November
27 - FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT (violet or dark blue) BAS p. 268, Grad 1010
28 – Advent Feria – BAS p. 452, Grad 1012
29 – Advent Feria – BAS p. 452, Grad 1013
30 – St Andrew the Apostle (red), BAS p. 430, FAS p. 359, Grad 2002
December
1 – Advent Feria BAS p. 452 Grad 1015
2 – Advent Feria - BAS p. 452,Grad 1016
3 – St Francis Xavier (white) - BAS p. 452, FAS p. 361, Grad 3121
4 – ADVENT II (violet or dark blue) comm. Nicholas Ferrar BAS p. 269, Grad 1020 FAS p. 363
5 – St Clement of Alexandria (white), BAS p. 452, FAS p. 365, Grad 2010
6 – St Nicholas (white) BAS p. 453, FAS p. 367, Grad 2012 Year’s Mind of the Montreal Massacre
7 – St Ambrose (white) BAS p. 453, FAS p. 369, Grad 2014
8 – Conception BVM (white and blue) – FAS p. 371, Grad 2016
9 – Prophets of the Old Covenant (white) BAS p. 453, FAS p. 373, Grad 2565
10 – Of the Octave (white and blue) BAS p. 453, Grad 2016
11 – ADVENT III “Gaudete” (rose-pink) Independence Day in the Dominion of Canada BAS p. 270, Grad 1030.
2nd celebration: BAS p. 412, Grad 5220
12 - Advent Feria (violet or dark blue) BAS p. 453, Grad 1031
13 – Advent Feria (violet or dark blue) BAS p. 453, Grad 1032
14 – Simon Gibbons (Ember Wed) (white) BAS p. 453, FAS p. 375, Grad 1041
15 – Octave Day of the Conception (white and blue) BAS p. 454, collects FAS p. 371, Grad 2016
16 – Ember Friday (violet or dark blue) BAS p. 454 Grad 1042 Sapientiatide begins
17 – Ember Saturday (violet or dark blue) Grad 1043
18 – ADVENT IV “Rorate” (violet or dark blue) BAS p. 271, Grad 1040
19 – Advent Feria (violet or dark blue) BAS p. 454, Grad 1046
20 – Advent Feria (violet or dark blue) BAS p. 454, Grad 1047
21 – St Thomas the Apostle, BAS p. 413, FAS p. 213, Grad 2022
22 – Advent Feria (violet or dark blue) BAS p. 454, Grad 1051
23 – Advent Feria (violet or dark blue) BAS p. 454, Grad 1052
24 – Vigil of the Nativity (violet) Grad 1053
25 – NATIVITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO THE FLESH (white or gold)
Midnight: BAS p. 273, Grad 1103
Dawn: BAS p. 274, Grad 1104
Day: BAS p. 275, Grad 1105
26 – St Stephen the Protomartyr (red), BAS p. 417, Grad 1106
27 – St John the Evangelist (white), BAS p. 406, Grad 1107
28 – Holy Innocents (Childermas) (red), BAS p. 398, Grad 1108
29 – St Thomas Becket (red) FAS p. 383, FAS , Grad 2028
30 – Christmas Feria (white) BAS p. 455, Grad 1111
31 – John West (white), BAS p. 455, FAS p. 385, Grad 3121
January
1 – OCTAVE DAY OF THE NATIVITY: NAMING & CIRCUMCISION OF JESUS (white or gold)
BAS p. 277, Grad 1112/1113
2 – St Basil the Great & St Gregory of Nazianzus (white), BAS p. 456, FAS p. 41, Grad 2259/2366
3 – Weekday in Christmas (white), BAS p. 456, Grad 1114
4 – Weekday in Christmas (white), BAS p. 456, Grad 1115
5 – Weekday in Christmas (white), BAS p. 457, Grad 1117
6 – Epiphany (gold or white) BAS p. 279, Grad 1202
7 – Weekday in the Octave (white), BAS p. 457, Grad 1203
8 – SUNDAY IN THE OCTAVE OF EPIPHANY: BAPTISM OF THE LORD (white) BAS p. 348, Grad 1204/1205
9 – In the Octave (white), BAS p. 468, Grad 1302
10 – William Laud (red), BAS p. 468, FAS p. 45, Grad 2032
11 – In the Octave (white), BAS p. 468, Grad 1302
12 – Marguerite Bourgeoys (white), BAS p. 468, FAS p. 49, Grad 3412
13 – St Hilary of Poitiers (white), BAS p. 468, FAS p. 53, Grad 2036
14 – John Horden (white), BAS p. 469, FAS p. 51, Grad 3111
15 – SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY (Proper 2: green) BAS p. 349, Grad 1303
16 – Richard Benson (from Sunday) (white) BAS p. 469, FAS p. 55, Grad 3411
17 – St Antony of Egypt, BAS p. 469, FAS p. 57, Grad 2042
18 – Confession of St Peter the Apostle (white) Octave of Christian Unity begins BAS p. 399, Grad 2044
19 – Requiem (black) BAS p. 469, Grad 4730
20 – Requiem (black) BAS p. 469, Grad 4730
21 – St Agnes of Rome (red), BAS p. 469, FAS p. 61, Grad 2050
22 – THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY (proper 3: green) BAS p. 350, Grad 1304
23 – St Vincent the Deacon (from Sunday) BAS p. 470, FAS p. 63, Grad 2052
