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| Re: Night Prayer & Office in general during Triduum | Father Smith | Saturday, March 5, 2005 |
Question: Although not explicit in the rubrics for the Office one of the customs in some monasteries is that one does not begin or end the Office from after the Mass of the Lord's Supper until after the Vigil. This follows the pattern set in the Sacramentary in which one begins with the sign of the cross on Holy Thursday and ends with the blessing and dismissal at the Vigil, thereby keeping the sense of one great liturgical action. So the Hours for Good Friday and Holy Saturday begin immediately with the hymn (or invitatory psalm in MP or OR) without the verse O God... or Lord, open... and ends with the oration, omitting the blessing (and dismissal) If one chooses to follow this custom there would then be no Marian antiphon at the end of night prayer |
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| Question Answered by Mr. Jacob Slavek
Dear Father, Thank you for posting, I have never heard of this custom. Mr. Slavek Footer Notes: (a) A Eucharistic Minister is clergy (Ordinary Ministers of Holy Communion). Laity are Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion and should never be called Eucharistic Ministers. (b) There is no such Mass called the Novus Ordo. The Current Mass is the Roman Missal of 2000, or the Oridinary Form of the Mass. The Tridentine Mass is the Roman Missal of 1962, or the Extraordinary Form of the Mass. Please refrain from using the term, Novus Ordo. Thanks. (c) The titles of Acolyte and Lector belong exclusively to the Installed Offices of Acolyte and Lector, who are men (only) appointed by the Bishop. These roles performed by others are Altar Servers and Readers, respectively. |
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