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the Saint. The use of such readings is not to be insisted upon, unless a pastoral reason truly suggests it". The
Collect proper to the memorial is used or, if this is lacking, one from an appropriate Common. As to the Prayer over the Offerings and the Prayer after Communion, unless these are proper, they may be taken either from the Common or from the weekday of the current time of the year.
235:, and gave some of them, either permanently or on the occasions when their celebration coincided with one of higher rank, only a commemoration within the office actually celebrated. The Code of Rubrics laid down that, unless proper psalms are assigned, a third-class office uses the weekday psalms and at
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d) In the Office of
Readings, the biblical reading with its responsory is that assigned to the weekday. The hagiographical second reading with its responsory is proper to the saint, but if no proper reading is assigned, the reading is either taken from the Common or is the patristic reading of the
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The GIRM lays down that, for memorials of saints, "unless proper readings are given, the readings assigned for the weekday are normally used. In certain cases, particularised readings are provided, that is to say, readings which highlight some particular aspect of the spiritual life or activity of
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Memorials are either obligatory or optional. The rules governing the celebration of memorials, whether obligatory or optional, are identical. The only difference is precisely that an optional memorial need not be observed, and, with the limitations indicated for the second part of
178:
reading and responsory of the saint, and concluding with the prayer of the saint; and adding to Lauds and
Vespers, after the concluding prayer of the weekday, the antiphon (proper or common) and the prayer of the saint.
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as doubles, semidoubles and simples, with doubles further subdivided into first-class doubles, second-class doubles, major doubles and mere doubles. A few years before Pope John XXIII's reform,
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Sometimes memorials that are called obligatory cease to be such. This occurs to those that fall within Lent. If two obligatory memorials coincide (as can happen when the movable memorial of the
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The
General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours gives the following indications on celebration of memorials occurring on ordinary days: In the Office of Readings and at
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combines the second and third readings for the ferial day into a second reading, with a reading about the saint or mystery providing the third, followed by the Te Deum. In
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and for Lent, there is the possibility of celebrating instead the Mass either of another memorial assigned to that day, or of the weekday, or of any saint mentioned in the
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had done away with the tradition that any double feast, of which there were over 200 in the course of the year, outranked a normal Sunday celebration.
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174:, which are then never obligatory, consist of adding to the Office of Readings, after the patristic reading and responsory of the weekday, the
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275:, they add a commemoration of the ferial day, except on 17–23 December, days classified as second-class ferias that thus outrank them.
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100:
152:, these are used. Otherwise these elements are taken either from the Common or from the Office of the current week and day.
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70:
Celebrations of solemnities and feasts are distinguished from those of memorials by, for instance, recitation of the
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for that day, or indeed (except during the first part of Advent, the days from 2 January to the day before
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247:, everything after the psalms is either from the proper or the common of the feast. The same is done at
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is of the weekday unless otherwise assigned. Third-class feasts are merely commemorated on weekdays of
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521:
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682:
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The observance of memorials is integrated into the celebration of the occurring weekday (the
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are taken from the current weekday, unless the memorial has proper antiphons and psalms.
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Celebrations of memorials occurring between 17 and 24 December and during
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Rubrics, saints and mysteries were traditionally
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falls on the date of a fixed obligatory memorial), both become optional.
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903:
822:
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628:
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50:
39:
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163:
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in the universal calendar which do not normally fall on a Sunday.
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c) The concluding prayer is taken from the Office of the saint.
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114:, which are then never obligatory, consist of replacing the
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268:
252:
171:
111:
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218:
80:(an inclusion otherwise allowed only on Sundays) and the
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Liturgical rank according to the
General Roman Calendar
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General Norms for the
Liturgical Year and the Calendar
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General Norms for the
Liturgical Year and the Calendar
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spoke of "third-class feasts, as can be seen in the
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419:The New Rubrics of the Roman Breviary and Missal
385:General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours
373:General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours
448:
223:In approximate correspondence to memorials,
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441:
99:) according to the norms set forth in the
271:and are not observed on Sundays. During
101:General Instruction of the Roman Missal
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286:had already abolished semidoubles and
219:Pre-Vatican II forms of the Roman Rite
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103:(GIRM) and the Liturgy of the Hours.
166:are taken entirely from the weekday.
118:of the day with that of the saint.
13:
1455:All Saints' Eve / All Hallows' Eve
1449:All Saints' Day / All Hallows' Day
904:All Saints' Eve / All Hallows' Eve
898:All Saints' Day / All Hallows' Day
204:), a Mass for Various Needs, or a
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183:Obligatory and optional memorials
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554:
259:. There are very few changes at
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42:", or "feasts", or "memorials".
