Bishop and Confessor
III class
White
First Thursday
The First Thursday votive Mass may be said: “one Mass of our Lord Jesus Christ, eternal High Priest, on the first Thursday or the first Saturday of each month, in churches and oratories in which special devotions are held on that day for the sanctification of the clergy” (Rubricæ generales, 385a).
First Thursday votive: (White) Mass of our Lord Jesus Christ, eternal High Priest, Gloria, commemoration of the feria then of St. Nicholas (under one conclusion), no Credo, common Preface.
OR
Mass of St. Nicholas (White), Gloria, commemoration of the feria, no Credo, common preface
Matins: Invitatorium Regem Confessorum Dominum; Hymn Iste Confessor; ferial psalms and antiphons; Lesson 3 of the feast; Te Deum
Lauds: Ferial psalms and antiphons of the 1st scheme; Hymn Iesu, Redemptor; commemoration of the feria
Hours: Ferial psalms and antiphons per annum
Vespers: Ferial psalms and antiphons; Hymn Iste Confessor; commemoration of the feria
Compline: Of the feria