Liturgy of the Hours Out of Order?

[Harrison]

I have the single volume Christian Prayer book that I use to pray the Liturgy of the Hours. Currently we are in the 32nd Sunday of ordinary time, correct? Well in the Proper of Seasons in my book, just a few pages ahead on page 641, it says Sunday after Pentacost, Trinity Sunday. It then continues through Corpus Christi and Sacred Heart before returning to the feast of Christ the King, which is the last Sunday in Ordinary time. In my book, Pentacost ends on Page 610 and on page 611 is the 7th sunday in ordinary time.

Is this a misprint? It seems silly to put the Sunday after Pentacost just before the end of ordinary time, instead of after Pentacost.

If this is the way it is supposed to be that’s great, but I want to see if my book was just printed wrong.

Thank you for any responses!

 

[nlh1302]

I think they decided to group all the movable feasts (which don’t have a fixed date on the calendar) at the back of the Proper of Seasons. Perhaps they thought it would be easier to locate them if they were all in one place.

All feasts which are celebrated on a specific date are found in the Proper of Saints.

 

[totustuus2345]

I Currently we are in the 32nd Sunday of ordinary time, correct?

Actually, no today is the Feast of St. John Lateran, which trumps the Sunday, since it is a feast of Our Lord, it is from the common of a dedication of a church

 

[Harrison]

Actually, no today is the Feast of St. John Lateran, which trumps the Sunday, since it is a feast of Our Lord, it is from the common of a dedication of a church

Well yes, you are right, but it is still the 32nd Sunday in ordinary time.

Can anyone look at their book and let me know where the above mentioned days are?

 

[Manfred]

I have the single volume Christian Prayer book that I use to pray the Liturgy of the Hours. Currently we are in the 32nd Sunday of ordinary time, correct? Well in the Proper of Seasons in my book, just a few pages ahead on page 641, it says Sunday after Pentacost, Trinity Sunday. It then continues through Corpus Christi and Sacred Heart before returning to the feast of Christ the King, which is the last Sunday in Ordinary time. In my book, Pentacost ends on Page 610 and on page 611 is the 7th sunday in ordinary time.

Is this a misprint? It seems silly to put the Sunday after Pentacost just before the end of ordinary time, instead of after Pentacost.

If this is the way it is supposed to be that’s great, but I want to see if my book was just printed wrong.

Thank you for any responses!

Just a guess, but, as you may know, Ordinary Time is actually distributed between those Sundays between the Epiphany and Lent, and those between Pentecost and Advent. Further, I believe they are numbered sequentially, ending at 34.

Thus, Trinity Sunday does not occur on the same Sunday in Ordinary Time every year. But it is always the first Sunday after Pentecost. And in the USA, Corpus Christi is the Sunday after that.

So, my guess is the Solemnities, i.e., Trinity Sunday, Corpus Christi, Christ the King, all got grouped together in your book, but not necessarily with the other Sundays of Ordinary Time.

 

[tee_eff_em]

Just a guess, but, as you may know, Ordinary Time is actually distributed between those Sundays between the Epiphany and Lent, and those between Pentecost and Advent. Further, I believe they are numbered sequentially, ending at 34.

Mostly. As often as not, one or sometimes even two weeks are “lost” in the middle of the year, around the seasons of Lent and Easter. (eg the day before Ash Wednesday may belong to the VI week of Ordinary Time and the day after Pentecost may belong to the VIII week of Ordinary Time. In such a year there simply is not a VII week).

This is done to make the math work out. The I week of Ordinary Time always begins the day after the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord; the I Sunday of Advent is always immediately preceded by the XXXIV week of Ordinary Time.

And to the OP: The moveable feasts are placed together in the Proper of Seasons because they have no fixed place in the calendar. They *could *have been placed at the end of the Easter Season, since they relate to it, but they would still be “out of order”.

Similarly, you will find the (moveable) Optional Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary stuck between 31-May and 1-Jun, on p 1159, in the Proper of Saints.

tee
Armchair Liturgical Calendar Nerd

 

[Chatter163]

So, my guess is the Solemnities, i.e., Trinity Sunday, Corpus Christi, Christ the King, all got grouped together in your book, but not necessarily with the other Sundays of Ordinary Time.

This grouping comes from the Sacramentary, which lists them precisely in this fashin, along withe the Sacred Heart. It is a short section called “Solemnities of the Lord during Ordinary Time.”

 

[Harrison]

Thank you very much everybody! That clears things up.