Notes on the traditional Benedictine Office for February are set out below.
Note that the season of Septuagesiamtide starts at Vespers on 4 February, at which point the word alleluia is banished from the Office!
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FEBRUARY
2023
Wednesday 1 February – St Ignatius, Class III
MD [46]/AM
800; In some monasteries, I Vespers of the Purification, MD [47] ff.
Thursday 2 February – Purification of the BVM, Class II
MD [49]/AM
802 ff.
Friday 3 February –
Class IV; St Blase, Memorial
collect, MD
149-50*/AM 308; for the
commemoration at Lauds, MD [52]/AM 805.
Saturday 4 February – Class IV; Saturday of Our Lady [EF: St Andrew
Corsini, Class III]
Matins to None: MD (129)/AM 714 ff; 1 Vespers of
Septuagesima Sunday: MD 153-4*/AM 311.
Sunday
5 February – Septuagesima Sunday, Class II
MD 154*/AM
312 ff.
Monday 6 February – Class IV [EF: St
Titus, Class III; St Dorothy, Memorial; NZ: Waitangi Day]
Magnificat
antiphon MD 161*/AM 316-7; collect, MD 157-8*/AM 313.
Tuesday 7 February – St
Romuald, Class III
MD [58]/AM
810.
Wednesday 8 February –
Class IV [Gower: SS John of Matha and Felix of Valois, Memorial; EF: St John of
Matha, Class III]
collect, MD
157-8*/AM 313; Magnificat antiphon MD
161*/AM 317.
Thursday 9 February –
Class IV [EF: St Cyril of Alexandria, Class III; St Apollonis, Memorial]
collect, MD
157-8*/AM 313; Magnificat antiphon MD
162*/AM 318; If the feast of St Scholastica is Class I (and in some
monasteries): 1 Vespers of St ScholasticaMD [59]/AM 812 ff.
Friday 10 February – St
Scholastica, Class II [Class I for monasteries of nuns; Previously: when Class
I, with an Octave]
MD [62]/AM
815 ff.
Saturday 11 February – Class IV; Saturday of Our Lady [EF/Gower: Our Lady of Lourdes, Class III;
Benedictine Confederation: St Benedict of Aniane, Optional Memorial]
MD (129)/AM 714 ff; 1 Vespers of
Sexagesima, MD 162*/AM 318 ff.
Sunday 12 February – Sexagesima Sunday, Class
II
MD 164*/AM
319 ff.
Monday 13 February –
Class IV
collect, MD
167*/AM 321; at Vespers, Magnificat
antiphon MD 170*/AM 324.
Tuesday 14 February – Class IV; St Valentine, Memorial [In
Europe: SS Cyril and Methodius]
for
the commemoration at Lauds, MD [67]/AM 822; Magnificat antiphon MD
170*/AM 324.
Wednesday 15 February – Class IV [EF: SS Faustinus and
Jovita, Memorial]
Magnificat
antiphon MD 170*/AM 324-5.
Thursday 16 February – Class IV
Magnificat antiphon MD 171*/AM 325.
Friday 17 February – Class IV
Magnificat antiphon MD 171*/AM 325.
Saturday 18 February – Class IV; Saturday of Our Lady
[Gower: St. Bernadette, Memorial; EF: St Simeon, Memorial]
MD
(129)/AM 714 ff; 1 Vespers of Quinquagesima Sunday, MD 171*/AM 326 ff.
Sunday 19 February – Quinquagesima Sunday,
Class II
MD 173*/AM
326 ff.
Monday 20 February –
Class IV
Magnificat
antiphon MD 179*/AM 331-2; collect,
MD 176*/AM 328
Tuesday 21 February –
Class IV
Magnificat
antiphon MD 179*/AM 332.
START
OF LENT
Wednesday 22 February – Ash Wednesday, Class I
MD 180*/AM 332-3.
Thursday 23 February –
Thursday after Ash Wednesday, Class III; St Peter Damian, Memorial
All as in the psalter for throughout the year and season of
Septuagesima, except for three readings and responsories of the day at Matins;
versicles, canticle antiphons and collects, MD 181-2*/AM 333-4; for the
commemoration at Lauds, MD [73]/AM 827.
Friday 24 February – St Matthias,
Class II
MD [73-4]/AM 827; for
the commemoration of the Lent day at Lauds and Vespers, MD 182-3*/AM 334-5.
Saturday 25 February – Saturday after Ash Wednesday, Class
III [**In some places: St Walburga, Class I]
Matins to None: MD 183*/AM
335; 1 Vespers of
the First Sunday of Lent, MD 184* ff/AM 340.
Sunday
26 February – First Sunday of Lent, Class I
MD 186*/AM 341 ff.
Monday 27 February – Monday in the first week of Lent,
Class III [EF: St Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, Memorial]
Ordinary of Lent, MD 190*/AM
338 ff; canticle antiphons and collect of the day, MD
195-6*/AM 346.
Tuesday 28 February – Tuesday in the first week of Lent,
Class III
canticle antiphons and collects, MD 196*/AM 347.
