Invention of the Holy Cross

Color: Red

Commemorations: Octave Day of St. Joseph; Ss. Alexander, Eventius, Theodulus, and Juvenal, Martyrs

Mass

After Terce, Commemoration of the Octave Day (and also of Ss. Alexander et al. at Low Masses only).

Gloria. Credo.

Preface: Holy Cross

Office

Doxology: Paschal

Hymn Tone: Paschal

Matins: Lesson IX of Ss. Alexander et al.

Lauds: Commemorations of the Octave Day and of SS. Alexander et al.

Vespers: Second Vespers of the feast, Commemorations of the following day and of the Octave Day of St. Joseph