Sunday, January 29, 2023

February 2023

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. 

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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.

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