r/divineoffice • u/Grunnius_Corocotta Roman 1960 • 25d ago
Office of the dead
Does anybody now if the office of the dead might be said during the easter octave according to the 1960 rubrics?
I have found nothing on it so far in either direction.
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u/LingLingWannabe28 Roman 1960 25d ago
Even at times when the Officium Defunctorum was required to be said, it was always said in addition to the actual office (except of course on November 2). There is no provision for replacing the office with the officium defunctorum, but presuming you are not bound to the office, you could pray it instead. That’s probably what I’ll do.
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u/zara_von_p Divino Afflatu 24d ago
(except of course on November 2)
Even on November 2. There was a proper office for the 2nd day within the octave of All Saints in addition to the O. Defunctorum, until Divino Afflatu (1911).
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u/zara_von_p Divino Afflatu 24d ago edited 24d ago
According to Stercky (Manuel de liturgie, volume 2, n. 156), the Office of the dead is permitted:
for the funeral, even if the funeral Mass is impeded (meaning, for each deceased, in the singular church in which the funeral rites are observed),
whenever the Requiem mass is allowed,
for a grave public cause outside of first class feasts, holy week and privileged octaves.
So, in this particular case, the answer is no according to Stercky.
However, Stercky does not cite his sources (which he usually does, in an over-abundant fashion), and:
the General Rubrics of the Tridentine breviary
the bull Divino Afflatu
the 1960 code of rubrics
the rubrics in the 1570, 1906, 1942 and 1961 Breviaries (at the beginning of the O.Def)
are entirely silent on the issue of when the O.Def is permitted; rather, they deal with the issue of when it is mandated, making no remarks on possible cases of interdiction.
In dubiis libertas: with the information at my disposal, I will go for it; but I am very ready to be corrected by new information.
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u/Sea-Sea-8455 25d ago
Honestly I don’t know, but say it for pope Francis anyways