This week is the twenty first after Pentecost in the Benedictine 1962 calendar, but the last Sunday of October is always displaced by the Feast of Christ the King.
For those new to the Office, you can find notes on how to say it (as well as daily 'cheat sheets' giving the page numbers for each hour) here.
List of Abbreviations
MD Monastic Diurnal, Farnborough, 2005 and later editions.
AM Antiphonale Monasticum, Solesmes, 1934.
LR Liber Responsorialis, Solesmes, 1895.
LH Liber Hymnarius, Solesmes, 1983.
SupAnt Supplement to the Antiphonale Monasticum, Fontgombault
(Clear Creek)
ff And following pages.
Sunday 25 October – Feast of Christ the
King, Class I
[The feasts of SS Chrysanthus and Daria are not marked
in the Office this year.]
Matins:
Three nocturns, all of
the feast.
Lauds: Festal psalms with antiphons,
chapter, responsory, hymn, versicle, Benedictus
antiphon and collect of the feast, MD [322]/1092 ff; no commemoration of the
Sunday.
Prime: Antiphon 1 of Lauds, MD [322]/1092.
Terce to None: Antiphon, chapter, versicle and collect of the feast, MD [325]/AM
1095 ff.
2 Vespers: Psalms of Sunday with antiphons, chapter, responsory, hymn
and collect as for 1 Vespers, MD [318]/AM 1088 ff; versicle and Magnificat antiphon of 2 Vespers, MD
[326]/AM 1096-7; no
commemoration of the Sunday.
Monday
26 October – Class IV [EF: Commemoration of St Evaristus]
All as in the psalter for throughout the year with collect of the
Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost, MD 480*/AM 613.
Tuesday
27 October – Class IV
All as in the psalter for throughout the year with collect, MD
480*/AM 613.
Wednesday
28 October – SS Simon and Jude, Class II
Matins: Three nocturns, all of the Common of Apostles, LR 134 ff, except
for the readings and collect.
Lauds: Festal psalms
with antiphons, chapter, responsory, hymn, versicle and Benedictus antiphon of the Common of Apostles, MD (9)/AM 622 ff;
collect of the feast, MD [327]/AM 1098.
Prime: Antiphon 1 of
Lauds of the Common, MD (9)/AM 622.
Terce to None: Antiphon,
chapter and versicle of the Common, MD (11)/AM 625 ff; collect of the feast, MD
[327]/AM 1098.
Vespers: Psalms,
antiphons, chapter, responsory, hymn, versicle and Magnificat antiphon of the Common of Apostles, MD (13)/AM 626 ff;
collect of the feast, MD [327]/AM 1098.
Thursday 29 October – Class IV
All as in the psalter for throughout the year with collect, MD 480*/AM
613.
Friday
30 October – Class IV
All as in the psalter for throughout the year with collect, MD
480*/AM 613.
Saturday
31 October – Class IV; Saturday of Our Lady
Matins: Office of Our Lady on Saturday: Invitatory antiphon, hymn, versicles,
absolution, blessings, responsory, chapter and collect of the Office of Our
Lady on Saturday; reading of Saturday 4&5
of October.
Lauds: Office of Our Lady on Saturday: Chapter, responsory, hymn, versicle, Benedictus
antiphon and collect of the Office of Our Lady, MD (129) /AM 714 ff.
Prime: Antiphon of the
Office of Our Lady, MD (131)/AM 715.
Terce to None: Antiphon,
chapter, versicle and collect of the Office of Our Lady, MD (132-3) /AM 715-6.
1 Vespers of All Saints: Psalms of Sunday with antiphons, chapter, responsory,
hymn, versicle, Magnificat antiphon
and collect of the feast, MD [328]/AM 1099 ff; for the commemoration of the Sunday, Magnificat
antiphon and versicle of the First Sunday of November, MD 459*/AM 590 and collect
of the Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost, MD 481*/AM 614.
