February 19
NOM and VOM in briefThe Novus Ordo Missae (NOM) is the form of the mass that came out of the Second Vatican Council, celebrated in most parishes. The Vetus Ordo Missae (VOM) is the earlier form, in Latin, following the 1960 rubrics. The two calendars differ: on some days they celebrate different feasts.Learn more →
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2nd classFriday of the Ember Days of Lent
Feast shown for the year 2027; movable feasts can vary from year to year.
The Friday of the Ember Days of Lent is a significant penitential observance, falling within the first week of Lent. The Ember Days—known as Quattuor Tempora—occur four times throughout the liturgical year, traditionally marking the change of seasons with fasting, prayer, and almsgiving. These days have been an integral part of Western Christian life since at least the fifth century, and their practices are rooted even earlier in Roman pagan customs, which the Church “baptized” into Christian spiritual rhythms. Their purpose is to sanctify the natural seasons, to express gratitude for God’s gifts, and to implore His blessing for the fruits of the earth and the ministry of the Church.
The Lenten Ember Days are especially somber and are closely bound to the penitential spirit of Lent. Friday, in particular, commemorates Christ’s Passion, calling the faithful to unite their own sacrifices with His. The long and rich Mass of the day is distinguished by multiple readings, including Old Testament lessons and a Gospel, reflecting ancient Rome’s practice of seasonal fasts and vigils. Traditionally, this Ember Friday served as a day of intense fasting and partial abstinence, preparing candidates for ordination, whose ceremonies would often begin on this day and reach their peak on Saturday. The faithful are encouraged to deepen conversion, do penance, and pray for vocations and right use of creation.
The Church maintains this observance both as a means of sanctifying time and as a call to share in Christ’s suffering so as to participate more fully in His Resurrection. The Ember Days offer an opportunity for collective repentance, renewal, and joyful anticipation of the graces God grants to His people in every season.
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NOM and VOM in briefThe Novus Ordo Missae (NOM) is the form of the mass that came out of the Second Vatican Council, celebrated in most parishes. The Vetus Ordo Missae (VOM) is the earlier form, in Latin, following the 1960 rubrics. The two calendars differ: on some days they celebrate different feasts.Learn more →
IntroitPs 24:1-2
Latin
Ps 24:17; 24:18
De necessitátibus meis éripe me, Dómine: vide humilitátem meam et labórem meum, et dimítte ómnia peccáta mea.
Ps 24:1-2
Ad te, Dómine, levávi ánimam meam: Deus meus, in te confído, non erubéscam.
℣. Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
℟. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
De necessitátibus meis éripe me, Dómine: vide humilitátem meam et labórem meum, et dimítte ómnia peccáta mea.
English
Ps 24:17-18
Bring me out of distress, O Lord; put an end to my affliction and my suffering, and take away all my sins.
Ps 24:1-2
To You, O Lord, I lift up my soul. In You, O my God, I trust; let me not be put to shame.
℣. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
℟. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Bring me out of distress, O Lord; put an end to my affliction and my suffering, and take away all my sins.
Collect
Latin
Orémus.
Esto, Dómine, propítius plebi tuæ: et, quam tibi facis esse devótam, benígno réfove miserátus auxílio.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.
Esto, Dómine, propítius plebi tuæ: et, quam tibi facis esse devótam, benígno réfove miserátus auxílio.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.
English
Let us pray.
