No frills Easter Wednesday vespers from the older book, Brevarium Romanum

5 Responses to No frills Easter Wednesday vespers from the older book, Brevarium Romanum

1. greasemonkey says:

   27 April 2011 at 4:44 pm

   Would someone help me out?

   After the Octave, the breviary gives the 3 Alleluias as the antiphons for Vespers. My rubrics state, “Under which antiphon alone, namely Alleluia, all the Psalms are said….”.
   Does this mean that one recites Alleluia 3 times before the 1st Psalm, recite the Gloria Patri after each Psalm as usual, and recite 3 Alleluias after the 5th Psalm? OR use the 3 Alleluias before and after each Psalm as usual in such a way that between the 1st and 2nd /3rd and 4th, one is reciting Alleluia 6 times?
2. Danny says:

   27 April 2011 at 6:57 pm

   Hey greasemonkey,

   AFTER the Octave, on feria days, your first guess is right. Alleluia x 3 before 1st psalm, glory be between each psalm and alleluia x 3 after last psalm. Right now, though, in the octave, you are still using the Easter psalms from lauds for lauds and vespers.

   Danny
3. greasemonkey says:

   27 April 2011 at 7:16 pm

   That’s what I thought. Thank you for your help!
4. Danny says:

   27 April 2011 at 7:27 pm

   One more thing,
   check out divinumofficium.com He has the breviary online for all the different versions, however, Matins readings don’t always match what is in my breviary. I thought I had it all down but Easter always throws me off too.
   Danny
5. greasemonkey says:

   29 April 2011 at 5:06 am

   That website is the Office before the reforms of John XXIII. There are elements that aren’t part of the 1962 rite. Anyhow, Matins remains unchartered waters for me. I really don’t “get it” yet.