2016_OCSP_Ordo

10. The Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is celebrated on Friday, 23 June, and the Solemnity
of the Nativity of St John the Baptist on Saturday, 24 June 2017. In case of serious need or pastoral
advantage, the Vigil Mass of the Nativity of St John the Baptist may be celebrated either before or after
Second Evensong of the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart. The Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of the
Blessed Virgin Mary is omitted this year.
General Notes, Norms, & Explanations for the Use of this Ordo
1. This Ordo outlines the celebration of Holy Mass in the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter
for each day of the ecclesiastical year according to Divine Worship: The Missal (Catholic Truth Society,
2015) and the Roman Eucharistic Lectionary in the Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition
(Ignatius Press, 2006). In conformity with the Rubrical Directory, Calendar, and particular rubrics of
Divine Worship: The Missal, this Ordo has been compiled with due attention to the relevant norms of the
Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani (General Instruction of the Roman Missal 2010), Missale Romanum,
Editio typica tertia 2002 (The Roman Missal, English translation according to the Third typical edition,
2010), and the Ordo Lectionum Missae, Editio typica altera (Order of Readings for Mass, Second typical
edition, 1981).
2. For each day of the year, liturgical observances for celebrating Mass are designated in bold type.
Sundays and Solemnities are indicated by CAPITAL letters. The rank of each day’s observance is given
to the right (Solemnity, Feast, Memorial), except for Optional Memorials whose titles are indicated in
italics.
3. The color of the liturgical vestments and antependia for each day’s celebration is designated on the
right hand side of each entry and is so indicated according to the norms laid out in Divine Worship: The
Missal, Rubrical Directory, no. 43. The colors for Optional Memorials and alternative observances are
given in italic type.
4. Observances proper to, or optional in, the United States are designated USA: whilst observances
proper to, or optional in, Canada are designated Can: according to the Ordinariate’s Particular Calendar
and the relevant National Calendars issued by the USCCB and CCCB. Observances and their dates
proper to the National Calendars which are not already inscribed in the Ordinariate’s Particular Calendar
are included in this Ordo and may be kept or not in the respective country according to pastoral needs and
the custom of each community.
5. DWM = Divine Worship: The Missal. For each entry, DWM is followed by numbers referring to the
pages of the Missal for the relevant Mass formularies and associated rites.
6. Lec = Roman Eucharistic Lectionary, RSV-CE2 (2 volumes in the Ignatius Press edition). For each
entry, Lec is followed by numbers referring to the section numbers of the Lectionary containing the
readings at Mass as appointed or permitted for each day and observance. When alternative numbers or
ranges of such numbers are given, appropriate readings should be selected from those provided in the
Lectionary as suited to the rank and character of each Mass. The relevant Lectionary cycle is indicated
before the entries for the beginning of Advent:
Sunday Cycle: YEAR A (27 November 2016 to 26 November 2017)
Weekday Cycle: CYCLE I (10 January 10, 2017 to 28 February 2017 /
5 June 2017 to 2 December 2017)
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