Can anyone help me? I notice from the St Paul's Missal that the Sunday before Lent is the 7th Sunday in OT and the Sunday after Trinity Sunday is the 10th Sunday in OT. Where have the 8th and 9th Sundays in OT gone? Or is this just a device to ensure that the Sunday before Christ the King is the 33rd Sunday in OT?
The 8th and 9th Sundays have gone but their attached weeks are still there. The Monday after Pentecost this year starts the 8th week of OT. The OT Sundays give way to the feasts of Pentecost and Trinity. This year we'll loose the 10th Sunday too at Corpus Christi will fall on that day.