Holy Saturday

Color: Violet then White

Penance: Fast & Complete Abstinence through Noon (or the end of the Easter Vigil Mass)

Flowers: Yes, but only from the start of the Mass onward

Organ: Yes, only from the Gloria in excelsis at Mass onward

Penitential kneeling: Yes, until the Mass begins

Mass

After None, Blessing of the New Fire, Exsultet, Lessons, Blessing of the Baptismal Water, Litany of the Saints. After the Litany, Mass (in white) of the Easter Vigil, no Commemorations, no candles carried at the Gospel. After Communion, short First Vespers of Easter, no Commemorations. Double Alleluia at the dismissal.. Folded Chasubles: Yes, for the Vigil but not the Mass

Gloria. No Credo.

Preface: Easter ("hac potissimum nocte")

Proper Communicantes/Hanc Igitur: Proper Communicantes and Hanc Igitur for Easter

Office

Matins: Tenebrae on the evening of Good Friday

Lauds: Proper Office of the Sacred Triduum

Prime: Proper Office of the Sacred Triduum

Day hours: Proper Office of the Sacred Triduum

Vespers: Special, short form of First Vespers of Easter after the Communion of the Vigil Mass, no Commemorations. After today, Vespers return to their normal time on all days.

Compline: Proper Compline for Holy Saturday. From now through None of Ember Saturday of Pentecost, the final Marian antiphon = "Regina Coeli", which is always sung standing.