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Ascension Day takes precedence of SS. Philip and James' Day.

  The Services of the season from Whitsun Eve till Saturday in
  Whitsun Week, both inclusive, take precedence of St. Barnabas' Day.

Trinity Sunday takes precedence of St. Barnabas' Day.

  St. Barnabas' Day, the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, St.
  Peter's Day, St. James' Day, St. Bartholomew's Day, St. Matthew's
  Day, St. Michael and All Angels' Day, St. Luke's Day, SS. Simon
  and Jude's Day, All Saints' Day, take precedence of all Sundays
  after Trinity.

  The Feasts of the Dedication and Title of a Church rank as
  principal festivals; but may not be observed on Advent Sunday,
  Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Epiphany, between the Fifth Sunday
  in Lent and Low Sunday inclusive, Ascension Day, or from Whitsun
  Eve to Trinity Sunday inclusive.

Octaves are not mentioned by name in the Prayer-Book, but are
implied in the rubrics preceding the Proper Prefaces of the
Communion Office. It has been suggested by the Convocation of
Canterbury that the Collects for St. Michael's and All Saints'
Days should be repeated on the seven days following those days
respectively. Such additions would be in the nature of new Octaves.
But the first of these days had no Octave in the Sarum or the Roman
Use: the second has an Octave in the Roman Use, but had none in the
Sarum Use. If any such additional Octaves are introduced, the
Festival of the Epiphany at least should have this distinction.
A general permission might also be given to individual churches
to keep the Octaves of their title or dedication.

7. PROPER LESSONS

To be read at Morning and Evening Prayer, on the Sundays, and other
Holy-days throughout the Year.

LESSONS PROPER FOR HOLY-DAYS.

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.

THE ORDER FOR

MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER

DAILY TO BE SAID AND USED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

15. The Morning and Evening