July



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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JULY 2024

 Monday 1 July – Class IV 

All as in the psalter for throughout the year with collect, MD 466*/AM 596. 

Tuesday 2 July Visitation of the BVM, Class II 

MD [182]/AM 955-6. 

Wednesday 3 July – Class IV; SS Processus and Martinian, Memorial 

For the commemoration at Lauds, MD [184]/AM 956. 

Thursday 4 July Class IV [**In some places: St Procopius] 

Friday 5 July – Class IV [EF: St Anthony Mary Zacharia, Class III] 

6 July Class IV; Saturday of Our Lady 

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

1 Vespers of the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost: Magnificat antiphon and collect, MD 447-8*/AM 577&597. 

7 July Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, Class II

All as in the psalter with collect and canticle antiphons, MD 466-7*/AM 596-7. 

Monday 8 July – Class IV 

All as in the psalter for throughout the year with collect MD 467*/AM 597. 

Tuesday 9 July – Class IV 

Wednesday 10 July Class IV 

Thursday 11 July – Translation of the Relics of St Benedict, Class I/II 

MD [185]/AM 964 ff. 

Friday 12 July Class IV, St John Gualbert, Memorial 

For the commemoration at Lauds, MD [193]/AM 969. 

13 July Class IV; Saturday of Our Lady 

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

1 Vespers of the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost: Magnificat 

14 July – Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, Class II

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

All as in the psalter with canticle antiphons and collect, MD 467-8*/AM 598-9. 

Monday 15 July Class IV 

All as in the psalter for throughout the year with collect, MD 467-8*/AM 598. 

Tuesday 16 July Class IV 

Wednesday 17 July – Class IV; St Leo IV, Memorial 

For the commemoration at Lauds, MD [194]/AM 972. 

Thursday 18 July – Class IV 

Friday 19 July Class IV; St Vincent de Paul, Memorial 

For the commemoration at Lauds, MD [195]/AM 973. 

20 July – Class IV; Saturday of Our Lady; SS Jerome Aemilian, Joseph Calanctius and John Baptist de la Salle, Memorial 

Office of Our Lady, MD (129) /AM 714 ff; for the commemoration, MD [195-6]/AM 973. 

1 Vespers of the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost: Magnificat antiphon and versicle, MD 448-9*/AM 578; collect, MD 449*/AM 600. 

21 July – Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, Class II

All as in the psalter with canticle antiphons and collect, MD 468-9*/AM 599-600. 

Monday 22 July – St Mary Magdalen, Class III 

MD [196] ff/AM 976-7. 

Tuesday 23 July Class IV; St Apollinaris, Memorial 

All as in the psalter for throughout the year with collect MD 469*/AM 600; for the commemoration at Lauds, MD [200]/AM 978. 

Wednesday 24 July Class IV 

Thursday 25 July St James, Class II 

MD [201]/AM 979. 

Friday 26 July – SS Joachim and Anne, Class III 

MD [202]/AM 980 ff. 

27 July – Class IV; Saturday of Our Lady 

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

1 Vespers of the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost: Magnificat antiphon and versicle, MD 449*/AM 579; collect, MD 470*/AM 601. 

28 July – Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, Class II

 All as in the psalter with canticle antiphons and collect, MD 469-70*/AM 601. 

Monday 29 July Class IV; SS Felix, Simplicius, Faustinus and Beatrice, Memorial 

All as in the psalter for throughout the year with collect, MD 470*/AM 601; for the commemoration, MD [207-8]/AM 986. 

Tuesday 30 July Class IV; SS Abdon and Sennen, Memorial 

All as in the psalter with collect, MD 470*/AM 601; for the commemoration at Lauds, MD [208]/AM 986. 

Wednesday 31 July St Ignatius, Class III 

MD [209]/AM 986.

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