October

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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OCTOBER 2024

 Tuesday 1 October – Class IV 

All as in the psalter for throughout the year with collect of the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, MD 478*/AM 611. 

Wednesday 2 October – The Holy Guardian Angels, Class III 

MD [291]/AM 1067 ff. 

Thursday 3 October – Class IV; St Teresa of the Child Jesus, Memorial 

For the commemoration at Lauds, MD [297]/SupAnt 135. 

Friday 4 October – St Francis, Class III 

MD [298]/AM 1071. 

Saturday 5 October – SS Maurus and Placid, Class III 

Lauds to None: All of the feast, MD [299]/AM 37* ff. 

1 Vespers of the First Sunday of October: Magnificat antiphon, MD 457*/AM 587-88; collect of the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, MD 479*/AM 612. 

6 October – Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost/First Sunday of October, Class II [EF: Optional – External Solemnity of BVM of the Rosary]

 All as in the psalter with canticle antiphons and collect, MD 479*/AM 611-2; at Lauds, hymn Aeterne rerum Conditor henceforward. 

Monday 7 October – The Rosary of Blessed Virgin Mary, Class III 

MD [307]/AM 1075 ff. 

Tuesday 8 October – Class IV

 All as in the psalter for throughout the year with collect, MD 479*/AM 612. 

Wednesday 9 October – Class IV 

Thursday 10 October – Class IV 

Friday 11 October – Class IV 

12 October – Class IV; Saturday of Our Lady 

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

1 Vespers of the Second Sunday of October: Magnificat antiphon, MD 458*/AM 588; collect of the Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost, MD 480*/AM 613. 

13 October – Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost, Class II/Second Sunday of October

All as in the psalter with canticle antiphons and collect, MD 480*/AM 612-3. 

Monday 14 October – Class IV; St Callistus, Memorial [EF: Class III] 

All as in the psalter for throughout the year with collect, MD 480*/AM 613; for the commemoration at Lauds, MD [314]/AM 1085. 

Tuesday 15 October – St Teresa, Class III 

MD [315]/AM 1086 ff. 

Wednesday 16 October – Class IV 

Thursday 17 October – Class IV 

Friday 18 October – St Luke, Evangelist, Class II 

MD [317-8]/AM 1087. 

19 October – Class IV; Saturday of Our Lady 

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

1 Vespers of the Fourth Sunday of October: Magnificat antiphon, MD 459*/AM 589; collect of the Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost, MD 481*/AM 614. 

20 October – Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost; Fourth Sunday of October, Class II

 All as in the psalter with canticle antiphons and collect, MD 481*/AM 614. 

Monday 21 October – Class IV; St Hilarion, Memorial 

All as in the psalter throughout the year with collect, MD 481*/AM 614; for the commemoration at Lauds, MD [318]/AM 1087. 

Tuesday 22 October – Class IV 

Wednesday 23 October – Class IV 

Thursday 24 October – Class IV 

Friday 25 October – Class IV; SS Chrysanthus and Daria, Memorial 

For the commemoration at Lauds, MD [327]/AM 1097. 

26 October – Class IV; Saturday of Our Lady 

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

1 Vespers of Christ the King, MD [318]/AM 1088 ff; no commemoration of the Sunday. 

Sunday 27 October – Feast of Christ the King, Class I

All of the feast, MD [322]/1092 ff; no commemoration of the Sunday. 

Monday 28 October – SS Simon and Jude, Class II 

MD [327]/AM 1098. 

Tuesday 29 October – Class IV 

All as in the psalter for throughout the year with collect of the twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost, MD 482*/AM 615. 

Wednesday 30 October – Class IV 

Thursday 31 October – Class IV