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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