Saturday, December 21, 2024

S. Thomæ Apostoli ~ Duplex II. classis

Commemoratio: Sabbato Quattuor Temporum in Adventu




Sat, 12/21/24:


Today is the feast of St. Thomas, Ap, under the 1954 (double of the II class) and 1962 (II class) rubrics.


Mass: Pro populo. Proper Mass. Red. Gloria. Gradual/Alleluia. Credo. Preface of the Apostles. Celebrant bows head at mention of St. Thomas's name in the Canon. Ite. Commemoration of the Ember Saturday of Advent. Under 1954 only, Last Gospel of the Ember Saturday.


The Mass of St. Thomas is obligatory today; it is not permissible for the Mass of the Ember Saturday to be said under either set of rubrics.


Office: Under 1954, festal office. Red. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons. Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons at Matins from the common of apostles. At Lauds and the hours, psalms of Sunday (Lauds = schema I; Prime = 53, 118.1, 118.2) with antiphons from the common of apostles. All else from the common. Proper Benedictus antiphon. Proper collect. At Lauds, commemoration of the Ember Saturday (Benedictus antiphon Nolite timere [In five days, etc.] for December 21, proper collect of the Ember Saturday). Omit suffrage (1954).


℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O Lord, grant us, we beseech You, to glory in the feast-day of blessed Thomas, Your Apostle, that we may be helped continually by his patronage and imitate his faith with a devotion like his.
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 Sabbato Quattuor temporum in Adventu
O God, You Who see how we are troubled by our evil tendencies, mercifully grant that we may find consolation in Your coming.
Who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.
℟. Amen

No comments: