Proper of Seasons completely revised

I just finished the revisions of the Proper of Seasons, and have uploaded the latest versions:

Breviarium

Breviarium 5x8 (Lulu format)

There are numerous updates:
- English translations updated
- All rubrics in parallel Latin/English
- Formatting changes
- Errors/typos fixed
- More page references included

I've tried to condense things like headings to make the text more compact. With the space I've saved, I expanded many things that were merely included by reference before. This should (hopefully) reduce page-flipping significantly. The rubrics have also been expanded, so hopefully that will help with ease of use.

Disclaimer: I tried to proofread while I was working, but I will be going back through line-by-line to make sure. Please let me know if you find any errors or typos. I'm also going to make a pass through the Ordinary, Psalter, and Common of Saints, proofing and updating.

Oh, and I also set things up so that I get notified if someone makes a comment. I've been pretty bad about noticing those in the past (sorry!), but that should be fixed now.

New version, Dec 29

Again, there are many new corrections and changes to the PDF files.

I have been continuing work on the Proper of Seasons, and have completely revised the layout, rubrics, et cetera, for everything up to and including the second week after Easter.

I think I've made note of this before, but the two PDF files differ greatly now. In the Breviarium5x8 file, many of the appendices have been removed, in order to make sure the Breviary is under 740 pages (the Lulu page limit). It also has a condensed version of the Proper of Saints, giving only unique antiphons and versicles. If the antiphon and versicle are from the common of saints, it is not duplicated here. This adds a little bit more page-flipping, but saves a good deal of space.

In the Breviarium file, all of the appendices are included, and the expanded version of the Proper of Saints is included: the versicle and antiphon for Lauds and Vespers of every feast are included. This helps with ease of use, reducing page flips.

I've also fixed some typos, and would like to extend a special thanks to those who have contacted me with typos and errors.

A very Merry Christmas to all!

New version now online - many updates

After a long hiatus, I have finally posted an update to the PDF files for the Breviary. These include corrections and updates too numerous to list, including many errors. Most of these corrections are in the Proper of Saints. I have also made changes in the Proper of Seasons (specifically Advent). I plan to update the rest of the Proper of Seasons in the same way as I have done with Advent.

Sorry for the long delay!

No progress on approval

It has been some time since I posted on this blog, and much has happened in the intervening months. I have made numerous corrections and changes to the texts, which are available in PDF format at http://stores.lulu.com/breviary

Sadly, I have not made any progress in getting permission to "publish" this work. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions, please contact me at breviary@indyblue.com.

Thanks and God bless,
David

Error 9th Responsory in Matins, Office of the Dead

The Office of the Dead, Matins, 9th Responsory was incorrect. I had completely omitted the "Dies illa, dies iræ" from the responsory. Here is how it should read:

R. Líbera Me, Dómine, de morte ætérna in die illa treménda, * Quando cæli movéndi sunt et terra, * Dum véneris judicáre sǽculum per ignem. V. Tremens factus sum ego et tímeo, dum discússio vénerit atque ventúra ira. Quando cæli movéndi sunt et terra. V. Dies illa, dies iræ, calamitátis et misériæ, dies magna et amára valde. Dum véneris judicáre sǽculum per ignem. V. Réquiem ætérnam dona eis, Dómine: Et lux perpétua lúceat eis. Quando cæli movéndi sunt et terra, Dum véneris judicáre sǽculum per ignem.

R. Deliver Me, O Lord, from eternal death, in that dreadful day: * When the heavens and the earth shall be moved, * When thou shalt come to judge the world by fire. V. I tremble and do fear, when the examination is to be, and thy wrath to come. When the heavens and the earth shall be moved. V. That day is the day of anger, of calamity, and of misery, a great day, and very bitter. When thou shalt come to judge the world by fire. When thou shalt come to judge the world by fire. V. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord: And perpetual light shine upon them. When the heavens and the earth shall be moved, When thou shalt come to judge the world by fire.

Error - Hymn, Saturday Vespers

A kind soul just let me know about an error in the hymn for Saturday Vespers: "Jam sol recedit igneus."

The last line of the first strophe should read as follows:
Infúnde lumen córdibus.

I had "Infunde amorem cordibus." Interestingly, the same hymn—with the word "amorem"—is used on Trinity Sunday. I missed this difference. This appears to be a "post-tridentine" alteration, as the 1568 Editio Princeps has "lumen" on Trinity Sunday. There were other changes as well, made under Urban VIII. These changes are found in both places in the Breviary...I don't know if "amorem" was also made under Urban.