Be merciful to Your people, O Lord, and as You give them the grace to serve You, make them new by Your loving help.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
Be merciful to Your people, O Lord, and as You give them the grace to serve You, make them new by Your loving help.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
LessonEzech 18:20-28
Latin
Léctio Ezechiélis Prophétæ
Ezech 18:20-28
Hæc dicit Dóminus Deus: Anima, quæ peccáverit, ipsa moriétur: fílius non portábit iniquitátem patris, et pater non portábit iniquitátem fílii: iustítia iusti super eum erit, et impíetas ímpii erit super eum. Si autem ímpius égerit pæniténtiam ab ómnibus peccátis suis, quæ operátus est, et custodíerit ómnia præcépta mea, et fécerit iudícium et iustítiam: vita vivet, et non moriétur. Omnium iniquitátum eius, quas operátus est, non recordábor: in iustítia sua, quam operátus est, vivet. Numquid voluntátis meæ est mors ímpii, dicit Dóminus Deus, et non ut convertátur a viis suis, et vivat? Si autem avérterit se iustus a iustítia sua, et fécerit iniquitátem secúndum omnes abominatiónes, quas operári solet ímpius, numquid vivet? omnes iustítiæ eius, quas fécerat, non recordabúntur: in prævaricatióne, qua prævaricátus est, et in peccáto suo, quod peccávit, in ipsis moriétur. Et dixístis: Non est æqua via Dómini. Audíte ergo, domus Israël: Numquid via mea non est æqua, et non magis viæ vestræ pravæ sunt? Cum enim avérterit se iustus a iustítia sua, et fécerit iniquitátem, moriétur in eis: in iniustítia, quam operátus est, moriétur. Et cum avérterit se ímpius ab impietáte sua, quam operátus est, et fécerit iudícium et iustítiam: ipse ánimam suam vivificábit. Consíderans enim, et avértens se ab ómnibus iniquitátibus suis, quas operátus est, vita vivet, et non moriétur, ait Dóminus omnípotens.
℟. Deo grátias.
English
Lesson from the Prophecy of Ezechiel
Ezech 18:20-28
Thus says the Lord God: Only the one who sins shall die. The son shall not be charged with the guilt of his father, nor shall the father be charged with the guilt of his son. The virtuous man’s virtue shall be his own, as the wicked man’s wickedness shall be his. But if the wicked man turns away from all the sins he committed, if he keeps all My statutes and does what is right and just, he shall surely live, he shall not die. None of the crimes he committed shall be remembered against him; he shall live because of the virtue he has practiced. Do I indeed derive any pleasure from the death of the wicked? says the Lord God. Do I not rather rejoice when he turns from his evil way that he may live? And if the virtuous man turns from the path of virtue to do evil, the same kind of abominable things that the wicked man does, can he do this and still live? None of his virtuous deeds shall be remembered, because he has broken faith and committed sin; because of this, he shall die. You say, ‘The Lord’s way is not fair!’ Hear now, house of Israel: Is it my way that is unfair, or rather, are not your ways unfair? When a virtuous man turns away from virtue to commit iniquity, and dies, it is because of the iniquity he committed that he must die. But if a wicked man, turning from the wickedness he has committed, does what is right and just, he shall preserve his life; since he has turned away from all the sins which he committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die, says the Lord almighty.
℟. Thanks be to God.
GradualPs 102:10
Latin
Ps 85:2; 85:6
Salvum fac servum tuum. Deus meus, sperántem in te.
℣. Auribus pércipe, Dómine, oratiónem meam.
Tractus
Ps 102:10
Dómine, non secúndum peccáta nostra, quæ fécimus nos: neque secúndum iniquitátes nostras retríbuas nobis
Ps 78:8-9
Dómine, ne memíneris iniquitátum nostrárum antiquárum: cito antícipent nos misericórdiæ tuæ, quia páuperes facti sumus nimis. Hic genuflectitur
℣. Adiuva nos, Deus, salutáris noster: et propter glóriam nóminis tui, Dómine, líbera nos: et propítius esto peccátis nostris, propter nomen tuum.
English
Ps 85:2, 6
Save Your servant, O my God, who trusts in You.
℣. Hearken, O Lord, to my prayer.
Tractus
Ps 102:10
O Lord, deal with us not according to our sins, nor requite us according to our crimes.
Ps 78:8-9
℣. O Lord, remember not against us the iniquities of the past; may Your compassion quickly come to us, for we are brought very low. kneel
℣. Help us, O God, our Saviour, because of the glory of Your Name, O Lord; deliver us and pardon our sins for Your Name’s sake.
GospelIoann 5:1-15
Latin
Sequéntia + sancti Evangélii secúndum Ioánnem
℟. Glória tibi, Dómine.
