Friday, May 3, 2024


Feria (First Friday)

IV class
White

Commemoration of St. Alexander I, Eventius, and Theodulus, Martyrs, and of St. Juvenal, Bishop and Confessor


General info:

The First Friday votive Masses may be said: “two Masses of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, on the first Friday of each month, in churches and oratories in which special devotions are held on that day in honor of the Sacred Heart” (Rubricæ generales, 385b).


Mass:

Sacred Heart votive: (White) Mass of the Feast of the Sacred Heart, Gloria, commemoration added, no Credo, proper preface.

OR

Mass of the preceding Sunday, Gloria, commemoration added, no Credo, preface of Easter

OR

Mass of the commemorated feast (Red), Gloria, no Credo, preface of Easter


Breviary:

Matins: Invitatorium and Hymn in Tempore Paschatis, antiphon Alleluia and psalms of the feria, 3 lessons proper, Te Deum

Lauds: Antiphon Alleluia and psalms of the feria (first schema); remainder in Tempore Paschatis, except proper antiphon at Benedictus, commemoration added

Hours: Antiphon Alleluia and psalms of the feria; remainder in Tempore Paschatis

Vespers: Antiphon Alleluia and psalms of the feria; remainder in Tempore Paschatis, except proper antiphon at Magnificat

Compline: Of the feria