Ash Wednesday

Color: Violet

Penance: Fast & Complete Abstinence

Flowers are not permitted.

The organ is not played.

Commemorations: St. Valentine, Priest & Martyr

Penitential kneeling.

Mass

After None, Blessing & Distribution of Ashes followed by Mass, Commemoration of St. Valentine, 3rd. Orations "A cunctis"; Dismissal = "Benedicamus Domino". Folded Chasubles are worn.

No Gloria. No Credo.

Preface: Lent

Office

Doxology: Per Annum

Hymn Tone: Ferial

Matins: From today through None of Saturday, the Per Annum formularies of the Office remain in effect

Lauds: Second Schema of Psalms, Ferial Preces, Commemoration of St. Valentine, Suffrage of the Saints

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

Day hours: Ferial Preces

Vespers: Vespers of the Feria, Ferial Preces, Commemoration of Ss. Faustinus & Jovita, Suffrage of the Saints. Vespers today and the next two days are still sung at the normal time of the day (i.e. late afternoon/early evening)

Compline: Preces