Ioann 5:1-15
In illo témpore: Erat dies festus Iudæórum, et ascéndit Iesus Ierosólymam. Est autem Ierosólymis Probática piscína, quæ cognominátur hebráice Bethsáida, quinque pórticus habens. In his iacébat multitúdo magna languéntium, cæcórum, claudórum, aridórum exspectántium aquæ motum. Angelus autem Dómini descendébat secúndum tempus in piscínam, et movebátur aqua. Et, qui prior descendísset in piscínam post motiónem aquæ, sanus fiébat, a quacúmque detinebátur infirmitáte. Erat autem quidam homo ibi, trigínta et octo annos habens in infirmitáte sua. Hunc cum vidísset Iesus iacéntem, et cognovísset, quia iam multum tempus habéret, dicit ei: Vis sanus fíeri? Respóndit ei lánguidus: Dómine, hóminem non hábeo, ut, cum turbáta fúerit aqua, mittat me in piscínam: dum vénio enim ego, álius ante me descéndit. Dicit ei Iesus: Surge, tolle grabátum tuum, et ámbula. Et statim sanus factus est homo ille: et sústulit grabátum suum, et ambulábat. Erat autem sábbatum in die illo. Dicébant ergo Iudǽi illi, qui sanátus fúerat: Sábbatum est, non licet tibi tóllere grabátum tuum. Respóndit eis: Qui me sanum fecit, ille mihi dixit: Tolle grabátum tuum, et ámbula. Interrogavérunt ergo eum: Quis est ille homo, qui dixit tibi: Tolle grabátum tuum et ámbula? Is autem, qui sanus fúerat efféctus, nesciébat, quis esset. Iesus enim declinávit a turba constitúta in loco. Póstea invénit eum Iesus in templo, et dixit illi: Ecce, sanus factus es: iam noli peccáre, ne detérius tibi áliquid contíngat. Abiit ille homo, et nuntiávit Iudǽis, quia Iesus esset, qui fecit eum sanum.
℟. Glória tibi, Dómine.
Ioann 5:1-15
In illo témpore: Erat dies festus Iudæórum, et ascéndit Iesus Ierosólymam. Est autem Ierosólymis Probática piscína, quæ cognominátur hebráice Bethsáida, quinque pórticus habens. In his iacébat multitúdo magna languéntium, cæcórum, claudórum, aridórum exspectántium aquæ motum. Angelus autem Dómini descendébat secúndum tempus in piscínam, et movebátur aqua. Et, qui prior descendísset in piscínam post motiónem aquæ, sanus fiébat, a quacúmque detinebátur infirmitáte. Erat autem quidam homo ibi, trigínta et octo annos habens in infirmitáte sua. Hunc cum vidísset Iesus iacéntem, et cognovísset, quia iam multum tempus habéret, dicit ei: Vis sanus fíeri? Respóndit ei lánguidus: Dómine, hóminem non hábeo, ut, cum turbáta fúerit aqua, mittat me in piscínam: dum vénio enim ego, álius ante me descéndit. Dicit ei Iesus: Surge, tolle grabátum tuum, et ámbula. Et statim sanus factus est homo ille: et sústulit grabátum suum, et ambulábat. Erat autem sábbatum in die illo. Dicébant ergo Iudǽi illi, qui sanátus fúerat: Sábbatum est, non licet tibi tóllere grabátum tuum. Respóndit eis: Qui me sanum fecit, ille mihi dixit: Tolle grabátum tuum, et ámbula. Interrogavérunt ergo eum: Quis est ille homo, qui dixit tibi: Tolle grabátum tuum et ámbula? Is autem, qui sanus fúerat efféctus, nesciébat, quis esset. Iesus enim declinávit a turba constitúta in loco. Póstea invénit eum Iesus in templo, et dixit illi: Ecce, sanus factus es: iam noli peccáre, ne detérius tibi áliquid contíngat. Abiit ille homo, et nuntiávit Iudǽis, quia Iesus esset, qui fecit eum sanum.
