Friday, August 2, 2024


St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori (First Friday)

Bishop, Confessor, Doctor of the Church

III class
White

Commemoration of St. Stephen I, Pope and Martyr


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, two commemorations added under one conclusion, no Credo, proper preface

OR

Mass of the feast (White), Gloria, commemoration of St. Stephen, no Credo, common preface


Breviary:

Ordinary Office of the feast

Matins: Invitatorium and Hymn from the Common; psalms and antiphons of the feria; first two lessons of the occurring Scripture (second and third joined); lesson 3 of the feast; Te Deum

Lauds: Antiphons and psalms of the feria (first schema), remainder from the Common; commemoration added

Hours: Antiphons and psalms of the feria, remainder from the Common

Vespers: Antiphons and psalms of the feria, remainder from the Common

Compline: Of the feria