February 11

Chapter 9

The Rule of Benedict February 11

The Night Office appears as Vigils in our Breviary.  The first 902 pages of the Breviary we use are filled with the lessons, or readings, referenced in Chapter 9 for Church Seasons and Ordinary Time.  Other readings for Commons begin on pg. 1213, and for Propers of Saints begin on pg. 1676.

To find where we are in this series of lessons requires a bit of liturgical prowess, as our Breviary is Roman Catholic, not Episcopal.  The readings for today, February 11, for instance, are found on pg. 404 under "Friday of Week 5" in Ordinary Time.  This is because Epiphany is not technically a Season, but a Feast.  In the Episcopal Church we refer to this time between January 7 and Ash Wednesday as the weeks after Epiphany, but Catholics refer to it as Ordinary Time.  Thus we are in Ordinary Time 5 in the Breviary.

I point these things out to invite us to consider using one or more of these daily readings in our practice, whatever Office(s) we pray during the day.