S. Joannis a Capistrano Confessoris ~ Semiduplex

Commemoratio: Feria Sexta infra Hebdomadam III in Quadragesima

Fri, 3/28/25:

Today is the feast of St. John of Capistrano, C, under the 1954 (semi-double) rubrics.

Mass: Proper Mass. White. Gloria. Gradual/Tract. Omit Credo. Preface of Lent. Ite. Commemoration and Last Gospel of the Lenten feria. 3rd prayer A cunctis for the intercession of the saints.

In private (low) Masses offered in parish churches, the Mass of the Lenten feria may be offered in place of the Mass of the feast. Proper Mass. Violet. Station church at St. Lawrence in Lucina. Omit Gloria. Gradual/Tract with genuflection at Adjuva nos. Omit Credo. Preface of Lent. Prayer over the people. Benedicamus. Commemoration of St. John of Capistrano. 3rd prayer A cunctis.

Office: Ordinary office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (1st nocturn = Beatus vir with proper responsories, IX = of the feria). 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 Lenten feria at Lauds (proper Benedictus antiphon and collect). Suffrage.

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Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, Who, through blessed John, made Your faithful people conquer the enemies of the cross by the power of the most holy name of Jesus, grant, we beseech You, that by his intercession we may avoid the snares of our spiritual enemies, and may be found worthy to receive from You the crown of justice.
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 Sexta infra Hebdomadam III in Quadragesima
O Lord, graciously be with us during this fast, and, we beseech You, help our spirit to abstain from sin as our body fasts from food.
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.

S. Joannis Damasceni Confessoris et Ecclesiæ Doctoris ~ Duplex

Commemoratio: Feria Quinta infra Hebdomadam III in Quadragesima

Thurs, 3/27/25:

Today is the feast of St. John Damascene, C & D, under the 1954 (double) rubrics.

Mass: Proper Mass. White. Gloria. Gradual/Tract. Credo (for feasts of doctors). Preface of Lent. Ite. Commemoration and Last Gospel of the Lenten feria.

At private (low) Masses in parish churches, the Mass of the Lenten feria may be offered in place of the Mass of the feast. Proper Mass. Violet. Station at Ss. Cosmas and Damian. Omit Gloria. Gradual without Tract. Omit Credo. Preface of Lent. Prayer over the people. Benedicamus (1954)/Ite (1962).

Office: Ordinary office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns  of 9 lessons (1st nocturn = Sapientiam with proper responsories, IX = of the feria). 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 Lenten feria at Lauds (proper Benedictus antiphon and collect). Omit suffrage.

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Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Almighty, eternal God, Who to defend the honor paid to sacred images, filled blessed John with heavenly learning and wondrous strength of soul, grant that, by his intercession and example, we may imitate the virtues of those whose images we honor and may enjoy the help of their patronage.
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 Quinta infra Hebdomadam III in Quadragesima
May the blessed feast of Your saints, Cosmas and Damian, glorify You, O Lord; for on this day in Your marvelous providence, You gave them glory everlasting, and gave us their help.
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.

In Annuntiatione Beatæ Mariæ Virginis ~ Duplex I. classis

Commemoratio: Feria Tertia infra Hebdomadam III in Quadragesima

The Annunciation by Fra Angelico The Annunciation, fresco by Fra Angelico, 1438–45; in the Museum of San Marco, Florence

Tues, 3/25/25:

Today is the feast of the Annunciation of Our Lady under the 1954 (double of the I class) and 1962 (I class) rubrics.

Mass: Pro populo. Proper Mass. White. Gloria. Gradual/Tract. Credo (NB: at solemn Mass, all in choir along with the celebrant and sacred ministers genuflect at Et incarnatus est). Preface of Our Lady (et te in Annuntiatione). Ite. Commemoration and Last Gospel (1954 only) of the Lenten feria.

Office: Festal office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (9th antiphon = Angelus Domini, IX = of the feria). Te Deum. At Matins, psalms and antiphons from the common of Our Lady (with Paschaltide alleluia). At Lauds (schema I) and the hours, psalms of Sunday (Prime = 53, 118.1, 118.2) with proper antiphons. All else from the proper. Proper Benedictus antiphon. Collect of the feast. Commemoration of the Lenten feria at Lauds (proper Benedictus antiphon and collect). Omit suffrage (1954). At Prime, V = Qui natus es.

From the Holy Gospel according to Luke
Luke 1:26-38
At that time the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And so on.

Homily by St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan.
Bk. ii on Luke
The mysteries of God are unsearchable, and it is especially declared by a Prophet, that a man can hardly know His counsels. Wisd. ix. 13. Nevertheless, some things have been revealed to us, and we may gather from some of the words and works of the Lord our Saviour, that there was a special purpose of God, in the fact that she who was chosen to be the mother of the Lord was espoused to a man. Why did not the power of the Highest overshadow her before she was so espoused? Perhaps it was lest any might blasphemously say that she had conceived in fornication the Holy One.

Collect

℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, Who, by the message of an angel, willed Your Word 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 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 Tertia infra Hebdomadam III in Quadragesima
Hear us, almighty and merciful God, and in Your kindness grant us the graces of self-denial that lead to salvation.
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.

S. Gabrielis Archangeli ~ Duplex majus

Commemoratio: Feria Secunda infra Hebdomadam III in Quadragesima

Mon, 3/24/25:

Today is the feast of St. Gabriel, Archangel, under the 1954 (double major) rubrics

Mass: Proper Mass. White. Gloria. Gradual/Tract. Credo. Preface of Lent. Ite. Commemoration and Last Gospel of the Lenten feria.

In private (low) Masses in parish churches, either the Mass of the feast or the Mass of the Lenten feria may be offered. Proper Mass. Violet. Station church at St. Mark. Omit Gloria. Gradual/Tract with genuflection at Adjuva nos. Omit Credo. Preface of Lent. Prayer over the people. Benedicamus. Commemoration and Last Gospel of St. Gabriel.

In cathedrals, moasteries, etc., the festal Mass of St. Gabriel is sung after Terce, without commemoration of the Lenten feria. The Mass of the Lenten feria is sung after None, without commemoration of the feast and with seasonal orations A cunctis and Omnipotens.

Office: Festal office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (1st nocturn = Ego Daniel [proper] with proper responsories, IX = of the feria). Te Deum. Proper psalms and antiphons at Matins. At Lauds and the hours, psalms of Sunday (Lauds =schema I, Prime = 53, 118.1, 118.2) with proper antiphons. All else from the proper. Proper Benedictus antiphon and collect. At Lauds, commemoration of the Lenten feria (proper Benedictus antiphon and collect). Omit suffrage.

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Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, Who, out of all the angels, chose the Archangel Gabriel to announce the mystery of Your incarnation, mercifully grant that we who keep his feast on earth, may have him as our patron in heaven.
Who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end.
℟. Amen

Let us pray.
Commemoration Feria Secunda infra Hebdomadam III in Quadragesima
O Lord, we beseech You, in Your mercy, pour forth Your grace into our hearts, that, as we abstain from material food, so may we restrain our senses from sin.
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.

Sabbato infra Hebdomadam II in Quadragesima ~ Feria major

Sat, 3/22/25:

Today is a Lenten feria under the 1954 (simple) and 1962 (III class) rubrics. Mass: Proper Mass. Violet. Station church at Ss. Marcellinus and Peter at the Lateran. Omit Gloria. Gradual. Omit Tract. Omit Credo. Preface of Lent. Prayer over the people. Benedicamus (1954)/Ite (1962). Under the 1954 rubrics, 2nd prayer A cunctis for the intercession of the saints. 3rd prayer Omnipotens for the living and the dead. No additional prayers under 1962. Office: Ferial office. Violet. Matins of 1 nocturn of 3 lessons. Omit Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons of the feria (Lauds = schema II). All else from the ferial office for Lent. At Lauds, proper Benedictus antiphon and collect. No commemorations. Preces at Lauds and the hours (1954 only). Suffrage (1954 only). At Prime, add displaced psalm.

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Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Grant that our fasting may be beneficial to us, we beseech You, O Lord, so that by chastising our flesh we may obtain strength for our 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.
Collect of the Saints
From all perils of soul and body defend us, O Lord, we beseech thee, and by the intercession of blessed and gloriosus ever Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of blessed Joseph, of thy blessed apostles Peter and Paul, and of blessed N. and all the Saints, graciously grant us safety and peace that all adversities and errors being overcome, thy Church may serve thee in security and freedom.

pro vivis et mortuos
Almighty and eternal God, who has dominion over both the living and the dead, and has mercy upon all whom You foreknow will be Yours by faith and good works; we humbly beseech You that all for whom we have resolved to make supplication, whether the present world home still holds them in the flesh or the world to come holds them out of the body, may, through the intercession of Your saints, obtain of Your goodness and clemency pardon for all their sins.
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.

