Thursday, December 30, 2021


Sixth day within the Octave of the Nativity

II class
White


General info:

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


Mass:

Mass Puer natus assigned to the days within the Octave of the Nativity (in the Missal, immediately following December 28); Gloria; Credo; preface and Communicantes of the Nativity


Breviary:

Matins: Invitatorium, Hymn, and 9 antiphons and 9 psalms from the Nativity (joined, not said as three nocturns); verse as found at the conclusion of the psalms for the Nativity (in its third nocturn); 3 lessons proper to December 30; Te Deum

Lauds: Antiphons of the Nativity with Sunday psalms; Hymn A solis ortus

Hours: Ferial psalms and antiphons; remainder as on the feast of the Nativity

Vespers: Of the Nativity

Compline: Of Sunday