II class
Violet
No commemoration of the Feast of the Apparitions of the BVM at Lourdes
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 Saturday
Lent begins later this week on Ash Wednesday. Review the Lenten liturgical regulations by clicking on the Season icon at the bottom of the page and opening the Season of Lent heading. Announce the Ash Wednesday Mass schedule. Announce the Lenten fasting regulations, with particular emphasis on Ash Wednesday as a day of fast and abstinence. The faithful should be instructed that if they celebrate St. Valentine’s Day in any festive way (with a special dinner out, etc.) that the feast coincides with Ash Wednesday this year, and that they would do well to anticipate their celebration by a day or two, such as to Fat Tuesday, so that they may observe Ash Wednesday properly.
In Memoriam:
Les clercs Jean Baptiste Després, Mickaël Sabak, and Raymond Guérin, FSSPX
+11 February 2009 (Avalanche at Lac de Cleuson)
Requiescant in pace.