Feria Sexta Quattuor Temporum Quadragesimæ ~ Feria major

 Fri, 3/14/25:

Today is the Ember Friday of Lent under the 1954 (simple) and 1962 (II class feria) rubrics. Mass: Proper Mass. Station church at the Twelve Holy Apostles. Violet. Omit Gloria. Tract with genuflection at Adjuva nos. Omit Credo. Preface of Lent. Prayer over the people. Benedicamus (1954)/Ite (1962). Under 1954, 2nd prayer A cunctis for the intercession of the saints. 3rd prayer Omnipotens for the living and the dead. No additional prayers under 1962. Office: Ferial office. Violet. Matins of 1 nocturn of 3 proper lessons. Omit Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons of the feria (Lauds = schema II). All else from the ferial office for Lent. Proper Benedictus antiphon and collect. No commemorations at Lauds. Suffrage (1954 only). Preces at Lauds and the hours (1954)/Lauds only (1962). At Prime, add displaced psalm 98 (1954 only).

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Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Be merciful to Your people, O Lord, and as You give them the grace to serve You, make them new by Your loving help.
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.
Collect of the Saints
From all perils of soul and body defend us, O Lord, we beseech thee, and by the intercession of blessed and gloriosus ever Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of blessed Joseph, of thy blessed apostles Peter and Paul, and of blessed N. and all the Saints, graciously grant us safety and peace that all adversities and errors being overcome, thy Church may serve thee in security and freedom.

pro vivis et mortuos
Almighty and eternal God, who has dominion over both the living and the dead, and has mercy upon all whom You foreknow will be Yours by faith and good works; we humbly beseech You that all for whom we have resolved to make supplication, whether the present world home still holds them in the flesh or the world to come holds them out of the body, may, through the intercession of Your saints, obtain of Your goodness and clemency pardon for all their sins.
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.

S. Gregorii Papæ Confessoris et Ecclesiæ Doctoris ~ Duplex

Scriptura: Feria Quarta Quattuor Temporum Quadragesimæ

Wed, 3/12/25:

Today is the feast of St. Gregory I, P, C & D, under the 1954 (double) rubrics. Mass: Si diligis me of a supreme pontiff with proper orations. White. Gloria. Gradual/Tract. Credo (for feasts of doctors). Preface of the Apostles. Ite. Commemoration and Last Gospel of the Ember Wednesday of Lent. Under 1954, in parish churches, the Mass of the Ember Wednesday of Lent may be offered at private (low) Masses, either in place of the Mass of the feast (if only one Mass is offered) or as a second Mass. Station church at St. Mary Major. Violet. Flectamus genua/Levate after the Kyrie. Additional collect, prophecy, and gradual. Omit Gloria. Tract after the second prophecy. Omit Credo. Preface of Lent. Prayer over the people. Benedicamus. Commemoration of St. Gregory I. In cathedrals, monasteries, etc., the festal Mass of St. Gregory I is sung after Terce as above, omitting commemoration of the Lenten feria. The Mass of the Ember Wednesday is sung after None as above, omitting commemoration of the feast and with the seasonal orations A cunctis and Omnipotens. Office: Ordinary office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (1st nocturn = Sapientiam of the feast, lesson IX = of the Ember Wednesday). Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons of the feria (Lauds = schema I). All else from the common of a confessor bishop. Proper collect. At Lauds, commemoration of the Ember Wednesday (proper Benedictus antiphon and collect). Omit suffrage.

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Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, Who granted the rewards of everlasting happiness to the soul of Your servant Gregory, mercifully grant that we who are weighed down with the burden of our sins may be raised up by his prayers to You.
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 Quarta Quatuor Temporum Quadrigeismæ
Mercifully hear our prayers, we beseech You, O Lord; and stretch forth the right hand of Your Majesty against all things hostile to us.
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.

Feria Tertia infra Hebdomadam I in Quadragesima ~ Feria major

Tues, 3/11/25: 

Today is a Lenten feria under the 1954 (simple) and 1962 (III class) rubrics. 

Mass: Proper Mass (obligatory). Station church at St. Anastasia. Violet. Omit Gloria. Gradual. Omit Tract. Omit Credo. Preface of Lent. Prayer over the people. Benedicamus (1954)/Ite Missa est 1962.

