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April 2049

18 Sunday
  whiteEaster Sunday - the Pasch of the LordSolemnity with Octave
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.
Yr C [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] Luke 24:1-12
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:166th anniversary of the death of P. William Vierin (43) d. 1883 at Mopeia, Mozambique. Read Obituary
Anniversary:120th anniversary of the death of F. Francis Simonis (87) d. 1929 at Dunbrody, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:64th anniversary of the death of P. Josip Weissgerber (CRO) (63) d. 1985 at Zagreb, Croatia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:54th anniversary of the death of P. John Monaghan (74) d. 1995 at Portland, USA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:41st anniversary of the death of P. Vital Dias Pereira (87) d. 2008 at Lisbon, Portugal.
Birthday:115th birthday of P. J. Paul BRASSIL (born this day in 1934).
Birthday:84th birthday of P. Sebastian M. MALAMBO (born this day in 1965).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1541Ignatius is elected General again, after refusing or declining the first election results.
1541On his 35th birthday, St. Francis Xavier embarked from the quay of the Tagus River known as the Place of Tears to go to India with two other Jesuits. The voyage took them 13 months.
1580Father Robert Parson, Edmund Campion and Brother Ralph Emerson and others set out from Rome for the English mission. They entered England by different routes and in different disguises.
1906Fr. General Luis Martin dies.
1949St. Benedict Center, Cambridge, MA, under Fr. Leonard Feeney, is placed under interdict.
1959Francis P. Donnelly, S.J. dies New York Province. Teacher, writer, author of many textbooks on English.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2049

Dominical Letter  c
Golden Number  17
Epact  25
Solar Cycle 14
Letter of the Martyrology F
Roman Year of Indiction 12
Julian Period Year 6762
Years since the confirmation of the Society 509
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  493
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 28
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 18 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    25 April