Saturday, July 7, 2018


Sts. Cyril and Methodius

Bishops and Confessors

III class
White

First Saturday


General info:

The First Saturday votive Mass may be said: “one Mass of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, on the first Saturday of each month, in churches and oratories in which special devotions are held on that day in honor of the Immaculate Heart of Mary” (Rubricæ generales, 385c).


Mass:

First Saturday votive: (White) Mass of August 22, Gloria, commemoration added, no Credo, preface of the BVM with Et te in veneratione

OR

Mass of the feast (White), Gloria, no Credo, common preface


Breviary:

Matins: Invitatorium Regem Confessorum; proper hymn; 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 except proper hymn, Benedictus antiphon, and oration

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

I Vespers: Of the following Sunday; antiphons and psalms of Saturday; remainder per annum as given in the psalter; proper Magnificat antiphon and oration

Compline: Of Saturday