Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Ferial Day

IV class
White

Mass:

Mass of the feria (White); use Mass of January 1 (in Octava Nativitatis Domini); Gloria; no Credo and no proper Communicantes; preface of the Nativity

Breviary:

The principal parts of the office during these seasonal ferias are from January 1, but are all listed together for convenience in the Ordinarium, under Time of the Nativity

Matins: Invitatorium and Hymn from the Time of the Nativity; psalms and antiphons of the feria; scripture lessons proper to January 3; Te Deum

Lauds: Psalms and antiphons of the feria; capitulum and following from Time of the Nativity

Prime: Psalms and antiphons of the feria; Verse Qui natus es

Hours: Psalms and antiphons of the feria; capitulum and following from Time of the Nativity

Vespers: Psalms and antiphons of the feria; capitulum and following from Time of the Nativity

Compline: Of the feria

Reminder:

IV class Votive Masses are permitted, but IV class Requiem Masses are not (until January 13 inclusive)