Thursday, May 1, 2025


St. Joseph the Worker (First Thursday)

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General info:

The First Thursday votive Mass may not be celebrated, but the customary First Thursday prayers for priests and vocations may certainly still be held


Mass:

Mass of the Feast; Gloria; Credo; Preface of St. Joseph with Et te in Solemnitate


Breviary:

Matins: InvitatoriumĀ and hymn proper; antiphons, psalms, and lessonsĀ of the 3 nocturns are proper; Te Deum

Lauds: Proper antiphons, with Sunday psalms (1st scheme); remainder is proper

Prime: Proper antiphon, with Sunday psalms; Ps 53 instead of 117

Hours: Proper antiphons, with Sunday psalms; remainder is proper

Vespers: Proper antiphons, with Sunday psalms except Psalm 116 as fifth psalm; remainder is proper

Compline: Of Sunday