This Sarum liturgical calendar may be of interest to many of you, since the Sarum calendar and lectionary for the Mass is the basis of the Prayer Book.
Fr. Anthony
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In the Tridentine form, the 24th is always the Sunday before the First Sunday in Advent. The weeks between the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost and the Last Sunday after Pentecost are Resumed weeks after Epiphany.
Does the Sarum / Book of Common Prayer calendar have Resumed weeks after Epiphany to fill the difference between the next to last and Last Sunday after Trinity?
The Sarum requires the 24th Sunday after Trinity (the last Sunday before the "Sunday next before Advent" (a relic from the old 5-Sunday Advent) to be repeated to fill in the missing weeks on account of an early Easter.
The Prayer Book (1549 onwards) uses the Roman system of the Sundays after Epiphany not used before Septuagesima being inserted between the 24th Sunday after Trinity and the Sunday next before Advent. It is interesting that the Prayer Book did not use the Sarum system.
From the schola in the choir-loft, where I sing during Sunday Mass, there doesn't seem to be a lot of difference either way.
From the 23rd to the 24th and Last Week after Pentecost, the Introit, Gradual, Alleluia, Offertory, and Communion antiphons are the same. Only the Epistle and the Gospel readings change. You sing the same set until the first week of Advent with Ad Te Levavi, the first chant of the new Church year.
In the Tridentine form, the 24th is always the Sunday before the First Sunday in Advent. The weeks between the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost and the Last Sunday after Pentecost are Resumed weeks after Epiphany.
Does the Sarum / Book of Common Prayer calendar have Resumed weeks after Epiphany to fill the difference between the next to last and Last Sunday after Trinity?
The Sarum requires the 24th Sunday after Trinity (the last Sunday before the "Sunday next before Advent" (a relic from the old 5-Sunday Advent) to be repeated to fill in the missing weeks on account of an early Easter.
The Prayer Book (1549 onwards) uses the Roman system of the Sundays after Epiphany not used before Septuagesima being inserted between the 24th Sunday after Trinity and the Sunday next before Advent. It is interesting that the Prayer Book did not use the Sarum system.
The Prayer Book / Roman system seems preferable.
Fr. Anthony
From the schola in the choir-loft, where I sing during Sunday Mass, there doesn't seem to be a lot of difference either way.
From the 23rd to the 24th and Last Week after Pentecost, the Introit, Gradual, Alleluia, Offertory, and Communion antiphons are the same. Only the Epistle and the Gospel readings change. You sing the same set until the first week of Advent with Ad Te Levavi, the first chant of the new Church year.