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April 2056

2 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 A [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] Matt 28:1-10
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:101st anniversary of the death of F. António TimóTeo (86) d. 1955 at Caldinhas, Portugal. Read Obituary
Anniversary:48th anniversary of the death of F. Brutus Clay (90) d. 2008 at Chicago, USA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:40th anniversary of the death of F. Joe Mandaza (84) d. 2016 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Birthday:63rd birthday of S. Christopher Takudzwa TAMBURAYI (born this day in 1993).
51st Anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II (2005).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1568At Rome, the entrance of Blessed Rodolf Acquaviva, aged 17, into the novitiate of San Andrea, where St. Stanislaus was then a novice.
1640The death of Matthew Casimir Sarbiewski, S.J. called the "Polish Horace" because of his poetry.
1767In Spain, Charles III ordered the arrest of all the Jesuit Fathers and the sequestration of all their houses and goods, being enraged against the Society by a forged letter of the General (the work of De Choiseul), which spoke of him as illegitimate.
1802Joseph Schneller dies in Vienna, a famous Jesuit preacher.
1872Samuel Morse dies. He invented the telegraph, and also wrote anti-Catholic and anti-Jesuit literature.
1994Anthony Lawn, S.J. dies. Basically a prison chaplain, in 1985 he was invited to work for and be an actor in the film, The Mission.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2056

Dominical Letter  b A
Golden Number  5
Epact  xiii
Solar Cycle 21
Letter of the Martyrology n
Roman Year of Indiction 4
Julian Period Year 6769
Years since the confirmation of the Society 516
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  500
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 35
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 2 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    9 April