Vigil of St. John the Baptist

Color: Violet

Flowers are not permitted.

The organ is not played.

Penitential kneeling: Yes, through None/Mass

Mass

After None, 2nd. Orations of the BVM, 3rd. Orations "Contra Persecutores" or "Pro Papa", Dismissal = Benedicamus Domino.. Folded Chasubles are not worn.

No Gloria. No Credo.

Preface: Common

Office

Doxology: Per Annum

Hymn Tone: Ferial (through None)

Lauds: Second Schema of Psalms, Ferial Preces, Suffrage of the Saints

Prime: Ps. 95 (displaced from Lauds) added as fourth psalm, Ferial Preces

Day hours: Ferial Preces

Vespers: First Vespers of St. John the Baptist, no Commemorations

Compline: Hymn sung in the Solemn melody, no Preces