III class
Violet
Commemoration of St. Thomas Aquinas, Confessor and Doctor of the Church
The First Saturday votive Mass may be said: “one Mass of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, on the first Saturday of each month, in churches and oratories in which special devotions are held on that day in honor of the Immaculate Heart of Mary” (Rubricæ generales, 385c)
Mass of Saturday after Second Sunday of Lent; no Gloria; commemoration added; no Credo; Preface for Lent; Prayer over the people
OR
First Saturday votive: (White) Mass of August 22, Gloria, commemoration of the feria and of the saint, no Credo, preface of the BVM with Et te in veneratione
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 Tempore Quadragesimae as given in the psalter
I Vespers: Of the coming Lenten Sunday; antiphons and psalms of Saturday; remainder as in Tempore Quadragesimae, except proper chapter, Magnificat antiphon, and oration
Compline: Of Saturday