Holy (Spy) Wednesday

Color: Violet

Penance: Fast

Flowers are not permitted.

Organ: Only to accompany singing

Commemorations: St. Hermenegild, Martyr

Penitential kneeling: Yes, all day

Mass

After None, 3rd. Orations "Contra Persecutores" or "Pro Papa", Benedicamus Domino. Folded Chasubles are worn.

No Gloria. No Credo.

Preface: Holy Cross

Office

Doxology: Per Annum

Hymn Tone: Passiontide

Lauds: Proper antiphons, Ferial Preces

Prime: Add Ps. 96 as fourth psalm, Ferial Preces

Day hours: Ferial Preces

Vespers: Vespers of the Feria (sung before the main meal), Ferial Preces, Commemoration of St. Hermenegild

Compline: Preces