S. Cyrilli Episcopi Hierosolymitani Confessoris et Ecclesiæ Doctoris ~ Duplex

Commemoratio: Feria Tertia infra Hebdomadam II in Quadragesima

Tues, 3/18/25:

Today is the feast of St. Cyril of Jerusalem, B, C & D, under the 1954 (double) rubrics. Mass: Proper Mass (most from In medio of a doctor). White. Gloria. Gradual/Tract. Credo (for feasts of doctors). Preface of Lent. 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. Balbina. Violet. Omit Gloria. Gradual. Omit Tract. Omit Credo. Preface of Lent. Prayer over the people. Benedicamus. Commemoration of St. Cyril of Jerusalem. In cathedrals, monasteries, etc., the festal Mass of St. Cyril of Jerusalem is sung after Terce as above, omitting commemoration of the Lenten feria. The Mass of the Lenten feria is sung after None as above, omitting commemoration of the feast and with the seasonal oration A cunctis for the intercession of the saints and Omnipotens for the living and the dead. Office: Ordinary office. White. Matins of 3 nocturns of 9 lessons (1st nocturn = Sapientiam of the feast with proper responsories, lesson IX = of the feria). 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 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.
Grant us, we beseech You, almighty God, through the intercession of the blessed Bishop Cyril, so to acknowledge You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ Whom You have sent, that we may be found worthy to be forever numbered among the sheep who hear His voice.
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.

Let us pray.
Commemoration Feria Tertia infra Hebdomadam II in Quadragesima
Mercifully help us, O Lord, to fulfill this holy observance, that by Your grace we may carry out those things which we have learned, on Your word, must be done.
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.