March 18

Tuesday, March 18, 2025 - Tuesday after the Second Sunday of Lent

III class, Violet

Commemoration of St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church

Mass: Mass of the 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 in Tempore Quadragesimae as given in the psalter

I Vespers: Of St. Joseph, commemoration of the current feria

Compline: Of Sunday