Ash Wednesday

Color: Violet

Penance: Fast & Abstinence

Flowers are not permitted.

The organ is not played.

Commemorations: St. Simeon, Bishop & Martyr

Penitential kneeling.

Mass

After None, blessing and distribution of ashes followed by Mass, 2nd. Orations "A cunctis"; 3rd. Orations "Pro Vivis et Defunctis", Dismissal = "Benedicamus Domino". Folded Chasubles are worn.

No Gloria. No Credo.

Preface: Lent

Office

Doxology: Per Annum

Hymn Tone: Ferial

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

Compline: Preces