasts proper to a Diocese include:

The Feast of the Principal Patron of the Diocese (1st Class)

The Feast of the Secondary Patron of the Diocese (2nd Class)

The anniversary of the day of the Dedication of the Cathedral (1st Class)

However the Feast of the Titular of the Cathedral is no longer, simply by virtue of it being the Titular, observed throughout the Diocese.

Feasts proper to a Church include:

The anniversary of the day of the Dedication of the Church, if consecrated (1st Class)

The Feast of the Titular of the Church, if consecrated or at least solemnly blessed (1st Class)

(Gen. Rub. 40-47)

The Creed on Feasts of Doctors

The Creed is no longer said on Feasts of Doctors of the Church.

(Gen. Rub. of Missal 475-476)

Mass on 5th and 7th days within the Octave of the Nativity of OLJC

Those using a pre-1962 of the Roman Missal should note:

In these editions no formula is given for the 5th and 7th days within the octave of Nativity, since these days were formerly observed as the Feasts of S Thomas B M & S Silvester P C respectively. However, in the 1962 Universal Calendar these Feasts were reduced to that given for 6th day within the Octave but with appropriate commemorations. (In England and Wales 5th day is observed as S Thomas with the rank of 1st Class as noted).

Singing of the Antiphon of the BVM after Mass

Where the custom exists of singing the antiphon of the BVM together with the appropriate versicle and response and prayer after Mass the following should be observed:

From 1st Sunday of Advent to the Vigil of the Nativity of OLJC inclusive, Alma Redemptoris Mater together with versicle Angelus Domini and prayer Gratiam tuam is sung.

From the Nativity to the Purification of BVM inclusive, Alma Redemptoris Mater together with versicle Post partum and prayer Deus qui salutis is sung.

From the day after the Purification to the Wednesday in Holy Week inclusive, Ave Regina caelorum is sung.

From Easter Sunday to Whit Saturday inclusive, Regina caeli is sung.

From the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity to the Saturday before the 1st Sunday in Advent inclusive, Salve Regina is sung.

On a Sunday if the Prayer for the Queen is to be sung, it must be sung first and for this and the Antiphon of the BVM the maniple should be removed.

Prayers for Benediction

The following prayers should be said during Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament as noted:

At the principal Benediction on Sundays and Holydays of Obligation O Blessed Virgin Mary. However, on 2nd Sunday of the month this is replaced by Hail Mary together with O Merciful God and O Loving Lord Jesus.

On the Friday, Saturday and Sunday following the Feast of Corpus Christi in all Cathedrals, and as far as possible in Parish Churches, the Triduum in honour of the Blessed Sacrament.

On the Feast of the Sacred Heart, the Act of Reparation to the Sacred Heart. The form of Consecration to and the Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus may also be said.

On the Sunday after the Feast of SS Peter and Paul, or on the Feast itself should it fall on a Sunday, the Dedication of England to S Peter.

On 1st Sunday of October the Dedication of England to the BVM.

On the Feast of OLJC the King the Form of Consecration to and the Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

From 1st October to 2nd November inclusive the October Devotions.

In Wales whenever Solemn Benediction is given O Almighty God together with the Invocations that follow.

(Ritus Servandus in Solemni Expositione et Benedictione Sanctissimi Sacramenti 1954)

 

[Ann M]

Western Holy Days in 1960
The Season of Christmas ends on 5 January 1960
The Season of Epiphany 6 January through 1 March
The Epiphany is 6 January
(Epiphany Sunday is 3 January )
The Baptism of Our Lord is 10 January
The Season of Lent 2 March through 16 April
Ash Wednesday is 2 March
Holy Week
Palm Sunday (Passion Sunday) is 10 April
Maundy Thursday is 14 April
Good Friday is 15 April
Holy Saturday is 16 April
The Season of Easter 17 April through 5 June
Easter Day is 17 April
Ascension Day is Thursday, 26 May
Pentecost is 5 June
The Season After Pentecost 6 June through 26 November
Trinity Sunday is 12 June
All Saints Day is 1 November
The Season of Advent 27 November through 24 December
The First Sunday in Advent is 27 November
The Season of Christmas 25 December through 5 January 1961
Christmas Day is 25 December
Holy Name is 1 January 1961

Are these the 2 missing Sundays?

 

[Paul S]

Nope. And that site's incorrect - it looks like it takes the 1970 calendar and just projects it backwards. The Baptism of the Lord isn't celebrated in the traditional rite, and Holy Name is always between January 2-5.

