Pre-1910 Calendar for Week Beginning 17 December

Announcement of the Ember Days fast and the Feast of Devotion

+17 Sunday Third Sunday of Advent, semidouble. Rose at solemn Mass (if available), otherwise Violet. Ministers wear dalmatic and tunicle. Flowers decorate the altar and the organ may be played. Vespers of the Expectation of the BVM, with Commemoration of the Sunday. White.

18 Monday PLENARY INDULGENCE. The Expectation of the BVM, major double. Commemoration of the feria, Creed, Preface Et te in expectatione. White.

19 Tuesday Of the feria. Mass of the third Sunday of Advent (omitting the Alleluia verse after the Gradual and the Creed). Violet.

20 Wednesday Ember Day. Fast. Vigil of St Thomas. Of the Feria. First prayers Oremus, second prayers of the Vigil, third prayers Deus qui de beatæ. Violet.

‡21 Thursday Feast of Devotion Mass Prop Populo. St Thomas Apostke, double of the second class. Commemoration of the feria, Creed, Preface of the Apostles. Red.

22 Friday Ember Day. Fast. Of the Feria. Second and third prayers of the third Sunday of Advent. Violet

23 Saturday Ember Day. Fast. Mass of the Saturday. First prayers Oremus, second and third prayers of the third Sunday of Advent. Violet.