Holy Day of Obligation in the USA
Also known as the Circumcision of Our Lord
I class
White
Funerals are not permitted today.
Proper Mass; Gloria; Credo; preface and Communicantes of the Nativity.
Matins: Invitatorium Christus natus; Hymn Iesu, Redemptor; 3 nocturns, Te Deum
Lauds: Proper antiphons with Sunday psalms; Hymn A solis ortus
Prime: Psalm 53 instead of 117; verse Qui natus es; short lesson Ipsi peribunt
Hours: Sunday psalms and antiphons from Lauds
II Vespers: Proper antiphons and psalms from the Common of the BVM; Hymn Iesu, Redemptor; no commemoration of the Holy Name of Jesus
Compline: Of Sunday