Thursday, October 2, 2025


Holy Guardian Angels (First Thursday)

III class
White


General info:

The First Thursday votive Mass may be said: “one Mass of our Lord Jesus Christ, eternal High Priest, on the first Thursday or the first Saturday of each month, in churches and oratories in which special devotions are held on that day for the sanctification of the clergy” (Rubricæ generales, 385a)


Mass:

First Thursday votive: (White) Mass of our Lord Jesus Christ, eternal High Priest, Gloria, commemoration added, no Credo, common Preface

OR

Mass of the feast, Gloria, no Credo, common preface


Breviary:

Matins: All proper, including the three lessons of the nocturn; Te Deum

Lauds: Antiphons proper, with psalms of Sunday (first schema), remainder proper

Hours: Antiphons and psalms of the feria, remainder proper

Vespers: Antiphons proper, with psalms of Sunday except Psalm 137 Confitebor for fifth psalm, remainder proper

Compline: Of the feria