Lent V

Also known as: The Fifth Sunday in Lent, Passion Sunday

In the liturgical calendar, Lent V is the fifth of six Sundays in the season of Lent.  It also marks the beginning of Passion week and Passiontide.

The liturgical color is violet (or "purple")..  

Images are veiled, except for the crucifix above the altar.

The Litany is sung in procession at the solemn mass. (See DWM 1061).  Figure-8 pattern through the nave, moving into the chancel at the words “all women in childbirth”.

Following the Litany, Mass continues with the Introit, Kyrie and Collect. The Collect for Purity and Summary of the Law are omitted.

The Propers are at DWM pg. 294.

The Gloria Patri should be omitted from Morning Prayer and from the Introit at Mass.

The Gloria is omitted at all masses during Lent.

The appointed Tract is used at the Gospel acclamation.  The altar party remains (standing) in the chancel stalls until about halfway through the tract.

When the Litany begins the Liturgy, the Prayers of the People and the usual Penitential  Rite are omitted.  Mass moves from the Creed directly to the announcements and blessings. At other masses (ie not the solemn mass, these are said as usual)

The celebrant, rather than the deacon, says the Prayers of the People, using Form 1 (See DWM 1048)

The Preface is the Preface of Passiontide (DWM pg. 592)

Alleluias are omitted.

Trisagion may be sung during the Communion of the Faithful, before the Communion Antiphon.

The Prayer over the People is said before the Blessing and Dismissal.

Mass leaflets (PDF)

Vigil * 8am * 9:30am * 11:15am * 6pm