St. Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist

Color: Red

Penance: Fast & Partial Abstinence

Flowers: No flowers at the Ember Day Mass

Organ: No organ at the Ember Day Mass

Commemorations: Ember Wednesday in September

Penitential kneeling: Yes, at the Ember Day Mass

Mass

After Terce, Mass of the feast, Commemoration and Proper Last Gospel of the Ember Day (unless the Ember Day Mass will also be celebrated after None). Folded Chasubles: Yes, at the Ember Day Mass

Gloria. Credo.

Preface: Apostles

Office

Doxology: Per Annum

Hymn Tone: Solemn

Matins: Lesson IX of the Ember Day

Lauds: Commemoration of the Ember Day

Vespers: Second Vespers of the feast, Commemorations of the following day