Maundy Thursday

Color: Violet (Office), White (Mass)

Penance: Fast & Partial Abstinence

Flowers: At Mass only

Organ: Only at Mass up to the Gloria only, then silent

Penitential kneeling: Yes, but not at Mass

Mass

After None, no Commemorations, Ite Missa Est. Folded Chasubles are not worn.

Gloria. Credo.

Preface: Holy Cross

Proper Communicantes/Hanc Igitur: Proper Communicantes and Hanc Igitur for Maundy Thursday

Office

Matins: Tenebrae sung on Wednesday evening

Prime: Recited, not sung; Ps. 50 before Collect

Day hours: Recited, not sung; Ps. 50 before Collect

Vespers: Vespers of the day (recited, not sung, before the main meal); the Mandatum ceremony follows in the afternoon after the main meal has been taken

Compline: Recited, not sung