St Maurus, Abbot
Greater Double · White
Kept on January 15
The next eight years
Each date opens that day, with its hours.
Proper of the feast
Proper to the feast; texts marked Common are from the Common of a Confessor not a Bishop. As said on Friday, January 15, 2027.
At I Vespers and Lauds
O most blessed of men! * who, rejecting this world, bore the yoke of Holy Rule from tender years so lovingly; and being made obedient even unto death, he denied himself, that he might wholly cling to Christ his Master, alleluia.
Versicle at I Vespers Common
℣.The Lord loved him and adorned him.
℟.He clothed him with a robe of glory.
Versicle at Lauds and II Vespers Common
℣.The Lord guided the righteous in right paths.
℟.And shewed him the kingdom of God.
At II Vespers · Magnificat
To-day holy Maurus, * lying upon a goat-skin, died happily before the altar; to-day the first-begotten disciple of blessed Benedict, through the guiding of the Holy Rule, came up to Christ, rising untroubled, accompanied by choirs of Angels; to-day the obedient man, telling his victories, was worthy to be crowned by the Lord, alleluia.
Collect
O God, who for a pattern of obedience didst cause blessed Maurus to walk dry-shod upon the waters: grant that we may both follow perfectly the example of his virtues, and also be worthy to share in his reward. Through thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who with thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, liveth and reigneth God, world without end.
℟.Amen.
The whole office: the hours of Friday, January 15, 2027