Please note: Due to the calendric cycle of St. Nicholas on December 5, St. Lucy on December 13 and the Ember Saturday following, there will not be a Rorate Mass this year. While the Votive Mass of Our Lady could be celebrated on any Advent Feria, it is most traditional and practical on Saturdays. The Feasts listed are of higher rank than a Votive Mass and therefore take precedence. While there is a provision that it could be done on December 6, it would require three Collects, Secrets and Postcommunions --- the Commemorations of St. Nicholas, the Advent Feria and the Votive. At this point, it seems to us to become one of stretching the rubrics as far as one can and downplaying the Sanctoral Cycle so important to the traditional rite - to say nothing of neglecting St. Nicholas who we can thank for his physical prowess in dealing with the heretic, Arius.
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