LESSONS PROPER FOR HOLY-DAYS.
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8. PROPER PSALMS ON CERTAIN DAYS.
9. THE CALENDAR, WITH THE TABLE OF LESSONS.
The Black-letter days, especially those that commemorate Scriptural persons and events, should be observed if possible. They may be marked by sermons and suitable hymns.
10. TABLES AND RULES
For the Moveable and Immoveable Feasts; together with the Days of Fasting and Abstinence, through the whole Year.
11. RULES to know when the Moveable Feasts and Holy-days begin.
12. A TABLE of all the Feasts that are to be observed in the Church of England throughout the Year.
All Sundays in the Year. | The Circumcision of our Lord | JESUS CHRIST. | The Epiphany. | The Conversion of S. Paul. | The Purification of the Blessed | Virgin. The | S. Matthias the Apostle. Days / The Annunciation of the of the \ Blessed Virgin. Feasts | S. Mark the Evangelist. of | S. Philip and S. James the | Apostles. | The Ascension of our Lord | JESUS CHRIST. | S. Barnabas. | The Nativity of S. John Bapt.
| S. Peter the Apostle. | S. James the Apostle. | S. Bartholomew the Apostle. | S. Matthew the Apostle. | S. Michael and All Angels. | S. Luke the Evangelist. The | S. Simon and S. Jude, Days / Apostles. of the \ All Saints. Feasts | S. Andrew the Apostle. of | S. Thomas the Apostle. | The Nativity of our Lord. | S. Stephen the Martyr. | S. John the Evangelist. | The Holy Innocents.
Monday and Tuesday in Easter-week. Monday and Tuesday in Whitsun-week.
13. A TABLE of the Vigils, Fasts, and Days of Abstinence, to be observed in the Year.
| The Nativity of our Lord. | The Purification of the Blessed The | Virgin Mary. Evens / The Annunciation of the or \ Blessed Virgin. Vigils | Easter-Day. before | Ascension-Day. | Pentecost. | S. Matthias.
| S. John Baptist. | S. Peter. The | S. James. Evens / S. Bartholomew. or \ S. Matthew. Vigils | S. Simon and S. Jude. before | S. Andrew. | S. Thomas. | All Saints.
Note, That if any of these Feast-Days fall upon a Monday, then the Vigil or Fast-Day shall be kept upon the Saturday, and not upon the Sunday next before it.
This Table includes several days not anciently observed as Fast-days, and refers to private observance and not to public service.
When a Saint's Day which is preceded by a Vigil falls on a Monday, though the fast of the Vigil is to be kept on the Saturday, yet the Collect for the Saint's Day is not to be said on the Saturday evening, but on the evening of Sunday, in accordance with Rubric (82).
DAYS of Fasting, or Abstinence.
I. The Forty Days of Lent. | The First Sunday in | Lent. II. The Ember-Days at the Four Seasons, / The Feast of Pentecost. being the Wednesday, Friday, \ September 14, and and Saturday after | December 13. III. The Three Rogation-Days, being Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, before Holy Thursday, or the Ascension of our Lord. IV. All the Fridays in the Year, except Christmas-Day.
The word 'or' implies a distinction in the mode of observing these days: Nos. I. and II. in the 'Table,' viz., the Forty Days of Lent and the Ember-days, are days of Fasting: Nos. III. and IV., viz., the three Rogation-days and Fridays, except Christmas-Day, are days of Abstinence.
14. A CERTAIN SOLEMN DAY, for which a particular Service is appointed.
The Twentieth Day of June, being the Day on which her Majesty began her happy Reign.