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Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew
Matt 21:10-17.
In that time, when Jesus was come into Jerusalem, the whole city was moved, saying: Who is this? And so on.

Homily by the Venerable Bede, Priest at Jarrow.
11th for Lent, Tom. vii
The same thing which the Lord showed in a figure by cursing the barren fig-tree, He afterwards more plainly put before us by casting the desecrators out of the temple. The tree herself had not sinned by bearing no fruit when the Lord was hungry, for the time of figs was not yet come, but those Priests had sinned who were carrying on worldly business in the Lord's house, and who neglected to bring forth that fruit of godliness which they owed, and which the Lord was hungry to find in them. The Lord made the fig-tree to wither away under His curse, that all men who saw it, and all men who hear of it, might know that they will be condemned by the judgment of God, if they content themselves with the talk of godliness, without the solid fruit of good works, even as that barren figtree was clothed only with a rustling garb of green leaves.

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Look upon Your household, O Lord, and grant that our minds, chastened by mortification of the flesh, may, because of their desire for You, shine in Your sight.
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.
Collect of the Saints
From all perils of soul and body defend us, O Lord, we beseech thee, and by the intercession of blessed and gloriosus ever Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of blessed Joseph, of thy blessed apostles Peter and Paul, and of blessed N. and all the Saints, graciously grant us safety and peace that all adversities and errors being overcome, thy Church may serve thee in security and freedom.

pro vivis et mortuos
Almighty and eternal God, who has dominion over both the living and the dead, and has mercy upon all whom You foreknow will be Yours by faith and good works; we humbly beseech You that all for whom we have resolved to make supplication, whether the present world home still holds them in the flesh or the world to come holds them out of the body, may, through the intercession of Your saints, obtain of Your goodness and clemency pardon for all their sins.
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.

Ss. Quadraginta Martyrum ~ Semiduplex

Commemoratio: Feria Secunda infra Hebdomadam I in Quadragesima

Mon, 3/10/25:

Today is the feast of the Forty Holy Martyrs under the 1954 (semi-double) rubrics.

Mass: Proper Mass. Red. Gloria. Gradual/Tract. Omit Credo. Preface of Lent. Ite. Commemoration and Last Gospel of the Lenten feria. 3rd prayer A cunctis for the intercession of the saints.

If a second (low) Mass is offered in parish churches, it is of the Lenten feria. Proper Mass. Station church at St. Peter in Chains. Violet. Omit Gloria. Tract with genuflection at Adjuva nos. Omit Credo. Preface of Lent. Benedicamus. Commemoration of the Forty Holy Martyrs. 3rd prayer A cunctis.

Office: Ordinary office. Red. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (1st nocturn = Fractres: Debitores with proper responsories, lesson IX = of the Lenten feria). Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons of the feria (Lauds = schema I). All else from the common of several martyrs outside Paschaltide. Proper collect. Commemoration of the Lenten feria at Lauds (proper Benedictus antiphon and collect). Suffrage.

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Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, our Saviour, direct our minds by Your heavenly teaching, so that the Lenten fast may profit us.
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 Ss. Quadraginta Martyrum
Grant, we beseech You, almighty God, that we who know how courageously Your holy Martyrs have confessed the faith, may experience their goodness as they intercede for us with You.

Collect of the Saints
From all perils of soul and body defend us, O Lord, we beseech thee, and by the intercession of blessed and gloriosus ever Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of blessed Joseph, of thy blessed apostles Peter and Paul, and of blessed N. and all the Saints, graciously grant us safety and peace that all adversities and errors being overcome, thy Church may serve thee in security and freedom.
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.

S. Joannis de Deo Confessoris ~ Duplex

Scriptura: Sabbato post Cineres 

Sat, 3/8/25:

Today is the feast of St. John of God, C, under the 1954 (double) rubrics.

Mass: Proper Mass. White. Gloria. Gradual/Tract. Omit Credo. Preface of Lent. Ite. Commemoration and Last Gospel of the Saturday after Ash Wednesday.

Under 1954, in parish churches, the Mass of the Lenten feria may be offered at private (low) Masses, either in place of the Mass of the feast (if only one Mass is offered) or as a second Mass. Station church at St. Tryphon. Violet. Omit Gloria. Gradual. Omit Tract. Omit Credo. Preface of Lent. Prayer over the people. Benedicamus. Commemoration of St. John of God.

