Apparition of St. Michael the Archangel

Color: White

Penance: No

Flowers are permitted.

The organ may be played.

Commemorations: Vigil of the Ascension

No penitential kneeling.

Mass

After Terce, Mass of the feast, Commemorations of the Vigil of the Rogation Day, Proper Last Gospel of the Vigil. After Sext, Mass of the Vigil, Commemoration of the Rogation Day, 3rd. Orations of the BVM. After None, Procession w/ Litany of the Saints followed by Rogation Mass, 2nd. Orations of the BVM, 3rd. Orations - "Contra Persecutores" or "Pro Papa".. Folded Chasubles are not worn.

Gloria: Yes (No at the Rogation Mass). Credo: Yes (No at the Rogation Mass).

Preface: Easter

Office

Doxology: Paschal (through None)

Hymn Tone: Easter (through None)

Matins: Lesson IX of the Vigil

Lauds: Commemoration of the Vigil. For those not partaking in the Rogation Procession today, the Litany of the Saints is to be recited privately after Lauds.

Vespers: First Vespers of the Ascension, no Commemorations

Compline: The hymn is sung with the doxology and in the melody of the Ascension