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162:e) Prayer during the Day and
133:a) All the psalms with their
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863:Nativity of John the Baptist
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10:
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1198:
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963:
937:
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727:Mass of the Lord's Supper
707:
637:
619:
563:
552:
504:
500:
474:
629:Presentation of the Lord
213:Immaculate Heart of Mary
1516:holy days of obligation
1428:Exaltation of the Cross
1052:Octave Day of Christmas
892:Exaltation of the Cross
1389:Saint John the Baptist
300:General Roman Calendar
1395:Saints Peter and Paul
1301:Sundays after Easter
1008:Immaculate Conception
869:Saints Peter and Paul
540:Immaculate Conception
1467:Presentation of Mary
1093:Purification of Mary
916:Presentation of Mary
88:Liturgy of the Hours
1484:Ordinary Procession
1088:Baptism of the Lord
782:Divine Mercy Sunday
611:Baptism of the Lord
598:Mary, Mother of God
1592:Catholic holy days
1544:Liturgical colours
1058:Holy Name of Jesus
73:Gloria in excelsis
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1578:
1500:
1499:
1496:
1495:
1486:according to the
1438:Maternity of Mary
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1367:Summer Ember Days
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1225:
1178:Spring Ember Days
1019:Winter Ember Days
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928:
546:December 17 to 23
194:Roman Martyrology
35:of the religion.
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1569:
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1523:Older calendars
1423:Nativity of Mary
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1029:Christmas Season
965:
964:
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938:
887:Nativity of Mary
565:Christmas Season
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501:
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55:Octave of Easter
53:, or day of the
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1443:Christ the King
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1276:
1232:Paschal Triduum
1222:
1194:
1134:
1097:
1068:Epiphany Season
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1023:
959:
944:Tridentine Mass
925:
921:Christ the King
875:Transfiguration
827:
748:
709:Paschal Triduum
703:
633:
615:
559:
550:
496:
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468:Catholic Church
464:Liturgical year
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229:Code of Rubrics
225:Pope John XXIII
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68:
63:
29:Catholic Church
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12:
11:
5:
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1462:All Souls' Day
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1458:
1457:
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1440:
1435:
1430:
1425:
1420:
1413:
1408:
1403:
1401:Precious Blood
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1391:
1386:
1381:
1378:Corpus Christi
1374:
1372:Trinity Sunday
1369:
1364:
1358:
1356:
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1236:
1234:
1228:
1227:
1224:
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1220:
1215:
1210:
1208:Passion Sunday
1204:
1202:
1196:
1195:
1193:
1192:
1187:
1180:
1175:
1174:
1173:
1168:
1163:
1158:
1150:
1144:
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1116:
1114:
1105:
1099:
1098:
1096:
1095:
1090:
1085:
1080:
1072:
1070:
1064:
1063:
1061:
1060:
1055:
1048:
1047:
1046:
1033:
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1024:
1022:
1021:
1016:
1014:Greater Ferias
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1004:
999:
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987:
982:
973:
971:
961:
960:
935:
934:
931:
930:
927:
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923:
918:
913:
911:All Souls' Day
908:
907:
906:
894:
889:
884:
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872:
865:
860:
855:
850:
847:Corpus Christi
843:
841:Trinity Sunday
837:
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377:
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310:
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307:
304:
303:
302:
295:
292:
220:
217:
184:
181:
176:hagiographical
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167:
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148:antiphons and
138:
67:
64:
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59:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
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1603:
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1567:
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1538:
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1525:
1524:
1522:
1521:
1517:
1514:marks the 10
1513:
1510:
1507:
1506:
1503:
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1360:
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1337:Rogation Days
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1331:
1328:
1326:
1323:
1321:
1318:
1316:
1313:
1311:
1308:
1306:
1303:
1302:
1300:
1296:
1293:
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1290:Easter Sunday
1288:
1287:
1285:
1283:
1282:Easter Season
1279:
1273:
1270:
1268:
1267:Holy Saturday
1265:
1263:
1260:
1256:
1253:
1251:
1248:
1247:
1246:
1245:Holy Thursday
1243:
1241:
1238:
1237:
1235:
1233:
1229:
1219:
1216:
1214:
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1209:
1206:
1205:
1203:
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1197:
1191:
1188:
1186:
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1179:
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1164:
1162:
1159:
1157:
1154:
1153:
1151:
1149:
1148:Ash Wednesday
1146:
1145:
1143:
1141:
1137:
1131:
1130:Quinquagesima
1128:
1126:
1123:
1121:
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1091:
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1078:
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1073:
1071:
1069:
1065:
1059:
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1044:Christmas Eve
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764:
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759:
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739:Holy Saturday
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735:
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728:
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723:
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717:Holy Thursday
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481:Ordinary Form
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61:Present rules
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47:Ash Wednesday
43:
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36:
34:
30:
26:
22:
1597:Saints' days
1559:Easter cycle
1511:
1488:Roman Ritual
1447:
1415:
1393:
1384:Sacred Heart
1376:
1341:
1272:Easter Vigil
1190:Annunciation
1184:Saint Joseph
1182:
1120:Septuagesima
1075:
1050:
1036:
1006:
952:Latin Church
896:
879:
867:
853:Sacred Heart
845:
815:
744:Easter Vigil
689:Annunciation
683:Saint Joseph
681:
603:
596:
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