November 2024

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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NOVEMBER 2024

 Friday 1 November – All Saints, Class I 

MD [331]/AM 1102 ff. 

Saturday 2 November – All Souls, Class I 

Lauds to None: Of the Dead, MD [337]/AM 1108 ff. 

1 Vespers of the First Sunday in November: Magnificat antiphon, MD 459*/AM 590; collect of the Fourth Sunday Remaining after Epiphany, MD 484*/AM 616. 

3 November – Fourth Sunday Remaining after Epiphany/First Sunday of November, Class II

 All as in the psalter with canticle antiphons (AM 308) and collect, MD 484-5*/AM 616. 

Monday 4 November – Class IV; St Charles Borromeo, Memorial 

All as in the psalter for throughout the year with collect, MD 484*/AM 616; for the commemoration at Lauds, MD [344-5]/AM 1112. 

Tuesday 5 November – Class IV 

Wednesday 6 November – Class IV 

Thursday 7 November – Class IV 

Friday 8 November – Class IV; The Four Crowned Martyrs, Memorial 

All as in the psalter with collect, MD 484*/AM 616; for the commemoration at Lauds, MD [345]/AM 1113. 

Saturday 9 November – Dedication of the Archbasilica of the Most Holy Saviour (St John Lateran), Class II 

All of the feast, using the Common of the Dedication of a Church, MD (114)/AM 697 ff; no commemoration of the Sunday. 

10 November – Fifth Sunday Remaining after Epiphany/Third Sunday of November, Class II

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

All as in the psalter with canticle antiphons (AM 309) and collect, MD 485*/AM 617. 

Monday 11 November – St Martin of Tours, Class II 

MD [346]/AM 1115 ff. 

Tuesday 12 November – Class IV; St Mennas, Memorial 

All as in the psalter for throughout the year with collect, MD 485*/AM 617; for the commemoration at Lauds, MD [352-3]/AM 1114. 

Wednesday 13 November – All Saints of the Benedictine Order, Class II 

MD [353]/AM 1121 ff. 

Thursday 14 November – All Souls of the Benedictine Order, Class II 

MD [360]/AM 1126/ SupAnt 153-4. 

Friday 15 November – Class IV; St Albert the Great, Memorial 

For the commemoration at Lauds, MD [362-3]/AM 1127. 

16 November – Class IV; Saturday of Our Lady 

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

1 Vespers of the Fourth Sunday of November: Magnificat antiphon, MD 460*/AM 592; collect of the Sixth Sunday remaining after Epiphany, MD 486*/AM 617. 

17 November – Sixth Sunday Remaining after Epiphany/Fourth Sunday of November, Class II; in monasteries of nuns: Commemoration of St Gertrude

 [Where the feast of St Gertrude is Class III, it is not marked in the office this year.] 

All as in the psalter with canticle antiphons (AM 310) and collect, MD 486*/AM 617; where St Gertrude is Class II: commemoration at Lauds only, Benedictus antiphon, versicle and collect of the feast, MD [363]/AM 1130 ff. 

Monday 18 November – Dedication of the Basilicas of SS Peter and Paul, Class III 

All of the Common for the Dedication of a Church, MD (114)/AM 697 ff. 

Tuesday 19 November – Class IV  

All as in the psalter for throughout the year with collect, MD 486*/AM 617. 

Wednesday 20 November – Class IV 

Thursday 21 November – Presentation of the BVM, Class III; St Columba, Memorial 

MD [371]/AM 1138 ff. 

Friday 22 November – St Caecilia, Class III 

MD [373]/AM 1140 ff. 

Saturday 23 November – St Clement, Class III; St Felicitas, Memorial 

Lauds to Vespers: MD [377]/AM 1145 ff. 

1 Vespers of the Fifth Sunday of November: Magnificat antiphon, MD 461*/AM 592; collect of the last Sunday after Pentecost, MD 487*/AM 617-8. 

24 November – Twenty-fourth and last Sunday after Pentecost/ Fifth Sunday of November, Class II

 [The feasts of SS John of the Cross and Chrysogonus are not marked in the Office this year.] 

All as in the psalter for throughout the year; canticle antiphons and collect, MD 487*/AM 617-8. 

Monday 25 November – Class IV; St Catherine of Alexandria, Memorial 

All as in the psalter for throughout the year with collect, MD 487*/AM 618; for the commemoration at Lauds, MD [383-4]/AM 1149. 

Tuesday 26 November – Class IV; St Sylvester, Memorial 

For the commemoration at Lauds, MD [384]/AM 1149. 

Wednesday 27 November – Class IV 

Thursday 28 November – Class IV 

Friday 29 November – Class IV; St Saturninus, Memorial [In some places: Vigil of St Andrew] 

For the commemoration at Lauds, MD [385]/AM 753. 

Saturday 30 November – St Andrew, Class II 

Lauds to None: Of the feast, MD [2]/AM 755 ff. 

END OF TIME THROUGHOUT THE YEAR 

1 Vespers of the First Sunday of Advent: Psalms of Saturday with antiphons, chapter, responsory, hymn, versicle, Magnificat antiphon, and collect, MD 1*/AM 186 ff. 

Compline: Marian antiphon Alma Redemptoris Mater, MD 265-6/AM 173-4 or 178-9 henceforward.