24 – St Francis de Sales (white), BAS p. 470, FAS p. 65, Grad 3211
25 – Conversion of St Paul the Apostle (white) BAS p. 400, Grad 2056
26 – SS Timothy & Titus (white), BAS p. 470, FAS p. 69, Grad 2060
27 – St John Chrysostom (white), BAS p. 470, FAS p. 71, Grad 2062
28 – St Thomas Aquinas (white), BAS p. 470, FAS p. 73, Grad 2064
29 – FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY (proper 4: green) BAS p. 352, Grad 1305
30 – St Charles Stuart (red) BAS p. 470, FAS p. 75, Grad 2066
31 – Requiem (black) BAS p. 470, Grad 4730
February
1- Requiem (black) BAS p. 470, Grad 4730
2- Presentation of Christ & Purification BVM (Candlemas) BAS p. 401, Grad 2070
3 – St Anskar (white) Blessing of Throats BAS p. 471, FAS p. 79, Grad 2072
4 – Requiem (black), BAS p. 471, Grad 4730
5 – FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY (proper 5: green) BAS p. 353, Grad 1306
6 – ACCESSION DAY: THE DIAMOND JUBILEE OF THE REIGN OF HM ELIZABETH II, QUEEN OF CANADA (white)
BAS p. 412, Grad 1306
7 – Martyrs of Japan (from Sunday) (red), BAS p. 471, FAS p. 81, Grad 2076
8 – Requiem (black), BAS p. 471, Grad 4730
9 – Hannah Grier Coome, BAS p. 471, FAS p. 83, Grad 3412
10 – Requiem (black), BAS p. 471, Grad 4730
11 – BVM (white and blue), BAS p. 471, Grad 5574
12 –SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY (proper 6: green) BAS p. 354, Grad 1307
13 – Requiem (black) BAS p. 472, Grad 4730
14 – SS Cyril & Methodius (white), BAS p. 472, FAS p. 85, Grad 2084
15 – Thomas Bray (white), BAS p. 472, FAS p. 87, Grad 2086
16 – Requiem (black), BAS p. 472, Grad 4730
17 – Requiem (black), BAS p. 472, Grad 4730
18 – BVM (white and blue), BAS p. 472, Grad 5574
19 – SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY (proper 7: green) BAS p. 356, Grad 1308
20 – Requiem (black), BAS p. 473, Grad 4730
21 – Requiem (black), BAS p. 473, Grad 4730
22 – Ash Wednesday (violet) BAS p. 281, Grad 1403
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Preface to the Ordo
Editorial principles
•Range
The choices made in the ordo are designed to expose the faithful to the broadest possible range of liturgical material in our repertoire. Every effort is made both to accommodate the widest possible selection of sanctoral commemorations and to maintain Archbishop Cranmer’s ideal of an orderly course of Scripture reading. This has sometimes entailed the choice of options at variance with what is envisioned by McCausland’s or the BAS itself. I have not, for example, followed the modern bias against clutter in the liturgy, as seen in the disparaging of octaves and commemorations. The latter I have suggested when a saint’s day falls on a Sunday and has no proximate candidate for transference, as an alternative to omission. The former I have retained in a modified way while preserving the integrity of the daily lectionary. For some occasions occurring on a Sunday (for example, diocesan services or civic occasions), a secondary afternoon or evening celebration may be appropriate in addition to the Parish Communion of the weekly proper.
•Readings
References are given to the BAS Daily Office Lectionary. The Weekday Eucharistic lectionary may be used instead if the Office lectionary is in use at the Office, but the BCP’s lectionary is more suitable for the latter purpose. On Sundays, the single BAS page reference yields the lections and major propers printed together. On saints’ days, the major propers are taken from For All the Saints. I have, however, preferred to interrupt lectio continua as conservatively as possible, and so I do not recommend the readings of the day on saints’ days save those given in the BAS, as on feasts of Scripture. (An exception is feasts of Our Lady, which are all treated as holy days, notwithstanding the inexplicable distinction of the Conception and Nativity in the BAS). Minor propers are taken from the Anglican Gradual and Sacramentary. The same minor propers may be repeated during traditional octaves, while the lectionary continues in course.
