7. The second reading is followed by the Alleluia or the Tract. The Alleluia chant is arranged in this way: Alleluia is sung completely, with its melismatic neume, by the cantors and is repeated by the choir …
8. The Sequence, if there is one, is sung after the last Alleluia, in alternation by cantors and a choir, or by two parts of a choir, omitting the Amen at the end.
Which would entail just one reading and therefor just the Alleluia.COLLECTION OF MASSES OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
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General Introduction #31 c) During the seasons of Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter, the biblical readings are to be those assigned in the Lectionary for Mass for each day of the particular season except in the case of a celebration in the manner of a Feast or Solemnity.
[Under what circumstance would/could one celebrate 'in the manner of' a Feast or Solemnity?]
Two consecutive chants between readings are not envisioned in the OF rubrics except in the case of an alleluia plus sequence. I refer you again to no. 9 in the Gradual, which specifies either/or for the chants when there is only one reading before the Gospel.Is there anything in the norms that prohibits us from singing both AL. Virga Iesse and AL. Ave Maria in our OF Mass even if there are only two readings?
Not that I'm aware of.Also, is there any norm prohibiting us from using three readings for this Votive Mass?
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