Octave Day of the Sacred Heart

Color: White

Penance: Abstinence

Flowers: No for the Vigil Mass

Organ: No for the Vigil Mass

Commemorations: Vigil of St. John the Baptist

Penitential kneeling: At the Vigil Mass only

Mass

Mass of the Octave Day after Terce, Commemoration and Proper Last Gospel of the Vigil. Where possible, Mass of the Vigil after None, 2nd. Orations of the BVM, 3rd. Orations "Contra Persecutores" or "Pro Papa".. Folded Chasubles: Dalmatic & Tunicle for the Vigil Mass

Gloria. Credo.

Preface: Sacred Heart

Office

Doxology: Sacred Heart

Hymn Tone: Sacred Heart

Matins: Lesson IX of the Vigil

Lauds: Commemoration of the Vigil

Vespers: First Vespers of St. John the Baptist, Commemoration of the Octave Day

Compline: Even though the Office is now of St. John the Baptist, the proper doxology of the Sacred Heart remains in effect through Compline tonight