Ranking of Liturgical Feasts: Two Feasts, Same Day, Same Class?

[Brandon_Cal]

When two Feasts fall on the same day (usually one fixed and one moveable) and they are both of the same class, how do you determine which one takes precedence?

For example, The Feast of the Immaculate Conception and the Sundays of Advent are both 1st Class. Should the Feast of the Immaculate Conception fall on a Sunday I know that it outranks the Sunday of Advent, but why? What’s the rule of thumb here?

In particular I’m thinking of the Feast of St. Anne on July 26th which is of the 2nd Class. That just so happens to be on a Sunday After Pentecost (which is also of the 2nd Class). So which Mass is said on July 26th 2015?

 

[Chatter163]

According to the calendar and missal of 1962, Immaculate Conception is a bit of an anomaly. It supersedes the 2nd Sunday of Advent, as happened in 2013.

St. Anne, not being a feast of Our Lord or first-class feast of Our Lady, does not supersede the Sunday, but it is commemorated as a second collect at Mass and Lauds.

 

[Brandon_Cal]

According to the calendar and missal of 1962, Immaculate Conception is a bit of an anomaly. It supersedes the 2nd Sunday of Advent, as happened in 2013.

St. Anne, not being a feast of Our Lord or first-class feast of Our Lady, does not supersede the Sunday, but it is commemorated as a second collect at Mass and Lauds.

However, Last year the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary (February 2nd) fell on the 4th Sunday After Epiphany and superseded the later, while both are only 2nd Class Feasts.

Could somebody point me to something definitive that categorically states what causes certain feasts of a particular class to outrank other feasts of the same class?

 

[powerofk]

According to the calendar and missal of 1962, Immaculate Conception is a bit of an anomaly. It supersedes the 2nd Sunday of Advent, as happened in 2013.

St. Anne, not being a feast of Our Lord or first-class feast of Our Lady, does not supersede the Sunday, but it is commemorated as a second collect at Mass and Lauds.

But according to the OF, the Second Sunday of Advent superseded the Immaculate Conception (the Immaculate Conception was celebrated on December 9 in 2013 according the OF, and due to its date being moved, was not considered a Holy Day of Obligation, as the obligation exists for the 8th of December, regardless of when it falls).

 

[Brandon_Cal]

But according to the OF, the Second Sunday of Advent superseded the Immaculate Conception (the Immaculate Conception was celebrated on December 9 in 2013 according the OF, and due to its date being moved, was not considered a Holy Day of Obligation, as the obligation exists for the 8th of December, regardless of when it falls).

I’m sorry. I should have explicitly mentioned that I’m asking about the ranking of feasts according to the 1960 Calendar, not the one used for the OF.

 

[Chatter163]

However, Last year the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary (February 2nd) fell on the 4th Sunday After Epiphany and superseded the later, while both are only 2nd Class Feasts.

Could somebody point me to something definitive that categorically states what causes certain feasts of a particular class to outrank other feasts of the same class?

The feast of the Purification of the BVM is also the feast of the Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple. It is on that basis that it trumps the Sunday.

The ranking of feasts as revised by St. John XXIII is containing in his “new rubrics” of 1960, and this is what is used in the 1962 edition of the Roman Missal. The first chapter deals with the ranking of feasts. maternalheart.org/library/1962rubrics.pdf These are explained in further detail by Fortescue and O’Connell.

 

[Brandon_Cal]

The feast of the Purification of the BVM is also the feast of the Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple. It is on that basis that it trumps the Sunday.

The ranking of feasts as revised by St. John XXIII is containing in his “new rubrics” of 1960, and this is what is used in the 1962 edition of the Roman Missal. The first chapter deals with the ranking of feasts. maternalheart.org/library/1962rubrics.pdf These are explained in further detail by Fortescue and O’Connell.

Beautiful! That’s just what I was looking for. Thank you!