Feria IV Quattuor Temporum in Adventu ~ Feria major

Wed, 12/18/24:

Today is the Ember Wednesday of Advent under the 1954 (simple) and 1962 (II class) rubrics.

Mass: Proper Mass. Violet. Flectamus genua/Levate, additional collect, prophecy, and Gradual after the Kyrie. Omit Gloria. Proper collect. Gradual with neither Alleluia nor Tract. Omit Credo. Common Preface (1962: optional Preface of Advent). Benedicamus (1954)/Ite (1962). Under 1954, 2nd prayer Deus qui de beatae of Our Lady. 3rd prayer either Ecclesiae tuae for the Church or Deus omnium for the pope. No commemorations or additional prayers under 1962.

Office: Ferial office. Violet. Matins of 1 nocturn of 3 lessons (all proper). Omit Te Deum. Psalms (Lauds = schema II) of the feria. At Lauds and the hours, antiphons Prophetae praedicaverunt etc. of feria IV (Wednesday) before the vigil of Christmas. All else from the ferial office for Advent. Under 1954, preces at Lauds and the hours. Under 1962, preces at Lauds only. Proper collect of the Ember Wednesday. No commemorations at Lauds. Omit suffrage (1954). Under 1954, add displaced psalm 96 at Prime. (LB236 on Twitter/X.)

Let us pray.

℣. Let us kneel.
℟. Arise.
Grant us, we beseech You, almighty God, that the coming feast of our redemption may bring us both help for our present life, and the reward of everlasting happiness.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.