Saturday, July 3, 2021


St. Irenaeus (First Saturday)

Bishop and Martyr

III class
Red


General info:

The First Saturday votive Mass may be said: “one Mass of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, on the first Saturday of each month, in churches and oratories in which special devotions are held on that day in honor of the Immaculate Heart of Mary” (Rubricæ generales, 385c).


Mass:

First Saturday votive: (White) Mass of August 22, Gloria, commemoration of the saint, no Credo, preface of the BVM with Et te in veneratione

OR

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


Breviary:

Ordinary Office of the feast

Matins: Invitatorium and Hymn from the Common; psalms and antiphons of the feria; first two lessons of the occurring Scripture (second and third joined); lesson 3 of the feast; Te Deum

Lauds: Antiphons and psalms of the feria (first schema), remainder from the Common; oration proper

Hours: Antiphons and psalms of the feria, remainder from the Common; oration proper

Vespers: Antiphons and psalms of the feria, remainder from the Common; oration proper

Compline: Of the feria