Ordo Recitandi
for the
Anglican Breviary
based on the Simple Kalendar
The Anglican Breviary is in substance identical with its Latin original except where obvious changes were necessary in order to conform it to Prayer-Book usages; that is to say, the substance of the Latin Breviary (or its devotional content) is expressed in the accidents of Latin liturgy (Latin Scripture, Hymns, and the like), and in the Anglican Breviary this substance is expressed in the accidents of Anglican liturgy (English versions of Scripture, Hymns, and so forth).
The Anglican Breviary, p. vii.
563. The Divine Office during Lent and Passion-tide.
From the First Sunday in Lent until Holy Saturday, Sundays excepted, Vespers should be recited before noon; this rule is of precept in Choir, in private recitation it may be observed. —
Rev. Joseph Wuest, Matters Liturgical, Paragraph 563 (p. 364), Sixth Edition, 1942.
Sunday – March 20 – Lent III [semidouble of the first class]
Vespers — Sunday Office / all as in Psalter & Ordinary / except Antiphon on Magnificat & Collect C237/ commemoration of St. Cuthbert via Table 7a & Collect from E125 / commemoration of St. Joseph via Propers on p. E124 Collect p. E123 / Suffrage Beata Dei Genetrix is not said / Ave Regina caelorum is said (in aggregation it is only said after the last office in aggregation).
Matins — Sunday Office (ix lessons) / all as in Psalter & Ordinary / lessons from C237-241 /nothing of St. Cuthbert / no Te Deum.
Lauds — Sunday Office (Lauds 2 of Sunday Miserere mei, Deus, &c.) / all as in Psalter & Ordinary except Antiphons on Psalms from the Season & Antiphon on Benedictus & Collect p. C241 / commemoration of St. Cuthbert via Table 7b & Collect from E125 / Suffrage Beata Dei Genetrix is not said.
Little Hours — Sunday Office / Dominical Preces.
Vespers — second of preceding/ all from Psalter & Ordinary except Antiphon on Magnificat & Collect p. C241 / commemoration of St. Benedict / commemoration of St. Cuthbert via Table 7c & Collect from E125 / Suffrage Beata Dei Genetrix is not said.
Compline — Sunday Office / Dominical Preces. Ave Regina caelorum (said every day until Wednesday in Holy Week).
NOTE: the bracketed RR’s at Matins continue the Scriptural narrative begin at Septuagesima Matins that are now interrupted by the Gospel Lessons & their Homilies. They are not ancient but they have been carefully composed by the editors of the AB. This scriptural emphasis is carried over from the BCP (which is essentially a diet of Psalms & Scripture).
Monday – March 21 – Saint Benedict of Nursia [Greater Double].
Matins — Festal Office (ix lessons) / all as in Common 10 / lessons iv-vi from Proper of the Saints / lessons vii-viii from Common 10 series 1 / lesson ix Gospel Incipit & Homily of the Feria (C242-243) / Te Deum.
Lauds — Festal Office: (Lauds 1 of Sunday Dominus regnavit, &c.) /all as in Common 10 / Collect E125 / commemoration of the Feria via Propers on C243 / Preces are not taken / suffrage Beata Dei Genetrix is not said.
Little Hours — Ferial / Ferial Preces.
Vespers — Second of preceding / all as in Common 10 at second Vespers / Collect E125 / commemoration of the Feria via Propers on C243 / Preces are not taken / suffrage Beata Dei Genetrix is not said.
Compline — Ferial Office / Preces are said kneeling.
Tuesday – March 22 – Third Day [Feria].
Matins — Ferial Office (iii lessons) / all as in the Psalter & Ordinary / lessons i-iii from Matthew 18, 15. (C243-245) / no Te Deum.
Lauds — Ferial Office: (Lauds 2 of Tuesday Miserere mei, Deus &c.) /all as in the Psalter & Ordinary / Ant. on Ben. & Collect p. C243-245 / Preces are said kneeling / suffrage Beata Dei Genetrixi is said.
