I have yet to look at Lauds and Vespers in this series on getting ready for Advent, but there is one issue common to both of them that I thought I would deal with first, namely commemorations (aka) memorials.
What is a commemoration of the feria?
If you look at the instructions in the Diurnal for feasts of saints during Advent you will come across instructions to make a commemoration of the feria.
Feria just means day, and so it is telling you to make a remembrance of the Advent day that would have been said had they not been displaced by a feast.
During Advent the feria is commemorated at both Lauds and Vespers.
The way this is done is exactly the same as for a normal memorial of a saint: after the collect (of the feast), you say (or sing) the canticle antiphon that would have been said at Lauds or Vespers if not for the feast, the versicle (of the season) and the collect (of the Advent week or day).
Finding the texts: a Diurnal trap
The Diurnal, however, does not make it easy for you in this case, because for each Advent day, in order to save space, it usually only sets out the canticle antiphons.
That means you need to go find the versicle and the collect for the appropriate day or week in the Ordinary. The Ordo will give you the page numbers in the Diurnal for this purpose, but those using older editions will need to hunt down the correct pages for themselves.
SUMMARY - COMMEMORATIONS IN ADVENT
What is a commemoration of the feria?
If you look at the instructions in the Diurnal for feasts of saints during Advent you will come across instructions to make a commemoration of the feria.
Feria just means day, and so it is telling you to make a remembrance of the Advent day that would have been said had they not been displaced by a feast.
During Advent the feria is commemorated at both Lauds and Vespers.
The way this is done is exactly the same as for a normal memorial of a saint: after the collect (of the feast), you say (or sing) the canticle antiphon that would have been said at Lauds or Vespers if not for the feast, the versicle (of the season) and the collect (of the Advent week or day).
Finding the texts: a Diurnal trap
The Diurnal, however, does not make it easy for you in this case, because for each Advent day, in order to save space, it usually only sets out the canticle antiphons.
That means you need to go find the versicle and the collect for the appropriate day or week in the Ordinary. The Ordo will give you the page numbers in the Diurnal for this purpose, but those using older editions will need to hunt down the correct pages for themselves.
SUMMARY - COMMEMORATIONS IN ADVENT
Commemorations of the feria - Lauds
Benedictus antiphon
|
Of the Advent day
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Versicle (of the
season)
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V. Vox clamantis in
desérto: Parate viam Dómini.
R. Rectas fácite sémitas
eius.
|
Collect
|
Of the Advent week
or day
|
Commemoration of the feria - Vespers
Magnificat antiphon
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Of the Advent day
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Versicle (of the
season)
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V. Rorate cæli désuper, et
nubes pluant iustum.
R. Aperiatur terra et
gérminet Salvatórem.
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Collect
|
Of the Advent week
or day
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