Friday, June 23, 2023

Vigil of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist

II class
Violet

Mass:

Proper Mass, no Gloria, no Credo, common preface

Breviary:

The Office is of the feria, with proper lessons at Matins (homilia) and a proper oration

Matins: Invitatorium and Hymn per annum as given in the psalter; three lessons proper, no Te Deum

Lauds: Antiphons and psalms of the feria (second schema); remainder per annum as given in the psalter; proper oration; (no preces)

Hours: Antiphons and psalms of the feria; remainder per annum as given in the psalter; proper oration

I Vespers: Of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist; proper antiphons, with Sunday psalms except for Psalm 116 as the fifth psalm; remainder proper

Compline: Of Sunday

Reminder:

This evening bonfires are traditionally made in some places, which receive a special blessing as given in the Rituale (De Benedictionibus, no. 10: Benedictio Rogi quae fit a clero extra ecclesiam in Vigilia Nativitatis S. Joannis Baptistae):

V. Adiutorium nostrum in nomine Domini. R. Qui fecit caelum et terram.
V. Dominus vobiscum. R. Et cum spiritu tuo.

Oremus. Domine Deus, Pater omnipotens, lumen indeficiens, qui es conditor omnium luminum: novum hunc ignem sancti + fica, et praesta; ut ad te, qui es lumen indeficiens, puris mentibus post hujus saeculi caliginem pervenire valeamus. Per Christum Dominum nostrum.

Et aspergatur aqua benedicta. Deinde a Clero cantetur Hymnus Ut queant laxis e I Vesperis, et sequuntur versus et oratio earundem Vesperis.