Little Hours — Ferial / Ferial Preces.
Vespers — Ferial / all as in the Psalter & Ordinary / Ant. on Magn. & Collect p. C245.
Compline — Ferial Office / Preces are said kneeling.
Wednesday – March 23 – Fourth Day [Feria].
Matins — Ferial Office (iii lessons) / all as in the Psalter & Ordinary / lessons i-iii from Matthew 15, 1. (p. C245-246) / no Te Deum.
Lauds — Ferial Office: (Lauds 2 of Wednesday Miserere mei, Deus &c.) /all as in the Psalter & Ordinary / except: the Antiphon on Benedictus & Collect from C246 /Preces are said kneeling / suffrage Beata Dei Genetrix is said.
Little Hours — Ferial / Preces are said kneeling.
Vespers — Festal / St. Gabriel the Archangel / all from Common 16 / except the Propers given on p. E126 /no Preces / Collect E131 / commemoration of the Feria (via Propers of the Season on p. C246) / suffrage Beata Dei Genetrix is not said.
Compline — Ferial Office / dominical Preces.
Thursday – March 24 – St. Gabriel the Archangel, [Greater Double].
Matins — Office of the Feast (ix lessons) /all from Common 16 / except: the Propers given on p. E126-131 / lesson ix of the Lenten Feria (246-247) .
Lauds — Festal Office: (Lauds 1 of Sunday Dominus regnavit, &c.) /all as in Common 16 / except what is given as Proper on p. E131 / Collect E131 / commemoration of the Feria via Propers on C247 / Preces are not taken / suffrage Beata Dei Genetrix is not said
Little Hours — Ferial Psalter / no Preces.
Vespers — First of following / The Annunciation or Lady Day /all from Common I of the BVM / except the Propers on p. E132 / no Preces / commemoration of the Feria via Propers of the Season on p. C247 / Suffrage Beata Dei Genetrix is not said.
Compline — Sunday Psalms / no Preces.
Friday – March 25 – THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE BVM or LADY DAY [Double of the First Class].
Matins — Office of the Feast (ix lessons) /all from Common I of the BVM / except: lesson ix Gospel & Homily of Feria (C248) / Te Deum is said.
Lauds — Festal Office / for the Feast (Lauds 1 of Sunday Dominus regnavit, &c.) /rest from Common I of the BVM / except Propers on E136-137 / commemoration of the Feria (via Seasonal Propers p. C249) /no Preces / Beata Dei Genetrix is not said.
Little Hours — Ferial Psalter / no Preces.
Vespers — Festal Office / second of preceding /all as in Common I of the BVM / except the Propers on p. 137 at Second Vespers /no Preces / Suffrage Beata Dei Genetrix is not said / commemoration of the Penitent Thief via Propers on p. S22 / commemoration of the Feria (via Seasonal Propers p. C249).
Compline — Sunday Psalms / no Preces.
Saturday – March 26 – Penitent Thief [double].
Matins — Office of the Feast (ix lessons) /all from Supplement S22-S24 / Lessons i-iii & RR from Common 9 / lessons vii-viii & RR from E409-410 lesson ix Gospel & Homily of Feria (C249-250) / Te Deum is said.
Lauds — Festal Office / for the Feast (Lauds 1 of Sunday Dominus regnavit, &c.) /all as in the Supplement S24 taking from Common 9 as necessary / commemoration of the Feria (via Seasonal Propers p. C250) /no Preces / Beata Dei Genetrix is not said.
Little Hours — Festal Psalter / no Preces.
Vespers — Sunday Office / all as in Psalter & Ordinary / except Antiphon on Magnificat & Collect C250/ commemoration of the Penitent Thief via Propers on p. S24 taking V/R & Collect from Lauds / commemoration of St. John of Damascus via Table 8a & Collect p. E137 / Suffrage Beata Dei Genetrix is not said / Ave Regina caelorum is said (in aggregation it is only said after the last office in aggregation).
Compline — Festal Psalms / no Preces.
The Anglican Breviary 