Sunday, December 17, 2023


III Sunday of Advent (Gaudete)

I class
Violet (Rose may be worn)


General info:

Today, the Altar may be ornamented with flowers, the organ may be played, and the color Rose may be worn at the Office and Mass


Mass:

Mass of the III Sunday of Advent; Gloria omitted; Credo; preface of the Holy Trinity


Breviary:

Matins: Invitatorium Prope est iam and Hymn in Tempore Adventus; Advent antiphons with Sunday psalms; lessons from the occurring scripture and from the homilia in Evangelium diei; no Te Deum

Lauds: Proper antiphons with Sunday psalms (1st schema); hymn and verse in Tempore Adventus, capitulum, Benedictus antiphon, and oration proper

Hours: Proper antiphons for the respective hours taken from Lauds, with Sunday psalms; responsory in Tempore Adventus, capitulum and oration proper

II Vespers: Proper antiphons with Sunday psalms; hymn and verse in Tempore Adventus, capitulum, Magnificat O Sapientia (O Antiphons for Advent) and oration proper

Compline: Of Sunday