Ordo notes for the Third Sunday after Easter

The notes below are intended to help in finding or adapting the texts for Matins according to the 1962-3 rubrics.

Integrated Matins text with the chants

For those happy to work from a Latin only test, and especially those wanting to sing some or all of it, the Gregofacsimil website provides some help this week, in the form of a complete set of texts and chants for the Sunday in one document, including including psalm pointing.

Unfortunately, however, depending on how strict a view you take of the rubrics, it doesn't quite line up with the Monastic breviaries (in any of its editions as far as I can work out).   The two key differences, as far as I can see, are:

• the verses for the responsories differ from that in both the monastic and Roman Office  - in a couple of cases the differences are minor, but in most cases, a completely different verse is used; and
• the antiphon for the third Nocturn is from the Roman Office.  The proper chant according to the Standhofe draft Psalterium is as throughout the year, alleluia.

*In addition there are minor differences in the chants for the various antiphons, so if you are familiar with the versions in the Responsorialis, you will need to take especial care!  Still, a useful document to have and usable (readings and responsories aside) for all of the Sundays after Easter.

Divinum Officium

Matins for the Third Sunday after Easter as set out at Divinum Officium (pre-Tridentine monastic) generally conforms to the 1962-3 monastic office save for the readings and responsories (though note that the opening verses should be said three times).  Note that the first Nocturn readings are from Acts 1 not Acts 13.  The correct texts, including missing responsories, can be found at my Lectio Divina blog.  The final Our Father should also be omitted.

Key texts

There is only one antiphon for each Nocturn, and these are used on Sundays throughout the season.  The texts are in the Clear Creek Matins booklet (Matins according to...); the chants can be found either in the Psalter for Matins of Peter Standhofe (PDF only), or the Nocturnale Romanum.

In terms of the other chants:

• the invitatory antiphon is Surrexit Dominus vere, alleluia, which can be found in the Liber Responsorialis (LR), pg 82; Liber Hymnarius, pg 79; or Invitatory booklet; and
• the hymn is Rex Sempiterne Domino, LR 82, Nocturnale Romanum or Liber Hymnarius.

Sources for the chants for the responsories can be found under the label Easter3 on the Benedictine Responsory blog.

Note that the Easter tone for the Te Decet Laus is used, and this can be found both in the LR (Pg 42, alter tonus) and Liber Hymnarius.