English
Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to John
℟. Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
John 5:1-15
At that time, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is at Jerusalem, by the Sheepgate, a pool called in Hebrew Bethsaida, having five porticoes. In these were lying a great multitude of the sick, blind, lame, and those with shriveled limbs, waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel of the Lord used to come down at certain times into the pool, and the water was troubled. And the first to go down into the pool after the troubling of the water was cured of whatever infirmity he had. Now a certain man was there who had been thirty-eight years under his infirmity. When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been in this state a long time, He said to him, Do you want to get well? The sick man answered Him, Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred; for while I am coming, another steps down before me. Jesus said to him, Rise, take up your pallet and walk. And at once the man was cured. And he took up his pallet and began to walk. Now that day was a Sabbath. The Jews therefore said to him who had been healed, It is the Sabbath; you are not allowed to take up your pallet. He answered them, He who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your pallet and walk.’ They asked him then, Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your pallet and walk’? But the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had quietly gone away, since there was a crowd in the place. Afterwards Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, you are cured. Sin no more, lest something worse befall you. The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus Who had healed him.
℟. Glory be to Thee, O Lord.
John 5:1-15
At that time, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is at Jerusalem, by the Sheepgate, a pool called in Hebrew Bethsaida, having five porticoes. In these were lying a great multitude of the sick, blind, lame, and those with shriveled limbs, waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel of the Lord used to come down at certain times into the pool, and the water was troubled. And the first to go down into the pool after the troubling of the water was cured of whatever infirmity he had. Now a certain man was there who had been thirty-eight years under his infirmity. When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been in this state a long time, He said to him, Do you want to get well? The sick man answered Him, Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred; for while I am coming, another steps down before me. Jesus said to him, Rise, take up your pallet and walk. And at once the man was cured. And he took up his pallet and began to walk. Now that day was a Sabbath. The Jews therefore said to him who had been healed, It is the Sabbath; you are not allowed to take up your pallet. He answered them, He who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your pallet and walk.’ They asked him then, Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your pallet and walk’? But the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had quietly gone away, since there was a crowd in the place. Afterwards Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, you are cured. Sin no more, lest something worse befall you. The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus Who had healed him.
OffertoryPs 102:2
Latin
Orémus.
Ps 102:2; 102:5
Bénedic, ánima mea, Dómino, et noli oblivísci omnes retributiónes eius: et renovábitur, sicut áquilæ, iuvéntus tua.
Ps 102:2; 102:5
Bénedic, ánima mea, Dómino, et noli oblivísci omnes retributiónes eius: et renovábitur, sicut áquilæ, iuvéntus tua.
English
Let us pray.
Ps 102:2, 5
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits; and your youth shall be renewed like the eagle’s.
Ps 102:2, 5
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits; and your youth shall be renewed like the eagle’s.
Secret
Latin
Súscipe, quǽsumus, Dómine, múnera nostris obláta servítiis: et tua propítius dona sanctífica.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.
English
Accept, we beseech You, O Lord, the offerings which we, Your servants, bring You, and graciously hallow the gifts which are Yours.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
CommunionPs 6:11
Latin
Ps 6:11
Erubéscant et conturbéntur omnes inimíci mei: avertántur retrórsum, et erubéscant valde velóciter.
English
Ps 6:11
All my enemies shall be put to shame in utter terror; they shall fall back in sudden shame.
Post Communion
Latin
Orémus.
Per huius, Dómine, operatiónem mystérii, et vítia nostra purgéntur, et iusta desidéria compleántur.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.
Oratio super populum
Orémus.
Humiliáte cápita vestra Deo.
Exáudi nos, miséricors Deus: et méntibus nostris grátiæ tuæ lumen osténde.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.
Per huius, Dómine, operatiónem mystérii, et vítia nostra purgéntur, et iusta desidéria compleántur.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.
Oratio super populum
Orémus.
Humiliáte cápita vestra Deo.
Exáudi nos, miséricors Deus: et méntibus nostris grátiæ tuæ lumen osténde.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
℟. Amen.
English
Let us pray.
By the working of this sacrament, O Lord, may our sins be erased, and our just desires fulfilled.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
Prayer over the people
Let us pray.
Bow your heads to God.
Graciously hear us, merciful God, and reveal to our minds the light of Your grace.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
By the working of this sacrament, O Lord, may our sins be erased, and our just desires fulfilled.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
Prayer over the people
Let us pray.
Bow your heads to God.
Graciously hear us, merciful God, and reveal to our minds the light of Your grace.
Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
℟. Amen.
Vetus Ordo texts: Divinum Officium