S. Birgittæ Viduæ ~ Duplex

Scriptura: Feria Tertia infra Hebdomadam XX post Octavam Pentecostes II. Octobris

Statue of Saint Bridget in Valdstena Cloister Church, Valdstena.

Today is the feast of St. Bridget, Widow, under the 1954 (double) and 1962 (III class) rubrics. Mass: Cognovi of a non-virgin holy woman with proper collect. White. Gloria. Epistle Carissime: Viduas honore from the common. Omit Credo. Common Preface. Ite. No commemorations under 1954. Under 1962, commemoration of Ss. Sergius, Bacchus, Marcellus, and Apuleius, Mm at conventual/low Mass only (transferred from October 7 in 1960 due to the 1960 rubrics limiting the number of commemorations permitted on days of the II class [October 7, the feast of the Rosary] to only one).

Office: Ordinary office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (1954)/1 nocturn of 3 lessons (1962; II = II & III of occurring Scripture combined, III = short hagiography). Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons of the feria. All else from the common of non-virgin holy women. Proper collect. No commemorations at Lauds under 1954. Under 1962, commemoration of Ss. Sergius et al. at Lauds. Omit suffrage (1954). (LB236 on Twitter/X.)

℣. O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟. And let my cry come unto thee.
Let us pray.
O Lord our God, Who, through thine Only-begotten Son, didst cause thy blessed hand-maid Bridget to see certain things which are naturally known not on earth but in heaven, grant unto us thy servants at her motherly prayers, to be one day blessed for ever in the vision of thine eternal glory.
Through the same Jesus Christ, thy Son, Our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.