Saturday, April 5, 2025 - Saturday after the Fourth Sunday of Lent (First

Saturday)

III class, Violet

Commemoration of St. Vincent Ferrer, Confessor

General info: The First Saturday votive Mass may be said: “one Mass of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, on the first Saturday of each month, in churches and oratories in which special devotions are held on that day in honor of the Immaculate Heart of Mary” (Rubricæ generales, 385c)

Mass:

First Saturday votive: (White) Mass of August 22, Gloria, commemoration of the feria and of the saint, no Credo, preface of the BVM with Et te in veneratione

OR

Mass of the Lenten feria; no Gloria; commemoration added; no Credo; preface for Lent; Prayer over the people

Breviary:

Matins: Invitatorium and Hymn in Tempore Quadragesimae as given in the psalter; antiphons and psalms of the feria; 3 lessons proper (homilia in Evangelium diei); no Te Deum

Lauds: Antiphons and psalms of the feria (2nd scheme); remainder in Tempore Quadragesimae as given in the psalter, except proper antiphon at Benedictus and proper oration; commemoration added

Hours: Antiphons and psalms of the feria; remainder Tempore Quadragesimae as given in the psalter

I Vespers: Of the coming Lenten Sunday

Compline: Of Saturday