Feria VI Quattuor Temporum in Adventu

~ Feria major

Fri, 12/20/24:

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

Mass: Proper Mass. Violet. Omit Gloria. Gradual with neither Alleluia nor Tract. Omit Credo. Common Preface (1962: optional Preface of Advent). Under 1954, celebrant bows his head at the mention of St. Thomas in the Canon. Benedicamus (1954)/Ite (1962). Under 1954, commemoration and Last Gospel of the vigil of St. Thomas, Ap. 3rd prayer Deus qui de beatae of Our Lady. No commemorations or additional prayers under 1962 (vigil of St. Thomas suppressed in 1955).

Alternatively, under the 1954 rubrics, the Mass of the vigil of St. Thomas may be said at private (low) Masses. Mass Ego autem for the vigil of an apostle. Violet. Omit Gloria. Gradual with neither Alleluia nor Tract. Omit Credo. Common Preface. Celebrant bows his head at the mention of St. Thomas in the Canon. Benedicamus. Commemoration and Last Gospel of the Ember Friday. 3rd prayer Deus qui de beatae.

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 Constantes estote etc. of feria VI (Friday) 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 Friday. Under 1954, no commemoration is made of the vigil of St. Thomas in the Office (common vigils are not commemorated in the Office in Advent and Lent). Omit suffrage (1954). Under 1954, add displaced psalm 98 at Prime. (LB236 on Twitter/X.)

℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that the worshipful Feast of thy blessed Apostle (and Evangelist) Thomæ on the eve whereof we now stand, may avail us to the increase both of godliness toward thee, and of health to our own souls.
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.

Let us pray.
Commemoration Feria VI Quattuor temporum in Adventu
Put forth Your power, O Lord, we beseech You, and come; that those who trust in Your goodness may soon be delivered from all harm.

de S. Maria Advent
O God, Who, by the message of an Angel, willed to take flesh in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary, grant that we, your suppliants, who believe her to be truly the Mother of God, may be helped by her intercession with You.
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.