For those curious souls out there, the changes made by Urban VIII are extensive:

Original (St. Ambrose) O Lux beata Trinitas, Et principalis unitas, Jam sol recedit igneus, Infunde lumen cordibus. Te mane laudum carmine, Te deprecemur vesperi: Te nostra supplex gloria Per cucta laudet secula. Deo patri sit gloria, Ejusque soli filio, Cum spiritu paraclito, Et nunc, et in perpetuum. Amen.

With Urban VIII Modifications: Jam sol recédit ígneus: Tu, lux perénnis, Únitas, Nostris, beáta Trínitas, Infúnde lumen córdibus. Te mane laudum cármine, Te deprecámur véspere; Dignéris ut te súpplices Laudémus inter cǽlites. Patri, simúlque Fílio, Tibíque, Sancte Spíritus, Sicut fuit, sit júgiter Sæclum per omne glória. Amen.

Typo - Intro and rubrics for Vespers in Ordinary

A kind soul recently found a couple of typos: one on the title page! It should read:
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) English Psalter

The other is in the Ordinary for Vespers. There are a few places where the rubrics refer to the "Benedictus." These should all read "Magnificat."

I've made the corrections in my local files, and will try to update the online PDFs soon. Sorry about the lack of posts; I've been very busy. I don't have any news regarding canonical approval. I'll explain more in a few weeks.

8 August - St. John Vianney

Some editions have a typo in the collect for 8 August (St. John Vianney). The English should read:
Almighty and merciful God, who didst make St. John Mary wonderful...

I think I fixed this in June, before I started tracking typos/errors. Many thanks to the kind soul who reminded me! Also, there are other undocumented corrections like this...eventually hopefully they will all be documented!

Munda cor meum (Cleanse my heart)

"That which is most frequently wanting in order to understand and enjoy the Divine Office is purity of heart—Beati mundo corde. (Blessed are the clean of heart — Matt. 5:8). Cor purum penetrat cælum et infirnum. (a pure heart penetrates to heaven and hell — Imit. ii. 4). There are, says Cassian, an infinite number of God’s languages which men do not understand, because their passions form, as it were, a barrier that prevents these words from coming in all their strength and brightness to them. (Confer. xiv. 14.) Study, no doubt, is useful, and reflection still more so; however, the Holy Ghost can by His interior unction supply these which neither study nor reflection can supply, the want of His grace. Utilis lectio, utilis eruditio sed magis unctio necessaria quæ sola docet nos de omnibus. (Reading is good, and learning good, but above all, anointing is necessary, that anointing that teacheth all things. — St. Bernard.) The venerable Mother Agnes of Jesus often received understanding of the words of the Office although she had never learnt Latin. On the Feast of the Purification, 1626, God poured into her soul so much light on this mystery, that she heard and understood the whole meaning of the psalms and lessons. (Vie par M. de Lantage, p. iii, c. 5.) God granted the same favour several times to S. Luttgarde and to many others. We read in the life of B. Giles, a companion of S. Francis, that he had ordinarily such abundance of light in reciting the psalms that one verse would furnish him with a hundred different expositions. O si semel quid de adipe frumenti unde satiatur Jerusalem degustasses, writes St. Bernard to a religious, one of his friends who was given to study and prayer, quam libenter istas crustas rodendas littera toribus Judæis relinqueres! Experto crede. (If you could once for a moment taste of that bread with which Jerusalem is satisfied, how gladly you would leave your dry crusts for Jewish scholars to gnaw! — Epist. cvi.)" — from The Divine Office - Considered from a Devotional Point of View by M. L’Abbe Bacquez, 1885.

II Vespers, Common of Apostles

The antiphons for II Vespers of the Common of Apostles are incorrect. They should be:

Ant 1. Jurávit Dóminus, * et non pœnitébit eum: Tu es sacérdos in ætérnum.	Ant 1. The Lord hath sworn, * and he will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever.
Ant 2. Cóllocet eum * Dóminus cum princípibus pópuli sui.	Ant 2. He will set him * with the princes of his people.
Ant 3. Dirupísti, Dómine, * víncula mea: tibi sacrificábo hóstiam laudis.	Ant 3. O Lord, thou hast broken * my bonds in sunder: I will offer unto thee the sacrifice of praise.
Ant 4. Eúntes ibant * et flebant, mitténtes sémina sua.	Ant 4. They went forth * on their way and wept, scattering their seed.
Ant 5. Confortátus est * principátus eórum, et honoráti sunt amíci tui, Deus.	Ant 5. Their principality * is strengthened: and thy friends, O God, are greatly honoured.

