Ember Wednesday in Advent

Color: Violet

Penance: Fast & Partial Abstinence

Flowers are not permitted.

The organ is not played.

Penitential kneeling.

Mass

After None, Mass of the Ember Day, Commemoration of the Vigil, 3rd. Orations of the BVM, Dismissal = Benedicamus Domino. Folded Chasubles are worn.

No Gloria. No Credo.

Preface: Common

Office

Doxology: Per Annum

Hymn Tone: Advent

Lauds: Proper Antiphons for the Wednesday before Christmas Eve w/ Second Schema of Psalms, Ferial Preces

Prime: Add Ps. 96 (displaced from Lauds) as fourth psalm, Ferial Preces

Day hours: Ferial Preces

Vespers: Vespers of the Feria, Magnif. Ant. = Great Antiphon "O Adonai", Ferial Preces, no Commemorations

Compline: Preces