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] 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:
172nd anniversary of the death of P. William Vierin (43) d. 1883 at Mopeia, Mozambique.
Anniversary:
126th anniversary of the death of F. Francis Simonis (87) d. 1929 at Dunbrody, RSA.
Anniversary:
70th anniversary of the death of P. Josip Weissgerber (CRO) (63) d. 1985 at Zagreb, Croatia.
Anniversary:
60th anniversary of the death of P. John Monaghan (74) d. 1995 at Portland, USA.
Anniversary:
47th anniversary of the death of P. Vital Dias Pereira (87) d. 2008 at Lisbon, Portugal.
Birthday:
121st birthday of P. J. Paul BRASSIL (born this day in 1934).
Birthday:
90th birthday of P. Sebastian M. MALAMBO (born this day in 1965).
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1541
Ignatius is elected General again, after refusing or declining the first election results.
1541
On 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.
1580
Father 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.
1906
Fr. General Luis Martin dies.
1949
St. Benedict Center, Cambridge, MA, under Fr. Leonard Feeney, is placed under interdict.
1959
Francis P. Donnelly, S.J. dies New York Province. Teacher, writer, author of many textbooks on English.
