Thursday, February 6, 2025 - St. Titus (First Thursday)

Bishop and Confessor

III class, White

Commemoration of St. Dorothy, Virgin and Martyr

General info: The First Thursday votive Mass may be said: “one Mass of our Lord Jesus Christ, eternal High Priest, on the first Thursday or the first Saturday of each month, in churches and oratories in which special devotions are held on that day for the sanctification of the clergy” (Rubricæ generales, 385a)

Mass: First Thursday votive: (White) Mass of our Lord Jesus Christ, eternal High Priest, Gloria, two commemorations added under one conclusion, no Credo, common Preface OR Mass Statuit ei with commemoration of St. Dorothy, Gloria, common preface

Breviary: Ordinary Offices

Matins: Invitatorium Regem Confessorum; Hymn Iste Confessor; lessons 1 and 2 (=2+3) from occurring scripture, lesson 3 of the feast; Te Deum

Lauds: Ferial antiphons and psalms; remainder from the common; oration proper; commemoration of St. Dorothy

Hours: Ferial antiphons and psalms; remainder from the common; oration proper

Vespers: Ferial antiphons and psalms; remainder from the common; oration proper

Compline: Of the feria