II class
Violet
Mass of Quinquagesima Sunday; Gloria is omitted; Credo; preface of the Holy Trinity
Office of Sunday per annum
Matins: Invitatorium Praeoccupemus; Hymn Primo die; 9 antiphons and 9 psalms of Sunday; 3 lessons of feast; no Te Deum
Lauds: Proper antiphons, with Sunday psalms of the 2nd scheme; remainder proper
Prime: Psalm 53 replaces psalm 117; short lesson Dominus autem
Hours: Sunday psalms with antiphons from Lauds
II Vespers: Psalms of Sunday; remainder proper
Compline: Of Sunday
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