Ss. Januarius, Bp, & Companions, Martyrs

Color: Red

Penance: Fast & Complete Abstinence

Flowers: No at the Ember Mass

Organ: No at the Ember Mass

Commemorations: Ember Friday in September

Penitential kneeling: Yes, at the Ember Mass only

Mass

After Terce, Mass of the feast, Commemoration and Proper Last Gospel of the Ember Day. After None, where possible, Mass of Ember Wednesday, 2nd. Orations of the BVM, 3rd. Orations "Contra Persecutores" or "Pro Papa", Dismissal = "Benedicamus Domino". Folded Chasubles: Yes, at the Ember Mass only

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

Preface: Common

Office

Doxology: Per Annum

Hymn Tone: Ordinary

Matins: Lesson IX of the Ember Day

Lauds: Commemoration of the Ember Day

Vespers: Vespers are split; from the Chapter onward, of the following day, Commemoration of the preceding, no Commemoration of the Feria