•Colour
I have been somewhat flexible in colour: while my normative baseline is the Use of Christminster Abbey, I have also taken account of Full Homely Divinity’s advice on local adaptation of the traditional ‘Western’ scheme. I have not made the distinction suggested by the BAS between “memorials” (which use the colour and readings of the saint) and “commemorations” (which use the ferial colour and readings, with a nod to the saint in the major propers). Rather, I have split the difference, recommending throughout the sanctoral colour (as on memorials) and the readings of the day (as an commemorations). This adjustment avoids the strange sight of saints’ days in green and endless repetitions of the Great Commission on the feasts of each and every missionary.
•Calendar
The Ordo is intended to conform to the authorized Canadian Calendar of Holy Persons. On feasts distinctive to this kalendar, since the Gradual is American in origin, an appropriate common has been suggested for the minor propers. Major historic anniversaries and some traditional ecclesiastical dates not listed in the calendar itself are noted as possible votives where appropriate and permitted by pontifical authority. On “free” days in green time, while continuing the course of the lectionary, I have suggested Daily Mass for the Dead instead of a recapitulation of the Sunday Mass. Likewise, traditional Incarnational votive Masses of Our Lady on Saturday have been referenced to the Gradual. Pastoral judgment will dictate the extent to which these options are used and the manner in which they are offered.
•Range
The choices made in the ordo are designed to expose the faithful to the broadest possible range of liturgical material in our repertoire. Every effort is made both to accommodate the widest possible selection of sanctoral commemorations and to maintain Archbishop Cranmer’s ideal of an orderly course of Scripture reading. This has sometimes entailed the choice of options at variance with what is envisioned by McCausland’s or the BAS itself. I have not, for example, followed the modern bias against clutter in the liturgy, as seen in the disparaging of octaves and commemorations. The latter I have suggested when a saint’s day falls on a Sunday and has no proximate candidate for transference, as an alternative to omission. The former I have retained in a modified way while preserving the integrity of the daily lectionary. For some occasions occurring on a Sunday (for example, diocesan services or civic occasions), a secondary afternoon or evening celebration may be appropriate in addition to the Parish Communion of the weekly proper.
•Readings
References are given to the BAS Daily Office Lectionary. The Weekday Eucharistic lectionary may be used instead if the Office lectionary is in use at the Office, but the BCP’s lectionary is more suitable for the latter purpose. On Sundays, the single BAS page reference yields the lections and major propers printed together. On saints’ days, the major propers are taken from For All the Saints. I have, however, preferred to interrupt lectio continua as conservatively as possible, and so I do not recommend the readings of the day on saints’ days save those given in the BAS, as on feasts of Scripture. (An exception is feasts of Our Lady, which are all treated as holy days, notwithstanding the inexplicable distinction of the Conception and Nativity in the BAS). Minor propers are taken from the Anglican Gradual and Sacramentary. The same minor propers may be repeated during traditional octaves, while the lectionary continues in course.
•Colour
I have been somewhat flexible in colour: while my normative baseline is the Use of Christminster Abbey, I have also taken account of Full Homely Divinity’s advice on local adaptation of the traditional ‘Western’ scheme. I have not made the distinction suggested by the BAS between “memorials” (which use the colour and readings of the saint) and “commemorations” (which use the ferial colour and readings, with a nod to the saint in the major propers). Rather, I have split the difference, recommending throughout the sanctoral colour (as on memorials) and the readings of the day (as an commemorations). This adjustment avoids the strange sight of saints’ days in green and endless repetitions of the Great Commission on the feasts of each and every missionary.
•Calendar
The Ordo is intended to conform to the authorized Canadian Calendar of Holy Persons. On feasts distinctive to this kalendar, since the Gradual is American in origin, an appropriate common has been suggested for the minor propers. Major historic anniversaries and some traditional ecclesiastical dates not listed in the calendar itself are noted as possible votives where appropriate and permitted by pontifical authority. On “free” days in green time, while continuing the course of the lectionary, I have suggested Daily Mass for the Dead instead of a recapitulation of the Sunday Mass. Likewise, traditional Incarnational votive Masses of Our Lady on Saturday have been referenced to the Gradual. Pastoral judgment will dictate the extent to which these options are used and the manner in which they are offered.
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