Ss. Nereus, Achilleus, & Domitilla, Virgin, & Pancratius, Martyrs
Color: Red
Flowers are permitted.
The organ may be played.
Commemorations: Within the Octave of the Ascension
No penitential kneeling.
Mass
After Terce, 2nd. Oration: Commemoration of the Octave, 3rd. Oration: of the BVM. Folded Chasubles are not worn.
Gloria. Credo.
Preface: Ascension
Proper Communicantes/Hanc Igitur: Ascension
Office
Doxology: Ascension
Hymn Tone: Ascension
Matins: Lessons from Scripture (feria)
Lauds: Commemoration of the Octave
Prime: Verse = "Qui scandis super sidera"; no Preces
Vespers: First Vespers of the Octave Day, Commemorations of Ss. Nereus, Achilleus & Domitilla & Pancratius and then of St. Robert Bellarmine, Bp