This Ordo provides a calendar for the liturgical year to aid those saying the Benedictine Office for those familiar with the rubrics of the Benedictine Office. It can be used in conjunction to the Quick start guide to the Monastic Diurnal.
Those less familiar with the Office, or looking for other supporting material, should consult the more detailed version of this Ordo available through Lulu, the How to say the Benedictine Office notes on the Saints Will Arise blog.
In addition, an English translation of the rubrics can be obtained from Libri Sancti Press.
ABBREVIATIONS
Com: Commemoration (used for either a feast rated as a memorial, or where a feast or other day displaces another feast or day (such as during Advent and Lent).
Default collect: The collect used at all hours other than Prime and Compline (which have their own fixed collect), except where displaced by a feast or higher level day.
ff: And following pages.
L&V: Lauds and Vespers
MD: Monastic Diurnal (St Michael’s, Farnborough editions 2005 - ).
June 2025
Week after the Ascension.
Ordinary of Ascensiontide, MD 383* ff.
Sunday 1 June – Sunday after the Ascension, Class II, MD 389* ff.
Monday 2 June – Class IV; com of SS Marcellinus and Peter at Lauds, MD [151].
Tuesday 3 June – Class IV.
Wednesday 4 June – Class IV.
Thursday 5 June – St Boniface, Class III, MD [152].
Friday 6 June – St Norbert, Class III, MD [152].
Saturday 7 June – Vigil of the Pentecost, Class I, MD 386*. 1 Vespers of Pentecost, MD 393* ff.
Octave of Pentecost.
During the Octave the rubrics state that all is said as on the feast day, except as set out for Matins, the canticle antiphons for Lauds and Vespers, and the collects of the day of the week. The psalms at Prime to None, however, are of the day of the week.
Sunday 8 June – Pentecost Sunday, Class I, MD 396* ff.
Monday 9 June – Class I.
Tuesday 10 June – Class I.
Wednesday 11 June – Ember Day, Class I.
Thursday 12 June – Class I.
Friday 13 June – Ember Day, Class I.
Saturday 14 June – Ember Day, Class I. 1 Vespers of the Most Holy Trinity (no commemoration of the Sunday), MD 407* ff; Compline: Marian Antiphon Salve Regina henceforward.
The Office throughout the year during ‘summer’
This week marks the return to time throughout the year, and thus the default texts in the psalter. Part II of the breviary (tomus alter) is used from 1 Vespers of Trinity Sunday.
On
ordinary weekdays at Matins, there is a short reading and responsory of the day
of the week only. The Magnificat antiphon for Saturday Vespers follows
the Matins reading cycle; the canticle antiphons on Sunday, and the collect
generally reflect those of the Sunday (EF) Mass Gospel cycle, hence are found
in separate places in most Office books. For Sundays up to the end of July,
both are labelled as for the relevant Sunday after Pentecost.
First week after Pentecost.
Ordinary of time throughout the year (in the psalter section), default collect, MD 418*.
Sunday 15 June – Feast of the Most Holy Trinity, Class I, MD 409* ff (no com of the Sunday).
Monday 16 June – Class IV.
Tuesday 17 June – Class IV.
Wednesday 18 June – Class IV; coms of St Ephrem Syrus, SS Mark and Marcellianus at Lauds, MD [156-7]. 1 Vespers of Corpus Christi, MD 419* ff.
Thursday 19 June – Corpus Christi, Class I, MD 427* ff.
Note: Where the Octave of Corpus Christi is observed, Matins each day has two Nocturns, with three readings of the Octave Day. At Lauds and Vespers, the psalms are festal and all is said as on the day. The Octave supersedes all but the equivalent of Class I feasts.
Friday 20 June – Class IV.
Saturday 21 June – Class IV; of Our Lady; com of St Aloysius Gonzaga at Lauds, MD [157-8]. 1 Vespers of the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost, MD 432*.
Second week after Pentecost.
Ordinary of time throughout the year (in the psalter section), default collect, MD 462*.
Sunday 22 June – Second Sunday after Pentecost, Class II, MD 461-2*.
Monday 23 June – Vigil of the Nativity of St John the Baptist, Class II, MD [158]. 1 Vespers of the Nativity of St John the Baptist, MD [159] ff.
Tuesday 24 June – Nativity of St John the Baptist, Class I, MD [161].
Wednesday 25 June – Class IV.
Thursday 26 June – Class IV; com of SS John and Paul at Lauds, MD [166]. 1 Vespers of the Sacred Heart, MD 432* ff.
Friday 27 June – Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Class I, MD 439* ff.
Saturday 28 June – Vigil of SS Peter and Paul, Class II, MD [166-7]; 1 Vespers of SS Peter and Paul, MD [167], com of 3rd Sunday after Pentecost, MD 444-5*.
Third week after Pentecost.
Ordinary of time throughout the year (in the psalter section), default collect, MD 463*.
Sunday 29 June – SS Peter and Paul, Class I, [169] ff; com of the 3rd Sunday after Pentecost at L&V, MD 462-3*.
Monday 30 June – Commemoration of St Paul, Class III, MD [173].
Tuesday 1 July – Class IV.
Wednesday 2 July – Visitation of the BVM, Class II, MD [182] ff.
Thursday 3 July – Class IV; com of SS Processus and Martinian at Lauds, MD [184].
Friday 4 July – Class IV.
Saturday 5 July – Class IV. 1 Vespers of 4th Sunday after Pentecost, MD 445*.
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