Monastic Office for St Mary Magdalene

A number of monasteries have asked for a more ample provision for the Divine Office of St Mary Magdalene on July 22. The liturgy secretary has provided the following options :

Vigils 1st Nocturn
Psalms 6 – 13 – 16 (Hebrew numbering)
Reading Exodus 15:1-21
2nd Nocturn Psalms 30 – 42&43 – 63
3rd Nocturn Canticle 1st Samuel 2:1-10

 Alternative Vigils
Psalms  Ps 32, 34
Lauds Psalms Ps 149, 150
Vespers Psalms Ps 111, 116 (= Vulgate Ps 114&115); or Ps 139

Alternative Vigils or Lauds Canticles
Judith 9:11-14; Zephaniah 3:14-20 (can serve as alternative readings)

 Lauds Reading Isaiah 30:18-21

Sext Reading Wisdom 1:1b-2

Vespers Reading 2nd Corinthians 1:3-7

Alternative Readings at any Hour
Ruth 1:6-18; 1st Samuel 16:14-23;
Isaiah 25:1-9; Acts 13:26-33a; Acts 16:13-18; 1st Corinthians 1:26-31

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