In Octava Ss. Innocentium ~ Simplex

Scriptura: Ad Romános, cap. 7

Sat, 1/4/25:

Today is the octave day of the Holy Innocents, Mm, under the 1954 (simple) rubrics.

Mass: As on the December 28 feast of the Holy Innocents. Red vestments in place of violet. Gloria. Gradual. Omit Tract, saying Alleluia in its place. Omit Credo. Preface of the Nativity. Ite. 2nd prayer Deus qui salutis of Our Lady. 3rd prayer either Ecclesiae tuae for the Church or Deus omnium for the pope.

Private (low) votive Masses/daily Requiems are prohibited today under the 1954 rubrics.

Office: Ordinary office. Red. Matins of 1 nocturn of 3 lessons (I & II = occurring Scripture from the Epistle to the Romans, III = proper for the octave day). Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons of the feria. All else from the proper. Collect of the feast of the Holy Innocents. No commemorations at Lauds. Omit suffrage. At Prime, announce at the start of the Martyrology Festum sanctissimi Nominis Jesu. (LB236 on Twitter/X.)

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, Whose praise the Innocents, Your martyrs, this day proclaimed, not by speaking, but by dying, put to death in us all the wickedness of sin, so that Your faith which our tongue professes may be proclaimed also by our life.
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.