"Magnificat" by the Psalters

Nidaros ordo

Sunday 31 May. COMMEMORATION OF THE HOLY TRINITY. Commemoration of St Petronilla, virgin and martyr. Anthem after Compline: Regina celi.
Monday 1 June. Saint Urban, pope and martyr, three lessons. Com. of the Octave of the Holy Trinity. Regina celi.
Tuesday 2. Ss Marcellinus and Peter, martyrs, three lessons. Com. Oct. Trin. Com. St Augustine, bishop and confessor, apostle of the English. Regina celi.
Wednesday 3. St Erasmus, bishop and martyr, three lessons. Com. Oct. Trin. Regina celi.
Thursday 4. CORPUS CHRISTI. Com. Oct. Trin. Com. St Germanus, bishop and confessor. Regina celi.
Friday 5. St Boniface, bishop and martyr, three lessons. Comm. Octt. Trin. & Corp. Regina celi.
Saturday 6. Comm. Octt. Trin. & Corp. Salve regina.

Only this week do we finally relinquish the Regina celi.

The congestion of the Sanctoral this week is owing to the fact that all feasts falling in the Octave of Pentecost are simply bumped forward a week. Note that St Augustine of Canterbury is given the title of anglorum apostolus in the kalendar of the Nidaros Breviary, indicating the deep English roots of the Norwegian Use.

Nidaros ordo

Sunday 24 May. PENTECOST.
Monday 25. Feria II in the Octave of Pentecost.
Tuesday 26. Feria III in Oct. Pent.
Wednesday 27. Ember day in Oct. Pent.
Thursday 28. Feria V in Oct. Pent.
Friday 29. Ember day in Oct. Pent.
Saturday 30. Ember day in Oct. Pent.

The anthem after Compline is Regina celi. (Yes, still.)

Nidaros ordo

Sunday 17 May. Sunday in the Octave of the Ascension.
Monday 18. St Eric, king and martyr, semidouble. Commemoration of the Oct. of the Asc.
Tuesday 19. St Dunstan, bishop and confessor, three lessons. Comm. Oct. Asc.
Wednesday 20. Feria IV in Oct. Asc.
Thursday 21. Octave day of the Ascension.
Friday 22. Feria VI.
Saturday 23. Vigil of Pentecost.

The anthem after Compline is Regina celi.

St Eric is the Swedish king whose relics are venerated in Uppsala Cathedral:

Nidaros ordo

Sunday 10 May. Fifth Sunday after Easter. Commemoration of Saints Gordian and Epimachus, martyrs.
Monday 11. Rogation Day.
Tuesday 12. Ss Nereus and Achilleus [martyrs]. Rogation Day
Wednesday 13. Rogation Day.
Thursday 14. THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD, summum.
Friday 15. ST HALVARD, martyr, double. Commemoration of the Octave of the Ascension.
Saturday 16. Sabbath in Oct. Asc.

The anthem after Compline is Regina celi.

Marta sings Agni Parthene!

Nidaros ordo

Sunday 3 May. FINDING OF THE HOLY CROSS, summum. Commemoration of the Fourth Sunday after Easter.
Monday 4. Saint Alexander, pope and martyr, three lessons.
Tuesday 5. Feria III.
Wednesday 6. St John before the Latin Gate, semidouble.
Thursday 7.St John of Beverley, bishop, three lessons.
Friday 8. Feria VI.
Saturday 9. Sabbath.

The anthem after Compline is Regina celi.

The Mighty Spirit: forthcoming chant study day

Please note the following forthcoming event:

"The Mighty Spirit: The Vigil Mass of Pentecost - A New Approach to Singing the Mass"
When: Saturday 23 May, 12 noon to 5 p.m.
Where: St Mary's and St John's Catholic Church, Snowhill, Wolverhampton WV2 4AD
Celebrant: Fr Guy Nicholls, Cong. Orat.
Speakers: Fr Guy Nicholls, Cong. Orat. and Wilfrid Jones

Talks, chant class, and question time. Bring-and-share lunch; soup and hot drinks provided.

Please email the John Henry Newman Institute of Liturgical Music to reserve a place.

Mass will be celebrated at 4 p.m. This will be a fully sung Mass of the Vigil of Pentecost, with the full complement of readings and Tracts. Music will be partly in Latin and partly in English, and participants will be introduced to the Graduale Parvum. This is a collection of the Proper liturgical texts set to simple but authentic Gregorian melodies, begun by the late Professor László Dobszay, and currently being brought to completion by the Association for Latin Liturgy.

Nidaros ordo

Sunday 26 April. THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EASTER.
Monday 27. Feria II.
Tuesday 28. Saint Vitalis, martyr, three lessons.
Wednesday 29. St Peter, martyr, three lessons.
Thursday 30.Feria V.
Friday 1 May. SS PHILIP AND JAMES, apostles, double.
Saturday 2. Sabbath.

The anthem after Compline is Regina celi.

Litanies, by Jehan Alain

Take your pick:

Is outrage!

Nidaros ordo

Sunday 19 April. SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EASTER.
Monday 20. Feria II.
Tuesday 21. Feria III.
Wednesday 22. Feria IV.
Thursday 23.Saint George, martyr, three lessons.
Friday 24. Feria VI.
Saturday 25. St Mark, evangelist, semidouble. The greater litanies.

The anthem after Compline is Regina celi.

The litanies are sung during an outdoor procession with relics - at Nidaros itself, the feretory of St Olav was carried in procession.