St. Bede the Venerable, Confessor and Doctor
Color: White
Flowers are permitted.
The organ may be played.
Commemorations: Within the Octave of the Ascension, St. John I, Pope & Martyr
No penitential kneeling.
Mass
After Terce, 2nd. Oration: Commemoration of the Octave, 3rd. Oration: Commemoration of St. John I. Folded Chasubles are not worn.
Gloria. Credo.
Preface: Ascension
Proper Communicantes/Hanc Igitur: Ascension
Office
Doxology: Ascension
Hymn Tone: Ascension
Matins: Lesson IX of St. John I
Lauds: Commemoration of the Octave, Commemoration of St. John I, Pope & Martyr
Prime: Verse = "Qui scandis super sidera"
Vespers: First Vespers of the Octave Day, Commemorations of St. Bede the Venerable and then of St. Augustine of Canterbury