Diocese of Westminster Ordo 2026 Sunday (the fourth Sunday of Lent), Solemnities and Feasts are exceptions to this rule (GIRM 305, 313). Especially during the seasons of Lent and Easter the Apostles’ Creed may be used as an alternative to the Nicene Creed when the Creed is appointed to be said. Eucharistic Prayer IV is not used in this season. However the two Eucharistic Prayers for Reconciliation may be used with their own Prefaces or with a Preface of Lent. On Ash Wednesday and the Sundays of Lent, the Prayer over the People is used, with the invitation and prescribed blessing formula given in the Roman Missal, p722.
On the other days of Lent the use of the Prayer over the People is optional. On ferial days of the Lenten season one of the four Lenten Prefaces is used, unless other provison is made. For the celebration of marriage the Parish Priest should alert spouses to the need to take account of the particular penitential character of the season (OM 32). Masses for Various Needs and Votive Masses are not permitted unless by order or permission of the local Ordinary ( GIRM 374). Daily Masses for the Dead are not allowed (GIRM 381) .
Psalter Week 4 Day of Fast and Abstinence Wed 18 Feb P ASH WEDNESDAY Mass of the Day At Mass after the Sign of the Cross and Greeting the Penitential Act is omitted, Proper Readings (Lectionary Vol I or II), blessing and distrbution of ashes after the homily, Preface III or IV of Lent, no EPIV, Prayer over the People. The blessing and distribution of ashes may take place outside Mass, in a Liturgy of the Word and after a homily; the celebration then concludes with the Universal Prayer, Blessing and Dismissal. The ashes are made from olive branches or branches of other trees that were blessed the previous year. Ritual Masses not permitted; the Funeral Mass is permitted.
Office of the day (Ps Wk 4) Divine Office Vol II is used until end of Pentecost. Morning Prayer Psalms and canticle with the antiphons for Lent for Wednesday of Week 4 or Friday of Week 3. Thu 19 Feb P Lent Feria, Thursday after Ash Wednesday Mass and Office of the day (Ps Wk 4) Friday abstinence Fri 20 Feb P Lent Feria, Friday after Ash Wednesday 30