In Purificatione Beatæ Mariæ Virginis ~ Duplex II. classis

Tempora: Feria II infra Hebdomadam Septuagesimæ 

Mon, 2/2/26:

Today is the feast of the Purification of Our Lady (Candlemas) under the 1954 (double of the II class) and 1962 (II class) rubrics.

Mass: Pro populo. Proper Mass. White. Gloria. Gradual/Tract. Credo. Preface of the Nativity. Ite. No commemorations or additional prayers. 

Office: Under 1954, festal office. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 proper lessons. Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons at Matins from the common of Our Lady. At Lauds and the hours, psalms of Sunday (Prime = 53, 118.1, 118.2) with proper antiphons. All else from the proper. Proper collect of the feast. No commemorations at Lauds. Omit suffrage. At Prime, V = Qui natus es. Under 1962, semi-festal office. Matins and Lauds as above. At Prime and the hours, psalms and antiphons of the feria. All else from the proper. At Prime, V = Qui natus es. (Source: LB236 on Twitter/X.)

Introitus
Ps 47:10-11.
Suscépimus, Deus, misericórdiam tuam in médio templi tui: secúndum nomen tuum, Deus, ita et laus tua in fines terræ: justítia plena est déxtera tua.
Ps 47:2.
Magnus Dóminus, et laudábilis nimis: in civitáte Dei nostri, in monte sancto ejus.
V. Glória Patri, ...

Collect
V. The Lord be with you.
R. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Almighty, eternal God, we humbly beseech Your majesty that, as Your only-begotten Son was this day presented in the temple in the nature of our flesh, so may You grant us to be presented to You with purified minds.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
R. Amen.

 From the Holy Gospel according to Luke

Luke 2:22-32
In that time, after the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they carried him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, as it is written in the law of the Lord. And so on.

Homily on this passage by St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan.
Bk. 2, Comm. on Luke II
And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel. The birth of the Lord is attested not only by Angels and Prophets, and shepherds, but also by elders and just men. Every age, and both sexes, as well as the miracles of the events themselves, are here to strengthen our faith. A virgin conceiveth, a barren woman beareth, a dumb man speaketh, Elizabeth prophesieth, the wise man worshippeth, the unborn child leapeth, the widow praiseth, and the just man waiteth.

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Post Communion
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
We beseech You, O Lord our God, that the sacrament You have given as the bulwark of our atonement may be made a saving remedy for us in this life and in the life to come.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
R. Amen.