Apologies for this glaring error; and once again, thank you to the kind soul who found this error

Correction - July 22, Mary Magdalen

At Vespers on July 22, the feast of Mary Magdalen, there is a reference to a capitulum (little chapter) under the actual little chapter, Prov 31:10. The reference is in error, and should be disregarded. The included little chapter is correct.

Many thanks to the kind soul who noticed this!

Correction - Psalter Antiphon at Magnificat

In the Psalter at Vespers, Monday - Saturday, the Antiphon at the Magnificat mistakenly says "Ad Bened. Ant."

July 16 - Our Lady of Mt. Carmel

The date for the Commem. of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel was incorrect: It should be July 16.

Commentary on the psalms - St. Alphonsus

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40
41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50
51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60
61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70
71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80
81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90
91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	100
101	102	103	104	105	106	107	108	109	110
111	112	113	114	115	116	117	118	119	120
121	122	123	124	125	126	127	128	129	130
131	132	133	134	135	136	137	138	139	140
141	142	143	144	145	146	147	148	149	150

Translation, history - little chapter, Common of Bishop Confessor

I received an inquiry from a kind soul today, regarding the little chapter for 7 July at Lauds, Terce & Vespers. This little chapter is from the Common of Bishop Confessors, and reads as follows:

Ecce sacérdos magnus, qui in diébus suis plácuit Deo, et invéntus est justus: et in témpore iracúndiæ factus est reconciliátio.

Behold a great priest, who in his days pleased God, and was found just; and in the time of wrath he was made a reconciliation.

The reference is to Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 44:16. Here is that passage from the Vulgate, followed by the Douay-Rheims:

16 Enoch placuit Deo et translatus est in paradiso ut det gentibus paenitentiam 17 Noe inventus est perfectus iustus et in tempore iracundiae factus est reconciliatio

16 Henoch pleased God, and was translated into paradise, that he may give repentance to the nations. 17 Noe was found perfect, just, and in the time of wrath he was made a reconciliation.

Obviously the little chapter isn't literally from scripture. If we go a little further we find the "in diebus suis" in verse 7, and "magnus" in verse 20. Thus all but a couple of words of the text above can be found in this chapter from Ecclus. And replacing the references to the patriarchs Enoch, Noah and Abraham with "Ecce sacerdos" doesn't seem to be too much of a stretch.

All of this piqued my curiosity, and so I went to my oldest Breviary: Editio Princeps, 1568. This is a reprint done by the Vatican, and has all of the earmarks of being a scan of an original copy.

Sure enough, I found that it's exactly what we're using today in the 1962 Breviarium Romanum! (The character which looks like an "f" without the crossbar is an "s")

Typo - Sunday Terce little chapter

In the little chapter of Sunday Terce, "Deus" and "Deo" should be capitalized.

Correction - Psalter (Saturday Vespers)

There was a typo in my original correction. Here is the correct text:
The Little Chapter of Saturday Vespers (aka Sunday I Vespers) is incorrect. It should be:

Rom. 11:33

O altitúdo divitiárum sapiéntiæ et sciéntiæ Dei: quam incomprehensibília sunt judícia ejus, et investigábiles viæ ejus!

O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God: how incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable his ways!

(Thank you to the kind soul who found this...again!)

Correction - 2 July, 6 August - Hymn references

On 2 July, (The Visitation), and again on 6 August (Transfiguration of our Lord), the hymn references give the second line of the hymn, not the first. The page references are correct, and they are the correct hymns. The hymns of course do begin with the first line, this is merely a typo. Again, I've included this in Errata because of the potential for confusion.

Correction - Title "None" in Common of BVM

In the Commons of the Blessed Virgin Mary (for Feasts and for Saturday), The Hour of None had the wrong heading. The content of the hour is correct, it merely appears as a second "Sext." Although I consider this more of a typo, I categorized this in Errata because of the potential for confusion.

Correction: 22 July (Mary Magdalene) - Name and Class (and others)

The name of the feast, 22 July, was wrong. It should be St. Mary Magdalene, Penitent. It is a 3 cl feast.

There were also several feasts which were not showing the class of the feast at all:
31 May - Queenship BVM (2 cl)
1 July - Precious Blood of Our Lord (1 cl)
2 July - Visitation BVM (2 cl)
22 July - Mary Magdalen (3 cl)
26 July - St. Anne (2 cl)
5 August - Dedication Mary Major (Mary of the Snows) (3 cl)
6 August - Transfiguration of Our Lord (2 cl)
14 August - Vigil Assumption BVM (2 cl)