Friday, December 5, 2025


Advent Feria (First Friday)

III class
Violet

Commemoration of St. Sabbas, Abbot


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 of the feria and of St. Sabbas, no Credo, proper preface

OR

Mass of the 1st Sunday of Advent; no Gloria or Credo; commemoration of St. Sabbas; omit Alleluia with following verse; common preface


Breviary:

Matins: Invitatorium and Hymn in Tempore Adventus; antiphons and psalms of the feria; lessons from the occurring scripture; no Te Deum

Lauds: Antiphons and psalms of the feria (2nd schema); remainder in Tempore Adventus, except proper antiphon at Benedictus and oration; preces are said

Hours: Psalms of the feria with Advent antiphons; remainder in Tempore Adventus

Vespers: Antiphons and psalms of the feria; remainder in Tempore Adventus, except proper antiphon at Magnificat and oration; preces are said

Compline: Of the feria