Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Tuesday after the 3rd Sunday of Lent

III class
Violet

Commemoration of St. Patrick, Bishop and Confessor

Mass:

Mass of the feria; no Gloria; commemoration added; no Credo; Preface for Lent; Prayer over the people

Breviary:

Matins: Invitatorium and Hymn in Tempore Quadragesimae 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 Quadragesimae 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 Quadragesimae as given in the psalter

Vespers: Antiphons and psalms of the feria; remainder in Tempore Quadragesimae as given in the psalter, except proper antiphon at Magnificat and proper oration

Compline: Of the feria

Reminder:

St. Patrick is the primary patron of the Archdioceses of Boston and New York and of the Dioceses of El Paso, Erie, Fort Worth, Harrisburg, Norwich, and Sacramento. He is also designated as the principal co-patron of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, together with St. Francis. In these places, his feast is celebrated as I class.