Tuesday, December 26, 2023


St. Stephen

Protomartyr

II class
Red


General info:

Within the Octave of the Nativity, I and II class votive Masses of the Dead are permitted.

Nuptial blessings may resume today.


Mass:

Credo; commemoration of the Octave of the Nativity; preface and Communicantes of the Nativity


Breviary:

Matins: Invitatorium Christum natum; Hymn Deus, tuorum militum; 3 nocturns; Te Deum

Lauds: Proper antiphons and Sunday psalms; Hymn Invicte Martyr; commemoration of the Octave of the Nativity

Prime: Verse Qui natus es

Hours: Ferial psalms and antiphons

Vespers: Antiphons and psalms of the Nativity; capitulum and following of St. Stephen; commemoration of the Octave of the Nativity

Compline: Of Sunday