St. Damasus I, Pope and Confessor

Color: White

Flowers are permitted.

The organ may be played.

Commemorations: Oct. Concept. immac. B.M.V., Advent Feria

Penitential kneeling.

Mass

After Terce, 2nd. Oration: Commemoration of Oct. Concept. immac. B.M.V., 3rd. Oration: Commemoration of the Feria. Folded Chasubles are not worn.

Gloria. Credo.

Preface: BVM ("Et te in Conceptione Immaculata")

Office

Doxology: Incarnation

Hymn Tone: BVM

Matins: Lessons from Scripture (feria)

Lauds: Commemoration of Oct. Concept. immac. B.M.V., Commemoration of the Feria

Prime: Verse = "Qui natus es de Maria Virgine"

Vespers: Second Vespers of the feast, Commemoration of the Octave, Commemoration of Advent Feria, Commemoration of Oct. Concept. immac. B.M.V.