Both feasts are celebrated on Sunday, but, like Christ the King and the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity, are not Sundays. They are Solemnities (or I Class Feasts, or I Class Doubles) which concur with the occurring Sunday.

Here's a hint - the two missing Sundays are before Easter. Look at the 11 you found, and see which two are missing.

 

[Ann M]

Is it Septuagesima and Sexagesima?

 

[Paul S]

Is it Septuagesima and Sexagesima?

Those are two of the six pre-1962 II Class Sundays.

The two missing I Class Sundays are (big hint ) after those.

 

[Ann M]

Paul you're confusing me now. There's only 1 Sunday left in that time period and that's Quinquagesima Sunday. The other Sundays are all covered in the "Sundays of Lent", so I assume you're not talking about Palm Sunday and Passion Sunday here.

 

[Paul S]

Paul you're confusing me now. There's only 1 Sunday left in that time period and that's Quinquagesima Sunday. The other Sundays are all covered in the "Sundays of Lent", so I assume you're not talking about Palm Sunday and Passion Sunday here.

You assume wrongly.

Yes, Passion and Palm Sundays are the other two I Class Sundays. They are not part of Lent (Lent having only four Sundays), but Passiontide. It's Lent, in the 40-day sense, but it is a distinct season. In the older calendar, it's the First Sunday of Passiontide, not the Fifth Sunday of Lent.

Passiontide's a wonderful season. I wish more parishes would veil their crucifixes and statues.

And you now also have three of the six pre-1962 II Class Sundays. Here's another hint - the other three were bumped up to I Class in 1962.

 

[Ann M]

Sundays

Sunday is the Lord's Day, the first day of the week. Sundays are either Privileged, Semi-privileged, or Non-privileged.

Privileged Sundays exclude the celebration of any festival whatsoever, nor may an occurring festival be commemorated.

Privileged Sundays are these:

1. The First Sunday of Advent;
2. The Four Sundays in Lent;
3. The Sunday of the Passion;
4. Palm Sunday;
5. Easter Sunday;
6. Low Sunday;
7. Pentecost Sunday; and,
8. Trinity Sunday.

Semi-privileged Sundays yield only to feasts of the first class. If they are impeded, they are not to be commemorated.

Semi-privileged Sundays are these:

1. The three Sundays remaining of Advent;
2. Septuagesima Sunday;
3. Sexagesima Sunday; and,
4. Quinquagesima Sunday.

Non-privileged Sundays yield to feasts of the second class, but are preferred to feasts of the third class. If they are impeded, they are to be commemorated.

Non-privileged Sundays are all remaining Sundays of the year.

 

[Paul S]

I'm not sure where you found that, but exactly right.

Trinity Sunday, however, is not technically a I Class Sunday. It's a I Class Double, which naturally takes precedence over the III Class First Sunday after Pentecost. And being dedicated to God Himself, it would take precedence over any other I Class Double which happened to fall on that day, but in the universal calendar, no I Class Double can fall on Trinity Sunday.

Christ the King is the same way - it falls on the last Sunday in October, which sometimes means the feast of Ss. Simon and Jude, Apostles, is transferred to the following day.

If Christ the King falls on October 31, the Vigil of All Saints, Halloween, was moved to the 30th.

Let me know if you'd like more rubrics questions, or if you'd prefer another topic.

For now, I'll throw out one similar to the last one, although hopefully easier.

What is a feria, and on which four ferias may no feast whatsoever be celebrated? Here's a hint - it's not the Triduum, the three days of which are I Class Doubles (pre-1962) or I Class Feasts (1962).

 

[Ann M]

I knew I bookmarked that page for a reason .

Ferias

Ferias are all days of the week other than Sunday. Ferias may be of the first, second, third, or fourth class.

Ferias of the first class are:

1. Ash Wednesday; and,
2. all ferias of Holy Week.(Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday)

These days are preferred to any feast whatsoever, and admit no commemoration.

Ferias of the second class are:

1. the ferias of Advent from December 17 to 23; and,
2. the Ember Days of Advent, Lent, and September.

These ferias yield to universal feasts of the second class, but are preferred to particular feasts of the second class. If impeded, they are to be commemorated.

Ferias of the third class are;

1. ferias of Lent and Passiontide, other than those mentioned above, which are preferred to feasts of the third class; and,
2. ferias of Advent to December 16, inclusive, which yield to feasts of the third class.

If these ferias are impeded, they are to be commemorated.

Ferias of the fourth class are all ferias not mentioned above. If they are impeded, they are not commemorated.