Easter Octave

The Easter Octave

From Matins of Easter Sunday
until None of Low Saturday

Matins

Lauds

The Ordo

Detailed Rubrics for this Month's Feast Days

The Rubrics for the Easter Octave

Within the Easter Octave
Within the Octave the Office is said as on Easter Day, except for what is assigned as proper to the respective day; and the Office is semidouble except for the Easter Triduum of Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, which are I Class Doubles; and the Office of the Octave ends with None on Saturday.

This Octave (like that of Pentecost) has the privilege of first rank, which permits the celebration of no Feast whatsoever; and during the said Triduum no occurring Feast may even be commemorated; but after the said Triduum, any Feast lower than a II Class Double is commemorated, (without the historic Lesson at Matins, however,) and from Easter Day onwards any occurring I or II Class Doubles are transferred to the first day after Low Sunday which is not occupied by a I or II Class Double.

ANTE DIVINUM OFFICIUM	PRAYER BEFORE OFFICE
It is considered praiseworthy to say the following prayer, kneeling, in preparation for the Office; for which Pope Pius XI granted an Indulgence of three years. (By local custom, it may be said either privately, or in unison by the whole Choir, but in a low tone of voice.)
KNEEL
Aperi, Dómine, os meum ad benedicéndum nomen sanctum tuum: munda quoque cor meum ab ómnibus vanis, pervérsis et aliénis cogitatiónibus; intelléctum illúmina, afféctum inflámma, ut digne, atténte ac devóte hoc Offícium recitáre váleam, et exaudíri mérear ante conspéctum divínæ Majestátis tuæ. Per Christum Dóminum nostrum. Amen. Dómine, in unióne illíus divínæ intentiónis, qua ipse in terris laudes Deo persolvísti, has tibi Horas (vel hanc tibi Horam) persólvo.	Open, O Lord, my mouth to bless thy holy Name; cleanse also my heart from all vain, evil, and wandering thoughts; enlighten my understanding and kindle my affections; that I may worthily, attentively, and devoutly say this Office, and so be meet to be heard before the presence of thy divine Majesty. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. O Lord, in union with that divine intention wherewith thou, whilst here on earth, didst render praises unto God, I desire to offer this my Office of prayer unto thee.

Aims and Objectives of the Confraternity of Ss. Peter and Paul
Intentions at each Hour of the Divine Office

Matins & Lauds	The greater glory of God, and the sanctification of our members (by the recitation of the Divine Office)
Prime	The spread of the common public recitation of the Divine Office by clergy and laity
Terce	The spread of the private recitation of the Divine Office by the laity
Sext	Reparation for the sins of modernism, especially those which have defiled our churches and holy liturgy
None	The return of our brethren separated by modernism and other errors to full communion with the Church
Vespers	The restoration of the traditional Catholic liturgy and sacraments
Compline	The special intentions of all our members