August

The notes below provide a guide to the day hours for the Monastic Office as set out in the Monastic Diurnal (MD) and Antiphonale Monasticum (AM), according to the 1960 rubrics and General Calendar for the Benedictine Confederation.

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AUGUST 2024

Thursday 1 August – Class IV; The Holy Maccabees, Memorial 

All as in the psalter with collect, MD 470*/AM 601; for the commemoration at Lauds, MD [209-10]/AM 988. 

Friday 2 August – Class IV; St Alphonsus Mary de Liguori, Memorial 

All as in the psalter with collect, MD 470*/AM 601; for the commemoration at Lauds, MD [210]/AM 993. 

3 August – Class IV; Saturday of Our Lady 

Office of Our Lady, MD (129)/AM 714 ff. 

The Office between August and November

 From the first Sunday of August onwards, the Matins readings in Nocturns I&II of Sunday are of the calendar month, rather than continuing the readings from the books of Kings, while those for Nocturn III are of the Sunday. The Magnificat antiphon for Saturday Vespers follows the Matins reading cycle, hence is found in a separate section of the temporale to the collect for the relevant Sunday. 

Under the 1960 rubrics, the readings for August commence on the first actual Sunday of August.  The previous practice, however, dating from (at least) the eighth century, was to start from the Sunday closest to the start of the relevant month, resulting in different numbers of Sundays for each of the months from August to November compared to the 1960 calendar. 

1 Vespers of the First Sunday of August: Magnificat antiphon, MD 451*/AM 580; collect of the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, MD 471*/AM 602. 

4 August – Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost/First Sunday of August, Class II

[The feast of St Dominic is not marked in the Office this year.] 

Lauds to Vespers: All as in the psalter with canticle antiphons and collect MD 470-1*/AM 602. 

Monday 5 August – Class IV; Dedication of the Church of Our Lady of the Snows, Memorial 

All as in the psalter for throughout the year with collect, MD 471*/AM 602; for the commemoration at Lauds, MD [211-2]/AM 994. 

Tuesday 6 August – Transfiguration of Our Lord, Class II 

MD [212]/AM 998 ff. 

Wednesday 7 August – Class IV; SS Sixtus II, Felicissimus and Agapitus, Memorial 

For the commemoration at Lauds, MD [219]/AM 1001. 

Thursday 8 August – Class IV; St Cyriacus, Memorial 

All as in the psalter with collect, MD 471*/AM 602; for the commemoration at Lauds, MD [219-20]/AM 1004. 

Friday 9 August – Vigil of St Lawrence, Class III 

All as in the psalter for the day except for the collect, of the Vigil (other than at Prime), MD [220]/AM 1004. 

Saturday 10 August – St Lawrence, Class II 

MD [221]/AM 1005 ff. 

11 August – Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost/Second Sunday of August, Class II

 [The feast of St Tiburtius not marked in the Office this year.] 

Lauds to Vespers: All as in the psalter with canticle antiphons and collect, MD 471-2*/AM 602-3. 

Monday 12 August – Class IV; St Clare, Memorial 

All as in the psalter for throughout the year with collect, MD 472*/AM 603; for the commemoration at Lauds, MD [228]/AM 1010. 

Tuesday 13 August – Class IV; SS Pontianus and Hippolytus, Memorial 

For the commemoration at Lauds, MD [228-9]/AM 1010. 

Wednesday 14 August – Vigil of the Assumption, Class II 

All as in the psalter with collect of the Vigil (other than at Prime), MD [229]/AM 1011. 

Thursday 15 August – Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Class I 

MD [233]/AM 1013 ff. 

Friday 16 August – Class IV 

17 August – Class IV; Saturday of Our Lady 

Office of Our Lady, MD (129)/AM 714 ff. 

1 Vespers of the Third Sunday of August: Magnificat antiphon, MD 451*/AM 581; collect of the Thirteenth Sunday, MD 473*/AM 604. 

18 August – Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost/Third Sunday of August, Class II

 [The feast of St Agapitus is not marked in the Office this year.] 

All as in the psalter with canticle antiphons and collect, MD 472-3*/AM 604-5. 

Monday 19 August – Class IV 

All as in the psalter for throughout the year with collect, MD 473*/AM 604. 

Tuesday 20 August – St Bernard, Class III 

MD [245-6]/AM 1020. 

Wednesday 21 August – Class IV; St Bernard Ptolemy, Memorial 

All as in the psalter with collect, MD 473*/AM 604; for the commemoration at Lauds, MD [249]/AM 1022. 

Thursday 22 August – Class IV; St Timothy, Memorial 

For the commemoration at Lauds, MD [250]/AM 1023. 

Friday 23 August – Class IV 

Saturday 24 August – St Bartholomew, Class II 

All of the feast, MD [250]/AM 1024, with a commemoration of the following Sunday at Vespers, Magnificat antiphon and versicle, MD 452*/AM 581-2; collect, MD 473-4*/AM 605. 

25 August – Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost/ Fourth Sunday of August, Class II

All as in the psalter with canticle antiphons and collect, MD 473-4*/AM 605-6. 

Monday 26 August – Class IV 

All as in the psalter for throughout the year with collect, MD 473-4*/AM 605. 

Tuesday 27 August – Class IV 

Wednesday 28 August – St Augustine of Hippo, Class III; St Hermes, Memorial 

MD [251]/AM 1024. 

Thursday 29 August – Beheading of St John the Baptist, Class III 

MD [252]/AM 1026 ff. 

Friday 30 August – Class IV; SS Felix and Adauctus, Memorial 

For the commemoration at Lauds, MD [257]/AM 1029. 

31 August – Class IV; Saturday of Our Lady 

Office of Our Lady, MD (129) /AM 714 ff. 

1 Vespers of the First Sunday of September: Magnificat antiphon, MD 452-3*/AM 582-3; collect of the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, MD 474-5*/AM 606.