Office: Ordinary office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (1st nocturn = Beatus vir, lesson IX = of the Saturday after Ash Wednesday). Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons of the feria (Lauds = schema I). All else from the common of a confessor not a bishop. Proper collect. At Lauds, commemoration of the Lenten feria (proper Benedictus antiphon and collect). Omit suffrage. No displaced psalm added at Prime.

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Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O God, Who caused blessed John when burning with love for You, to walk unharmed through the midst of flames, and through him enriched Your Church with a new religious family; grant that through the help of his merits, our sins may be burned away by the fire of Your love, and eternal remedies may come to us.
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 post Cineres
Hear, O Lord, our humble prayers, and grant that we may devoutly keep this fast that has been established to cure our souls and bodies.
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.

Ss. Perpetuæ et Felicitatis Martyrum ~ Duplex

Commemoratio: Feria V post Cineres

Thurs, 3/6/25: Today is the feast of Ss. Perpetua and Felicitas, Mm, under the 1954 (double) rubrics. Mass: Me exspectaverunt of several non-virgin holy women with the collect Da nobis, quaesumus of several non-virgin martyrs and proper postcommunion. Red. Gloria. Gradual/Tract. Omit Credo. Preface of Lent. Celebrant bows his head at mention of today's saints in the Canon. Ite. Commemoration and Last Gospel of the Lenten feria. Under 1954, in parish churches, the Mass of the Lenten feria may be offered at private (low) Masses, either in place of the Mass of the feast (if only one Mass is offered) or as a second Mass. Station church at St. George. Violet. Omit Gloria. Gradual. Omit Tract. Omit Credo. Preface of Lent. Celebrant bows his head at the mention of today's saints in the Canon. Prayer over the people. Benedicamus. Commemoration of Ss. Perpetua and Felicitas.

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Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Grant, we beseech You, O Lord our God, that we may venerate with unceasing devotion Your holy Martyrs Perpetua and Felicitas; and although we cannot pay them the honor that is their due, may we at least present to them our humble homage.
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 V post Cineres
O God, offended by sin, and appeased by penitence, graciously hear the prayers of Your people as they entreat You to turn away from us the scourges of anger that we have deserved because of our sins.
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.

Traditional Liturgical Notes for Lent

“…per the traditional rubrics:

“Lent begins this year on March 5, Ash Wednesday. The liturgical color is violet. In Masses of the season, the Gloria is omitted; the Te Deum is not said at Matins in the Office except on feasts. Schema II is used at Lauds in all Offices of the season, with the displaced psalm recited as the fourth psalm at Prime under the 1954 rubrics; under the 1962 rubrics, the displaced psalm is omitted entirely. “Flowers may not be on the altar, and the organ is played only to support the chanting if necessary, except on major feasts (St. Joseph, Annunciation) and on Laetare Sunday. Each ferial day has its own proper Mass and station church, a remnant of the ancient initiation practice for new Christians. “Under the 1954 rubrics, in Mass of the season, folded chasubles are worn by deacon/subdeacon at solemn Mass, except on Laetare Sunday. The seasonal orations are A cunctis for the intercession of the saints and Omnipotens for the living and the dead. Under the 1962 rubrics, deacon and subdeacon wear dalmatic/tunicle at Masses of the season, as folded chasubles were suppressed entirely in 1961. No additional (seasonal) prayers are said at Mass under the 1962 rubrics. The rubrics, along with clarifications issued by the Sacred Congregation of Rites (cf. O'Connell, 1964), suggest that the alb should be unadorned and without lace during penitential seasons, unless a major feast is celebrated. “The Preface of Lent is used at all Masses, including festal Masses, that do not have a proper preface. The Tract is sung/said only in Masses that contain it in their propers. “Under the 1954 rubrics, on days of semi-double, doubles, and double major rite, the Office is of the feast with commemoration of the Lenten feria at Lauds and at Vespers. At private (low) Masses in parish churches, either the Mass of the feast or of the feria may be said with commemoration of the other. At conventual Masses in cathedrals, monasteries, etc., on the feasts above the Mass of the feast is sung after Terce without commemoration of the feria, while the Mass of the feria is sung after None without commemoration of the feast. On doubles of the I and II class, the Mass and Office of the feast are obligatory, with the feria commemorated at all Masses (with Last Gospel of the feria) and at Lauds and Vespers. “Under the 1962 rubrics, the Lenten ferias (both Mass and Office; III class) are elevated above all feasts of the III class. Commemoration is made of occurring feasts at Lauds and at conventual/low Mass only. At conventual Masses under the 1962 rubrics, the Mass of the feria only is sung on the days above after Terce, with commemoration of any occurring feasts of the III class. The custom codified in the Tridentine Missal of singing conventual Mass after certain Office hours is suppressed. If a feria of Lent is outranked by a feast of the I or II class under the 1962 rubrics, the feria is a privileged commemoration and is commemorated at all Masses, at Lauds, and at Vespers. “As a general rule, votive Masses/daily Requiems (private [low] and sung) are not permitted during Lent under either set of rubrics. Exceptions are made for First Thursday, First Friday, and First Saturday, as well as certain other circumstances. “As a relic of an old custom where Lent did not begin until its first Sunday, the proper Office ordinary for Lent is not used until Vespers on the Saturday before the 1st Sunday. “Under the discipline in place in the U.S. in 1962, all days of Lent (except Sundays) are days of fast. One meal with two small snacks that together do not equal a full meal may be taken. Meat may not be eaten at all on Ash Wednesday, Fridays, and Holy Saturday (until noon). All other days of Lent not mentioned above are days of partial abstinence. Meat may taken at the principal meal. (For a history of the relaxation of the Latin Church's fasting discipline, see the work of

