March 2023

 Notes on the Benedictine Office for March are set out below. 

 

MARCH 2023

Wednesday 1 March – Ember Wednesday of Lent, Class II [In Wales: St David, Class I, with a commemoration of the Ember Day] 

canticle antiphons and collects, MD 197*/AM 348. 

Thursday 2 March – Thursday in the first week of Lent, Class III

 canticle antiphons and collects of the day, MD 197-8*/AM 349-50. 

Friday 3 March – Ember Friday of Lent, Class II 

canticle antiphons and collects, MD 198-9*/AM 350-1. 

Saturday 4 March – Ember Saturday of Lent, Class II [EF: and St Casimir, Memorial] 

Benedictus antiphon and collect, MD 199*/AM 351; 1 Vespers of the Second Sunday of Lent, MD 199*/AM 351 ff. 

Sunday 5 March – Second Sunday of Lent, Class I

 MD 201*/AM 352 ff. 

Monday 6 March – Monday in the second week of Lent, Class III;SS Perpetua and Felicitas, Memorial [or Optional Class III] 

Ordinary of Lent, MD 190*/AM 338 ff; canticle antiphons and collect of the day, MD 206*/AM 355-6; for the commemoration at Lauds, MD [74]/AM 828. 

Tuesday 7 March – Tuesday in the second week of Lent, Class III; St Thomas Aquinas, Memorial [or Optional Class III] 

Canticle antiphons and collects, MD 206-7*/AM 356-7; for the commemoration at Lauds, MD [75]/AM 828-9. 

Wednesday 8 March – Wednesday in the second week of Lent, Class III [Gower: SS John of God and Camillus de Lellis, Memorial; EF: St John of God, Memorial] 

Canticle antiphons and collects, MD 207-8*/AM 357-8. 

Thursday 9 March – Thursday in the second week of Lent, Class III; St Frances of Rome, Memorial/Optional Class III 

Canticle antiphons and collects, MD 208-9*/AM 358-9; for the commemoration at Lauds, MD [75-6]/AM 830. 

Friday 10 March – Friday in the second week of Lent, Class III; The Forty Martyrs, Memorial 

Canticle antiphons and collects, MD 209-10*/AM 359-60; for the commemoration at Lauds, MD [83]/AM 835. 

Saturday 11 March – Saturday in the second week of Lent, Class III 

Matins to None: Ordinary of Lent; canticle antiphons and collects, MD 210*/360; 1 Vespers of the Third Sunday of Lent, MD 210*/AM 360 ff. 

Sunday 12 March – Third Sunday of Lent, Class I

 MD 212*/AM 361 ff. 

Monday 13 March – Monday in the third week of Lent, Class III

Ordinary of Lent, MD 190*/AM 338 ff; canticle antiphons and collects of the day, MD 217*/AM 366. 

Tuesday 14 March – Tuesday in the third week of Lent, Class III 

Ordinary of Lent; canticle antiphons and collects, MD 217-8*/AM 366-7. 

Wednesday 15 March – Wednesday in the third week of Lent, Class III 

Ordinary of Lent; canticle antiphons and collects, MD 218-9*/AM 367-8. 

Thursday 16 March – Thursday in the third week of Lent, Class III 

Ordinary of Lent; canticle antiphons and collects, MD 219-20*/AM 368-9. 

Friday 17 March – Friday in the third week of Lent, Class III [EF/Gower: St Patrick, Memorial; **In Australia and NZ; Ireland and many US dioceses: St Patrick, Class I] 

Ordinary of Lent; canticle antiphons and collects, MD 220*/AM 369-70. 

Saturday 18 March – Saturday in the third week of Lent, Class III; St Cyril, Memorial 

Canticle antiphons and collects, MD 220-1*/AM 370-1; for the commemoration at Lauds, MD [83]/AM 835; 1 Vespers of the Fourth Sunday of Lent, MD 221*/AM 371 ff.

 Sunday 19 March – Fourth Sunday of Lent (Laetare Sunday), Class I

 MD 223*/AM 371 ff; at 2 Vespers, commemoration of St Joseph, MD [84]/AM 836 ff. 

Monday 20 March – St Joseph, Class I (transferred) 

MD [87]/AM 841 ff, with a commemoration of the Lent day at Lauds only, MD 227-8*/AM 376 and a commemoration of St Benedict at Vespers, MD [91]/AM 847 ff. 

Tuesday 21 March – St Benedict, Class I

 MD [94]/AM 851 ff with a commemoration of the Lent day at Lauds and Vespers, MD 228-9*/AM 377. 

Wednesday 22 March – Wednesday in the fourth week of Lent, Class III 

Ordinary of Lent; canticle antiphons and collects, MD 229-30*/AM 378-9. 

Thursday 23 March – Thursday in the fourth week of Lent, Class III 

Ordinary of Lent; canticle antiphons and collects, MD 230*/AM 379-80. 

Friday 24 March – Friday in the fourth week of Lent, Class III [EF/Gower: St Gabriel, Memorial/Optional Class III] 

Matins to None: Ordinary of Lent; canticle antiphons and collects, MD 230-1*/AM 380-1; 1 Vespers of the Annunciation, MD [100]/AM 858 ff with a commemoration of the Lent day, MD 230-1*/AM 380-1. 

Saturday 25 March – Annunciation of the BVM, Class I 

MD [102]/AM 861 ff; with a commemoration of the Lent day at Lauds, MD 231-2*/AM 381 and of Passion Sunday at Vespers, MD 232*/AM 387 ff.

 Sunday 26 March – (First) Passion Sunday, Class I 

MD 234*/AM 388 ff. 

Monday 27 March – Monday in (First) Passion Week, Class III; St John Damascene, Memorial 

Ordinary of Passiontide, MD 240*/AM 385 ff; canticle antiphons and collects of the day, MD 246-7*/AM 393; for the commemoration, MD [106-7]/AM 866.

 Tuesday 28 March – Tuesday in Passion Week, Class III [EF: St John of Capistran, Class III] 

Ordinary of Passiontide, MD 240*/AM 382 ff; canticle antiphons and collects, MD 247-8*/AM 394-5. 

Wednesday 29 March – Wednesday in Passion Week, Class III 

Ordinary of Passiontide, MD 240*/AM 382 ff; canticle antiphons and collects, MD 248-9*/AM 395-6. 

Thursday 30 March – Thursday in Passion Week, Class III 

Ordinary of Passiontide, MD 240*/AM 382 ff; canticle antiphons and collects, MD 249-50*/AM 396-7. 

Friday 31 March – Friday in Passion Week, Class III [EF: Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Memorial]

 Ordinary of Passiontide, MD 240*/AM 382 ff; canticle antiphons and collects, MD 250-2*/AM 397-8.