Thursday, September 2, 2021


St. Stephen (First Thursday)

King and Confessor

III class
White


General info:

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).


Mass:

First Thursday votive: (White) Mass of our Lord Jesus Christ, eternal High Priest, Gloria, commemoration of the saint, no Credo, common Preface

OR

Mass of the feast, Gloria, 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; oration proper

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

I Vespers of St. Pius X (SSPX): Of the feast; Antiphons from the Common of a Pope-Confessor, with psalms of Sunday except Psalm 116 for fifth psalm; remainder from the Common; oration proper

Vespers (non-SSPX): Antiphons and psalms of the feria, remainder from the Common; oration proper

Compline: Of Sunday (SSPX) or of the feria (non-SSPX)