The alleluia that is sung on feast days in commemoration of eternal rejoicing, calls to mind both the joys of the elect and the Lord’s praise….
Amalar of Metz, On the Liturgy
The previous part of this series on Lauds looked at the variant structures of Lauds.
This post looks at when each of those variants are used.
In the 1962 Office,there are four levels of days: Class I (solemnities), Class II, Class III and Class IV (ordinary weekdays). In addition feasts, Vigils and Octaves can be Class I, II or III.
Sundays
The default level of day for Sundays during the year is Class II.
The standard texts
The standard texts for Sunday Lauds - with the exception of the collect and canticle antiphon - can be found in the psalter section of your Office book.
On Class I Sundays - the Sundays in the special seasons of the year, as well as some feasts - some or all of these standard texts can be displaced by special ones for the feast or season.
Benedictus antiphon
On Sundays the Benedictus antiphon is always of the Sunday of the year or feast, and usually reflects the (EF) Gospel at Mass (and Matins).
Collect
The Collect at Lauds is of the Sunday.
Page references for Sunday Lauds in the Monastic Diurnal (MD) and Antiphonale Monasticum (AM) are given below.
The psalmody at Sunday Lauds during the year
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Notes
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Psalm 66 (psalm without an antiphon)
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MD 38/AM 25: Sung slowly without antiphon as at Compline – tone used is sometimes used at Compline
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Antiphon: Alleluia, Alleluia
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MD 39-46/AM 25-29: Note that there is normally only one antiphon for the three psalms, as at Prime-None
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Psalm 50+ Gloria
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Psalm 117+Gloria
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Psalm 62+Gloria
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Antiphon: Alleluia
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Antiphon for the canticle
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MD 46-48/AM 29-31
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Canticle: Benedicite Domino
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Gloria Patri is not said, however everyone stands and bows for the verse ‘Benedicamus Patrem et Filium..’(MD 48/AM 30)
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Antiphon for the canticle
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Antiphon for the Laudate psalms
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MD 49/AM 32
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Ps 148+149+150+Gloria
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MD 49-52/AM 31-2: The Laudate psalms again have only one antiphon, and are sung with only one Gloria Patri at the end
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Antiphon
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Weekdays during the year
The standard texts
The basic texts for Lauds - with the exception of the collect - can be found in the psalter section of your Office book.
OT canticle
There are two options in relation to the Old Testament canticle for Monday to Saturday, the feria or festal canticle.
The ferial canticle is the default option, as this is the set of canticles that were referred to by St Benedict in his Rule.
Up until the reforms of 1911, the ferial canticles were used on all days except major feasts (Class I&II equivalents, and the equivalent to Class III feasts with their own antiphons, when the Sunday canticle was used instead).
This system is still permissible. as the use of the festal canticles of the day of the week is entirely optional (indeed, the use of the festal canticles originally required a special indult from the Holy See). .
However, many monasteries do use the festal canticles.
If used, there are two systems that can be adopted, namely either:
- use the festal canticle on most days (but not Class I&II feasts or occasions when the festal psalms are used, where the Benedicite is said instead), and keep the ferial for penitential days and seasons (thus mirroring the Roman Office practice); or
- use the festal canticle for feasts (Class III feasts and Saturdays of Our Lady) and the ferial on other days.
Benedictus antiphon
The antiphon for the Benedictus is normally 'of the day of the week' (outside of the more intense liturgical seasons).
Collect
The Collect at Lauds is normally of the Sunday of the week (unless displaced by the day or season).
On Saturdays outside of Lent and Advent, unless it is a third class feast or higher, the Office is usually 'of Our Lady on Saturday'.
This affects the chapter, responsory, hymn, versicle, Benedictus antiphon and collect for Lauds. These can be found on MD (129).
