Concerning the Proper
of the Church Year
The Proper of the Church Year includes the appointed Collects; the Proper
Prefaces, directions for which are to be found in the pages following; and the
appointed Psalms and Lessons, which appears in tables beginning on page 657.
The Proper appointed for the Sunday is also used at celebrations of the
Eucharist on the weekdays following, unless otherwise ordered for Holy Days and
Various Occasions.
The Proper to be used on each of the Sundays after Pentecost (except for
Trinity Sunday) is determined by the calendar date of that Sunday. Thus, in any
year, the Proper for the Sunday after Trinity Sunday (the Second Sunday after
Pentecost) is the numbered Proper (number 3 through number 8), the calendar
date of which falls on that Sunday, or is closest to it, whether before or
after. Thereafter, the Propers are used consecutively. For example, if the
Sunday after Trinity Sunday is May 26, the sequence begins with Proper
3 (Propers 1 and 2 being used on the weekdays of Pentecost and Trinity weeks).
If the Sunday after Trinity Sunday is June 13, the sequence begins with Proper
6 (Propers 1 through 3 being omitted that year, and Propers 4 and 5 being used
in Pentecost and Trinity weeks).
The Collect appointed for any Sunday or other Feast may be used at the evening
service of the day before.
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