@acatholiclife

on Twitter/X.)

“Under the present discipline (binding under pain of sin), fasting is only obligatory on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Meat may not be eaten on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays of Lent. The fast for all other days has been suppressed.”

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Sanctæ Mariæ Sabbato ~ Simplex

Scriptura: Sabbato infra Hebdomadam Sexagesimæ

Sat, 3/1/25:

Today is a Saturday of Our Lady under the 1954 (simple) and 1962 (IV class) rubrics.

Mass: Salve sancta parens (Saturday Mass no. 3, from February 3 to Maundy Thursday exclusive). White. Gloria. Gradual/Tract. Omit Credo. Preface of Our Lady (et te in Veneratione). Ite. Under 1954, 2nd prayer Deus qui corda of the Holy Ghost. 3rd prayer either Ecclesiae tuae for the Church or Deus omnium for the pope. No additional prayers under 1962.

Votive Masses/daily Requiems are permitted today without restriction.

Office: Ordinary office. White. Matins of 1 nocturn of 3 lessons (I & II of occurring Scripture for Saturday after Sexagesima Sunday, III = In sua propria for March). Te Deum. Psalms and antiphons of Saturday. All else from the Saturday Office of Our Lady. Collect Concede nos. No commemorations at Lauds. Suffrage (1954 only). At Prime, V = Qui natus es.

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From the book of St. Irenaeus, Bishop and Martyr, Against Heretics
Book 5, ch. 19
That the Lord should come “unto His own” and that His own creation should bear Him by whom itself was born; that He should make amends through His obedience on the tree of the Cross for the disobedience committed at the tree in Paradise; that He should annul the effects of the seduction by which the virgin Eve, already destined for a husband, was led into evil - all this good news, this true revelation was fittingly brought by an Angel to the Virgin Mary, already espoused to a husband. For, just as Eve was seduced by the words of a fallen angel into turning away from God by disobeying His command, so Mary was evangelized by the words of an Angel, who persuaded her to give birth to God in obedience to His word. One has lured into fleeing from God, the other was persuaded to obey God, that the Virgin Mary might became an advocate for the virgin Eve. Through a virgin mankind was tied to death; so also through a virgin the bonds loosed; the Virgin's obedience balanced the virgin's disobedience.

Collect
℣. The Lord be with you.
℟. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Grant us, Your servants, O Lord God, we beseech You, to enjoy lasting health of mind and body; and by the intercession of glorious and blessed Mary, ever Virgin, may we be delivered from present sorrow and partake to the full of eternal happiness.
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.
To the Holy Spirit
O God, unto Whom each heart is open, to Whom each desire speaks and from Whom no secret lies hidden, cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the infusion of the Holy Spirit, that we may be found worthy to perfectly love and fittingly praise You.

for the Church
Mercifully hear the prayers of thy Church, we beseech thee, O Lord, that all adversities and errors being overcome, she may serve thee in security and feedom.
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.