II class
Violet
Mass of the previous Sunday; no Gloria; omit Alleluia with following verse; no Credo; common Preface
Matins: Invitatorium Prope est iam and Hymn in Tempore Adventus; antiphons and psalms of the feria; lessons from the occurring scripture; no Te Deum
Lauds: Antiphons are proper as given in the psalter (Feria VI ante Vigiliam Nativitatis Domini) and psalms of the feria (2nd schema); remainder in Tempore Adventus, except proper antiphon at Benedictus and oration; Nota bene: the Benedictus antiphon is proper to December 23 (printed in the proper section after the III Sunday of Advent): Ecce, completa sunt * omnia, quae dicta sunt per Angelum de Virgine Maria; preces are said
Hours: Psalms of the feria with antiphons from Lauds; remainder in Tempore Adventus
Vespers: Antiphons and psalms of the feria; remainder in Tempore Adventus, except proper antiphon at Magnificat and proper oration (O Antiphons for Advent); preces are said
Compline: Of the feria