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Summary of comments of this office by Dom Schuster, in his work L'année liturgique.
Today's Mass has a very pronounced festive character, and in a few documents it is designated as the first week after the solemnity of the martyr Lawrence. This designation cannot, of course, always correspond to the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, because this day is itself a movable feast.
The antiphon for the Introït is taken from Psalm 67, which draws its inspiration from the Canticle of the Prophetess Deborah. "God in His holy place; God who maketh men of one mind to dwell in a house: He shall give power and strength to His people."
The Gradual respond is the same as for the Friday after the Third Sunday of Lent, and comes from Psalm 27: "In God hath my heart confided, and I have been helped; and my flesh hath flourished again; and with my will I will give praise to Him. V. Unto Thee will I cry, O Lord: O my God, be not Thou silent; depart not from me."
The versicle of the Alleluia is taken from Psalm 80, where one is invited to rejoice in God, the God of Jacob, the helper and strong arm of all the spiritual posterity of Israel.
The antiphon of the Offertory is the same as that of Ash Wednesday and comes from Psalm 29: "I will extol Thee, O Lord, for Thou hast upheld me; and hast not made my enemies to rejoice over me: O Lord, I have cried to Thee, and Thou hast healed me."
The antiphon for the Communion is taken from Proverbs (3:9-10), by virtue of an exception to the rules of classical antiphony. It is too well suited to these summer Masses of the harvest season for the compiler of the Gregorian sacramentary to have been able to renounce using it. "Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the first of all thy fruits: and thy barns shall be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall run over with wine."
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