Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Tuesday in Passion Week

III class
Violet

Commemoration of St. Gabriel the Archangel

General info:

In Masses of the season, the psalm Iudica me is omitted, as well as the Gloria Patri at the Introit and after the psalm Lavabo

Mass:

Mass of the feria; no Gloria; commemoration added; no Credo; Preface of the Holy Cross; Prayer over the people

Breviary:

Matins: Invitatorium and Hymn in Tempore Passionis as given in the psalter; antiphons and psalms of the feria; 3 lessons proper (homilia in Evangelium diei); no Te Deum

Lauds: Antiphons and psalms of the feria (2nd scheme); remainder in Tempore Passionis as given in the psalter, except proper antiphon at Benedictus and proper oration; commemoration added

Hours: Antiphons and psalms of the feria; remainder in Tempore Passionis as given in the psalter

I Vespers: Of the Annunciation, with commemoration of the current feria

Compline: Of Sunday. Gloria Patri is used in the short responsory because the Office is festal and not de tempore