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 - ).
MAY 2025
First Week after Easter.
Ordinary of Eastertide, MD 346* ff; default collect, MD 344*; canticle antiphons of the day.
Sunday 27 April – White/Low Sunday (Octave Day of Easter), Class I, MD 341* ff.
Monday 28 April – Class IV.
Tuesday 29 April – SS Odo, Majolus, Odilo and Hugh, Class III, MD [115] ff.
Wednesday 30 April – Class IV; com of St Catherine of Siena at Lauds, MD [121-2]. 1 Vespers of St Joseph.
Thursday 1 May – St Joseph, Class I (option of St Joseph the Worker or Solemnity of St Joseph), MD [126] or [133].
Friday 2 May – St Athanasius, Class III, MD [138].
Saturday 3 May – Class IV; of Our Lady in Eastertide; com of SS Alexander, Eventius and Theodolus at Lauds, MD [138-9]. 1 Vespers of the Second Sunday after Easter, MD 354* ff.
Second Week after Easter.
Ordinary of Eastertide, MD 346* ff; default collect, MD 358*; canticle antiphons of the day.
Sunday 4 May – Second Sunday after Easter, Class II, MD 356* ff.
Monday 5 May – Class IV; com of St Pius V at Lauds, MD [140].
Tuesday 6 May – Class IV.
Wednesday 7 May – Class IV.
Thursday 8 May – Class IV.
Friday 9 May – St Gregory Nazianzen, Class III, MD [141].
Saturday 10 May – Class IV; of Our Lady in Eastertide; com of SS Gordian and Epimachis at Lauds, MD [141-2]. 1 Vespers of the Third Sunday after Easter, MD 362*.
Third Week after Easter.
Ordinary of Eastertide, MD 346* ff; default collect, MD 363*; canticle antiphons of the day.
Sunday 11 May – Third Sunday after Easter, Class II, MD 363* ff; com of SS
Philip and James at Lauds, MD [143].
Monday 12 May – Class IV; com of SS Nereus, Archilleus and Pancras at Lauds, MD [146].
Tuesday 13 May – Class IV; com of St Robert Bellarmine at Lauds, MD [147].
Wednesday 14 May – Class IV; com of St Pachomius at Lauds, MD [147-8].
Thursday 15 May – Class IV.
Friday 16 May – Class IV.
Saturday 17 May – Class IV; of Our Lady in Eastertide. 1 Vespers of the Fourth Sunday after Easter, MD 367-8*.
Fourth Week of Easter.
Ordinary of Eastertide, MD 346* ff; default collect, MD 368*; canticle antiphons of the day.
Sunday 18 May – Fourth Sunday after Easter, Class II, MD 368 ff.
Monday 19 May – Class IV; com of St Peter Celestine at Lauds, MD [148-9].
Tuesday 20 May – Class IV.
Wednesday 21 May – Class IV.
Thursday 22 May – Class IV.
Friday 23 May – Class IV.
Saturday 24 May – Class IV; of Our Lady in Eastertide. 1 Vespers of the Fifth Sunday after Easter, MD 372-3*.
Fifth Week of Easter.
Mon-Wed: Ordinary of Eastertide, MD 346* ff. Th-Sat: Ordinary of Ascensiontide, MD 383* ff.
Sunday 25 May – Fifth Sunday after Easter, Class II, MD 373* ff.
Monday 26 May – St Augustine OSB, Class III, MD [150]; Rogation Day.
Tuesday 27 May – St Bede OSB, Class III, MD [150]; Rogation Day.
Wednesday 28 May – Vigil of the Ascension, Class II, MD 376*; Rogation Day. 1 Vespers of the Ascension, MD 376* ff.
The Office in Ascensiontide/Octave of the Ascension
In the 1960 calendar, Ascensiontide has its own Ordinary texts, including hymns for Matins, Lauds and Vespers, which can be found at NM 400-401/MB 683/MD 383*/AM 509 ff. At Lauds and Vespers the canticle antiphons are as for the feast.
Where the former Octave is celebrated, on weekdays up until Wednesday: at Matins, three Patristic readings of the Octave; at Lauds to Vespers, all is as for the feast. On the Friday after the Octave, the Office is said as for the Sunday within the Octave (ie as per the ‘Office in Ascensiontide’ 1960 rubrics) unless displaced by a Class I or II feast (in which case the Octave is commemorated).
Thursday 29 May – The Ascension of Our Lord, Class I, MD 379* ff.
Friday 30 May – Class IV.
Saturday 31 May – Class IV; of Our Lady in Eastertide. 1 Vespers of the Sunday after the Ascension, MD 388-9*.
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