S. Francisci Xaverii Confessoris ~ Duplex majus

Commemoratio: Feria III infra Hebdomadam I Adventus

Tues, 12/3/24:

Today is the feast of St. Francis Xavier, C, under the 1954 (double major) and 1962 (III class) rubrics

Mass: Proper Mass. White. Gloria. Gradual/Alleluia. Omit Credo. Common Preface. Ite. Commemoration of the Advent feria.

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 (Lauds = schema I). All else from the common of a confessor not a bishop. Proper collect. Commemoration of the Advent feria at Lauds. Omit suffrage (1954). Omit preces (1954). (LB236 on Twitter/X.)

℣. O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟. And let my cry come unto thee.
Let us pray.
O God, who wast pleased, by the preaching and miracles of blessed Francis, to add the nations of the Indies to thy Church; mercifully grant that, as we venerate his glorious merits, so we may also follow the example of his virtues.
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.

℣. O Lord, hear my prayer.
℟. And let my cry come unto thee.
Let us pray.
Stir up, O Lord, we pray thee, thy strength, and come among us, that whereas through our sins and wickedness we do justly apprehend thy wrathful judgments hanging over us, thy bountiful grace and mercy may speedily help and deliver us;
Who livest and reignest with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.