III class
Violet
Commemoration of St. Sabbas, Abbot
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).
First Saturday votive: (White) Mass of August 22, Gloria, commemoration of the feria and of St. Sabbas under one conclusion, no Credo, preface of the BVM with Et te in veneratione
OR
Mass of the 1st Sunday of Advent, no Gloria; commemoration of St. Sabbas; omit Alleluia with following verse; no Credo; common preface
Matins: Invitatorium Regem venturum Dominum; Hymn Verbum supernum; ferial psalms and antiphons; no Te Deum
Lauds: Ferial psalms and antiphons of the 2nd schema; Hymn En clara vox; preces are said; commemoration added
Hours: Ferial psalms with antiphons of the 1st week of Advent
I Vespers: Of the following Sunday; antiphons and psalms of Saturday; remainder in Tempore Adventus as given in the psalter; proper Magnificat antiphon and oration
Compline: Of Saturday