Confusion of This Weekend's Feasts

I know this will be lost on most. But the way the Feast of All Saints and All Souls falls on a Saturday and Sunday presents a lot of confusion for thos who pray the Liturgy of the Hours. Usually, All Souls would be celebrated on the 3rd of November if it falls on a Sunday (see the old encyclopedia entry below). I still haven't figured out why its being celebrated on a Sunday. But I did find an answer to another question that I had about whether Evening Prayer II for All Saints should be have been prayed last night, since there is no Evening Prayer for the Vigil of All Souls.



From Office of the Chancellor August 2003:



"The Solemnity of All Saints begins with Evening Prayer I on Friday, 31 October, and concludes with the celebration of Evening Prayer II of the Solemnity on 1 November. The Liturgy of the Hours on Sunday, 2 November 2003, All Souls Day, is that of the Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time. When Morning and Evening Prayer are celebrated with the people, however, these Hours may be taken from the Office for the Dead. If the Eucharist is celebrated on the evening of Friday, 31 October, the Mass is that of the Solemnity of All Saints. If the Eucharist is celebrated on Saturday evening, 1 November, the Mass is that of All Souls Day and is taken from the section, 'Masses for the Dead,' in the Sacramentary. "