Responsories for Holy Week nocturn of Maundy Thursday are from Saint Augustines "Enarrationes in Psalmos" Second of Poulenc's "Sept répons des ténèbres". The lessons for the third nocturn of Maundy Thursday are from 1 Corinthians II: 17-34 First of Poulenc's "Sept répons des ténèbres". Good Friday is the sixth day (Latin: Feria VI or Feria Sexta) of the Holy Week. In Latin the occasion is also indicated as "In Parasceve" (Parasceve being Latin for Friday). Thus the second set of nine responsories for Holy Week can appear under titles such as "Feria VI – In Parasceve". The lessons of the first nocturn of Good
Determination of the day of the week for the following month. The item for January is "0"; for February or March, "3"; for December, "12". Day-item: The total, thus reached, must be corrected, by deducting "1" (first adding 7, if the total be "0"), if the date be January or February in a leap year, remembering that every year, divisible by 4, is a Leap Year, excepting only the century-years, in `New Style', when the number of centuries is not so divisible (e.g. 1800). The final result gives the day of the week, "0" meaning Sunday, "1" Monday, and so on. Examples: 17, divided by 4, leaves