34th Sunday of Ordinary Time

[Evan]

This sunday was the 33rd sunday of ordinary time.
Next sunday is Christ the King.

My LOTH’s has a final prayer for the 34th sunday of ordinary time, but no Antiphones for Morning and Evening prayer.

I cannot think of any circumstance where a 34th sunday would occur. Can You?

This year, in order to get to the 33rd sunday, they remove one sunday of ordinary time during the lent/easter season. So we had only 32 weeks of ordinary time but week 5 (I think) was skipped so we would have the 33rd week before Christ the King.

 

[FrDavid96]

This sunday was the 33rd sunday of ordinary time.
Next sunday is Christ the King.

My LOTH’s has a final prayer for the 34th sunday of ordinary time, but no Antiphones for Morning and Evening prayer.

I cannot think of any circumstance where a 34th sunday would occur. Can You?

This year, in order to get to the 33rd sunday, they remove one sunday of ordinary time during the lent/easter season. So we had only 32 weeks of ordinary time but week 5 (I think) was skipped so we would have the 33rd week before Christ the King.

Christ the King is always the last Sunday of Ord. Time, regardless of what the number is. The maximum number of weeks that we could have is 34, and that happens this year, so Christ the King is also the 34th Sunday, and the 34th week is used for the weekdays.

If your LOTH matches mine (and they should) there is no 34th Sunday (since that necessarily must be Christ the King) however the prayer is given for the following weekdays (not Sunday) and the Psalter uses week 2. You might be misreading the title of the page–that’s easy to do.

PS Christ the King has its own propers.

PPS the antiphons would be those found in the Psalter week 2 for the weekdays.

 

[peregrinus_sg]

The texts of the 34th Sunday is never used on a Sunday.

However, the concluding prayer for the 34th Sunday can be used at the end of the Office of Readings for the 34th week of the year, as well as in the other weeks of the year. Thus it is provided for the Office of Readings.

 

[FrDavid96]

This sunday was the 33rd sunday of ordinary time.
Next sunday is Christ the King.

My LOTH’s has a final prayer for the 34th sunday of ordinary time, but no Antiphones for Morning and Evening prayer.

I cannot think of any circumstance where a 34th sunday would occur. Can You?

This year, in order to get to the 33rd sunday, they remove one sunday of ordinary time during the lent/easter season. So we had only 32 weeks of ordinary time but week 5 (I think) was skipped so we would have the 33rd week before Christ the King.

Evan,
It’s odd how they printed it. The 34th Sunday of OT is always Christ the King, so on Sunday itself, follow the pages for Christ the King (including the proper antiphons found there).

On the following weekdays, follow the Psalter, week 2 and take the antiphons from the Psalter and the prayer from the 34th Sunday (which should actually say 34th week and not 34th Sunday)

I checked 2 different printings of the LOTH. One lists the “34th Week” (that was the one I checked first) and the other lists the “34th Sunday” (that was the one I checked after Peregrinus posted because it seemed odd that we would have conflicting info)

There is no text for the 34th Sunday, even though it might be mis-labeled as that in the book (as Peregrinus said, we don’t use it on that day).

 

[Evan]

So…

If I prayed the Office of Readings (which I have never done), I would use the final prayer from the previous sunday? If that is the case I see why it would be included.

The book I carry to work is “Shorter Christian Prayer” Catholic Book Publishing Co. and page 539 has 34th week in ordinary time. But has no reference to Office of Readings.

The book I use at home is “Christian Prayer” Catholic Book Publishing Co. and page 640 has 34th sunday in ordinary time. And has a shortened version of the Office of Readings.

In the office of readings does one usually use the concluding prayer from sunday rather than from the day (say from Tuesday week II of the Psalter)?

 

[FrDavid96]

So…

If I prayed the Office of Readings (which I have never done), I would use the final prayer from the previous sunday? If that is the case I see why it would be included.

The book I carry to work is “Shorter Christian Prayer” Catholic Book Publishing Co. and page 539 has 34th week in ordinary time. But has no reference to Office of Readings.

The book I use at home is “Christian Prayer” Catholic Book Publishing Co. and page 640 has 34th sunday in ordinary time. And has a shortened version of the Office of Readings.

In the office of readings does one usually use the concluding prayer from sunday rather than from the day (say from Tuesday week II of the Psalter)?

The problem is that the printing should not say “34th Sunday of Ordinary Time” it should say “34th Week of Ord Time”

During the week, you wouldn’t use the prayers from the preceeding Sunday, because that would be Christ the King.

What they label as the “34th Sun” actually refers to the weekday prayers for the weekdays following CtK; Since there are no prayers for the 34th Sunday.

Yes, it is confusing. The St. Paul editions make this a little clearer.

 

[Evan]

Thanks for your help. I’ll check with my wife (who prays the OoR).

 

[peregrinus_sg]

Those of us who use the British edition The Divine Office will have no confusion. That’s because the British edition prints the complete office for the Solemnity of Christ the King in place of the 34th Sunday of the Year. What follows after this Office is the Office for Monday of the 34th Week of the Year.

The concluding prayers for all 34 Sundays of the Year are printed in a separate section before the Ordinary of the Liturgy of the Hours (which is titled Frequently Recurring Texts). There is a rubric at the beginning of the section which states:

On Sundays of the Year, the concluding prayer at all Hours of the Office of the Season is that which corresponds to the number of the Sundays.

On weekdays, however, the concluding prayer at The Office of Readings is the proper prayer of the preceding Sunday, or any prayer taken from the following series.

A rubric printed after the Second Reading in the Office of Readings for each weekday refers to this section for the concluding prayer.