April 2021 Ordo

This April is a busy month. Holy Week, Easter and its Octave. To be perfectly honest, this Ordo will be of limited value because there are just too many rubrics to consider during this time. You will need to keep your eye on what's going on. However, here are a few quick tips:

1. Starting Maundy Thursday and ending None of Holy Saturday (inclusive) the Gloria Patri is omitted from the end of the Psalms. 
2. During the Triduum, Compline begins immediately with the Confetior and Absolution after which t the psalms are begun immediately. The Nunc Dimittis is also added to Compline during this time. 
3. There are no commemorations permitted during the first three days of the Octave of Easter.
4. Starting after Easter, when the Suffrage is said, the Commemoration of the Cross is the suffrage used. 
5. The ferias of Paschaltide all have proper Benedictus and Magnificat antiphons, but need not be commemorated if a higher ranked feast occurs. 
6. The Litany of Saints is said after Lauds on the feast of St. Mark. 

Thu	1	Holy Thursday Proper Office	D1
Fri	2	Good Friday Proper Office	D1
Sat	3	Holy Saturday Proper Office	D1
Sun	4	Easter Sunday Proper Office. Festal Psalms.	D1 O1
Mon	5	Second Day within the Octave of Easter All as on feast except: proper Ben. Ant., Mag. Ant. & Collect	D1
Tue	6	Third Day within the Octave of Easter All as on feast except: proper Ben. Ant., Mag. Ant. & Collect	D1
Wed	7	Fourth Day within the Octave of Easter All as on feast except: proper Ben. Ant., Mag. Ant. & Collect	D1
Thu	8	Fifth Day within the Octave of Easter All as on feast except: proper Ben. Ant., Mag. Ant. & Collect	Sd
Fri	9	Sixth Day within the Octave of Easter All as on feast except: proper Ben. Ant., Mag. Ant. & Collect	Sd
Sat	10	Seventh Day within the Octave of Easter All as on feast except: proper Ben. Ant., Mag. Ant. & Collect	Sd
Sun	11	Low Sunday Proper Office. Festal Psalms.	Gd1
Mon	12	Monday in the First Week after Easter Ferial Office of Paschaltide (pp. 372-6).
Tue	13	Tuesday in the First Week after Easter Ferial Office of Paschaltide (pp. 372-6).
Wed	14	Wednesday in the First Week after Easter Ferial Office of Paschaltide (pp. 372-6).
Thu	15	Thursday in the First Week after Easter Ferial Office of Paschaltide (pp. 372-6).
Fri	16	Friday in the First Week after Easter Ferial Office of Paschaltide (pp. 372-6. Vespers of the following.
Sat	17	Saturday Office of Our Lady Proper Office III in Paschaltide. Ferial Psalms. I Vespers of the following; Proper Mag. Ant.	S
Sun	18	Second Sunday after Easter Ferial Office of Paschaltide. Proper Chapter, Ben. Ant. & Collect.	Sd
Mon	19	Monday in the Second Week after Easter Ferial Office of Paschaltide (pp. 372-6).
Tue	20	Tuesday in the Second Week after Easter Ferial Office of Paschaltide (pp. 372-6). Vespers of the following.
Wed	21	St. Anselm Common office of Confessor Bishops. Festal Psalms. Proper Hymn, Ben. Ant. & Collect.	Gd
Thu	22	Thursday in the Second Week after Easter Ferial Office of Paschaltide (pp. 372-6). At Vespers: Comm. of St. George
Fri	23	Friday in the Second Week after Easter Ferial Office of Paschaltide (pp. 372-6). At Lauds: Comm. of St. George. I Vespers of the following.
Sat	24	Saturday Office of Our Lady Friday in the Second Week after Easter Ferial Office of Paschaltide (pp. 372-6). I Vespers of the following; Comm. of the Sunday	S
Sun	25	St. Mark, the Evangelist; Comm. Third Sunday after Easter Common office of Apostles. Festal Psalms. Proper Collect. At Lauds and Vespers: Comm. of Sunday.	D2
Mon	26	Monday in the Third Week after Easter Ferial Office of Paschaltide (pp. 372-6).
Tue	27	Tuesday in the Third Week after Easter Ferial Office of Paschaltide (pp. 372-6). At Vespers: Comm. of St. Paul
Wed	28	Wednesday in the Third Week after Easter Ferial Office of Paschaltide (pp. 372-6). At Lauds: St. Paul of the Cross. I Vespers of the following: Proper Office, Psalms of Common of Apostles; Comm. of St. Peter.
Thu	29	Ss. Odo, Majolus, Odilo, & Hugo Proper office. Festal Psalms. At Lauds: Comm. of St. Peter. At Vespers: Comm. of St. Catherine	D
Fri	30	Friday in the Third Week after Easter Ferial Office of Paschaltide (pp. 372-6). At Lauds: Comm. of St. Catherine of Siena. I Vespers of the following.