Mass of the day, Gloria, Easter sequence, Renewal of Baptismal Promises (in place of Creed), Preface of Easter I ("on this day") special Communicantes and Hanc igitur; double alleluia at dismissal.
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[42] Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23; Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8; John 20:1-9.
Alternative gospel (from the Vigil): [41] Mark 16:1-7 At an evening Mass, Luke 24:13-35 (Lect. [46]) may be used.
Mass is to be celebrated on with great solemnity. In place of the Creed on this day, the renewal of baptismal promises takes place (as at the Vigil) and the people are sprinkled with water blessed at the Vigil, during which a song of baptismal character should be sung. The entrance stoups to the church should also be filled with the same water. [PS 97]
The Paschal Candle burns at all Hours and Masses today. It is kept in the sanctuary near the altar or ambo until Pentecost Sunday. [PS 99]
Hours of Easter Sunday.
The Easter Vigil takes the place of the Office of Readings.
Where it is the custom, the tradition of "Baptismal Vespers" with a procession to the font is to be diligently observed. (GILH, 213)
It is most appropriate to conclude Night Prayer throughout the Easter Season with
the Regina Coeli (GILH, 92).
After Night Prayer the paschal candle is extinguished. It remains by the ambo or altar, and is lit throughout Easter Time at Mass and at other celebrations until Pentecost inclusive.
During the Octave, a Funeral Mass is permitted, but Ritual Masses (including Nuptial Masses) are prohibited, and all solemnities are delayed until after the Second Sunday of Easter.
Anniversary:
65th anniversary of the death of P. Luciano Ribeiro (61) d. 1971 at Tete, Province of Mozambique.
Anniversary:
46th anniversary of the death of P. Joseph Dinley (76) d. 1990 at Boscombe, England.
Anniversary:
38th anniversary of the death of P. Edward Kilbride (HIB) (86) d. 1998 at Limerick, Ireland.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1506
Peter Faber is born in Savoy, the first companion of Ignatius. He was born six days after Xavier was born.
1561
Pius IV, by a special Brief, allowed the Society to erect houses within a distance of l40 yards (cannae) from the houses of other Religious Orders.
1853
Loyola College, Baltimore, is chartered.
1979
James W. Naughton, S.J. dies Secretary of the Society, 1950-67.
1981
Fr. Godofredo Alingal, S.J. is shot and killed in his rectory in Kibawe, Philippines. He defended the rights of poor farmers. Age 59.
2004
Bishop Martin Neylon, S.J. dies in New York. He had been director of Novices and then bishop in the Caroline-Marshall Islands.
