S. Luciæ Virginis et Martyris ~ Duplex

Scriptura: Feria VI infra Hebdomadam II Adventus

Fri, 12/13/24:

Today is the feast of St. Lucy, V & M, under the 1954 (double) and 1962 (III class) rubrics.

Mass: Proper Mass. Red. Gloria. Gradual/Alleluia. Credo (1954 only; for the octave of the Immaculate Conception). Preface of Our Lady (et te in Conceptione immacluata) (1954)/Common Preface (1962) (optional Preface of Advent). Ite. Under 1954, commemoration of the octave of the Immaculate Conception. Under both sets of rubrics, commemoration of the Advent feria.

Office: Ordinary office. Red. 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. At Matins, psalms and antiphons of the feria. At Lauds, psalms of Sunday (schema I) with proper antiphons. All else from the common of virgins (for virgin martyrs). Proper Benedictus antiphon. Proper collect. Under 1954 only, commemoration of the octave of the Immaculate Conception at Lauds. Under both rubrics, commemoration of the Advent feria at Lauds. Omit suffrage (1954). At Prime and the hours, psalms and antiphons of the feria. All else from the proper. Under 1954, lectio brevis Domine Deus at Prime. (LB236 on Twitter/X.)

℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Hear us, O God our Saviour, that, as we rejoice on the feast of blessed Lucy, Your Virgin and Martyr, so we may grow in love and devotion.
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.
For the Octave of the Immaculate Conception.
O God, Who by the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin, prepared a worthy dwelling for Your Son, and Who, by Your Son’s death, foreseen by You, preserved her from all taint, grant, we beseech You, through her intercession, that we too may come to You unstained by sin.
Commemoration Feria VI infra Hebdomadam II Adventus
Stir up our hearts, O Lord, to prepare the ways of Your only-begotten Son, so that through His coming we may be able to serve You with purified minds.
Who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.
℟. Amen