LAUDS
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‘Default’ texts
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Opening prayers – Deus…
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MD 1/AM 1
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MD 38, 58/AM 25
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Antiphons
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of day of the week or feast/season
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Antiphon(s), Psalm 50; 2 variable
psalms; OT canticle; Laudate psalms Ps 148-150
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[Sunday, MD 39/AM 25
Festal (for feasts), MD 44/AM 28]
Monday - MD 59/AM 38
Tuesday - start MD 76/AM 45
Wednesday – MD 89/AM 52
Thursday – MD 102/AM 58
Friday - MD 118/AM 66
Saturday - MD 133/AM 73
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Chapter
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See in psalter as above or for
season/feast;
On Saturdays of Our Lady, MD (129)/AM
714
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Short Responsory
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Hymn
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Versicle
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Antiphon for the Benedictus
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Benedictus
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MD 56, 73/AM 35
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Antiphon for the Benedictus
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M-S of the day of the week;
Sun of the week in the calendar
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Closing prayers
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MD 57
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- Collect
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Of
the week of the liturgical year or day/feast
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- Commemoration of
the saint or day
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Canticle
antiphon, versicle and collect said immediately after the collect of the day
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Memorials and commemorations
One of the key features of Lauds is that memorials of saints (the lowest category of feast of saints) are marked at this hour. If there is a commemoration (memorial) on a particular day, it is said immediately after the collect.
There are basically two types of commemorations.
The first are 'privileged' commemorations, for example of a Sunday when some other feast overrides it, or when a day in a season such as Lent is displaced by a feast. In these cases, a commemoration is usually made both at Lauds and Vespers.
Ordinary commemorations (such as saints days that are memorials) only affect Lauds.
So, the commemoration of the Feast of St George for example, only affects Lauds. At every other hour, you would say the normal collect from Sunday only.
A commemoration consists of:
- an antiphon (from the Benedictus at Lauds, Magnificat at Vespers);
- the short verse and response, or versicle that would have been said after it at Lauds or Vespers;
- a prayer (collect).
So on the Feast of St George at Lauds, you say the Sunday collect, then turn to page [112] in the Diurnal and say the antiphon 'Filiae Ierusalem..', then the verse and response (Pretiosa...Mors..), then the prayer (Deus, qui...).
The number of commemorations that can be made on any particular day depends on the level of the day - no commemorations are made on first class Sundays; one commemoration can be made on second class Sundays and days; two commemorations on third or fourth class days.
The special seasons
During the special seasons of the year such as Lent and Advent, some or all of the texts after the psalmody are usually of the season.
This means that you need to ignore the chapter, responsory, hymn and so forth provided in the psalter section of your Office book, and instead use those from the 'temporale'.
In addition, there may be specific antiphons both for the psalms and the Benedictus (canticle) for the day or period of the season.
The effect of feasts
The table below compares the effects of different levels of feasts on Lauds and Vespers.
As for Vespers, Lauds on feasts can use texts either specific to the feast, or from the 'Common' of the type of saint (or feast).
The key difference is that Lauds has only one standard set of festal psalms.
LEVEL OF FEAST
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EFFECT ON VESPERS
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EFFECT ON LAUDS
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Memorial
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none
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After Collect of the day, say the canticle antiphon, versicle and collect of the memorial
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Class III without
proper antiphons
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Psalms and antiphons of the day;
chapter, responsory, hymn etc from the Common
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Class III with proper antiphons
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Psalms of Sunday or the Common; antiphons of the feast; chapter etc for the feast (from the proper of the feast or the Common)
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Festal Psalms (under Sunday) – Ps 92, 99, 62;
Option of using festal canticle of the day of the week;
chapter etc for the feast (from the proper of the feast or the Common)
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Class II
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All for the feast (or from the Common of Saints or season), including psalms of feast, Sunday or Common
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Festal psalms; Benedicite;
Chapter etc of feast, season or common
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Class I
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All for the feast (or from the Common of saints or season) with I Vespers the night before
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Festal psalms; Benedicite;
Chapter etc of feast, season or common
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