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March 2092

29 Saturday
  violetHOLY SATURDAY
The Paschal Fast is observed if possible. [CR 20] Celebration of the Mass and the sacraments is strictly prohibited, except for Penance and Anointing of the Sick. Communion may be given only as viaticum.
Hours of the day. The Office of Readings and Morning Prayer in public is recommended.
Night Prayer is celebrated only by those not present at the Vigil.
Preparation for the Vigil includes: preparation of the bonfire; candles for all the faithful present; water for the liturgy of Baptism; flowers and decorations for the altar.
EASTER TIME
  whiteThe Easter Vigil.
The celebration should truly have the character of a Vigil. It must take place at night. It should not begin before nightfall and should end before dawn. To start earlier (e.g. at the customary time for a Sunday vigil Mass) is a "reprehensible abuse". [PS 78]
The Vigil has four parts:
I.    Service of Light : Bonfire, Procession with Candle, Exsultet.
II.   Liturgy of the Word : Readings, psalms, prayers, Gloria, homily.
III.  Liturgy of Baptism : Litany, Blessing of Water, Baptism and/or Confirmation, Renewal of Promises, Prayer of the Faithful.
IV.  Liturgy of the Eucharist : Preface of Easter I ("on this night"), special Communicantes and Hanc igitur; double alleluia at dismissal.
This liturgical order must not be changed by anyone on his own initiative. [PS 81]
Wherever possible, all the readings should be read so that the character of the Easter Vigil, which demands that it be somewhat prolonged, be respected at all costs. Where pastoral conditions require that the number of readings be reduced, there should be at least three readings from the Old Testament, taken from the law and the prophets; and the reading from Exodus (ch. 14) with its canticle, must never be omitted.
The Readings [41]:
  1. Gen 1:1-2:2 or 1:1, 26-31a with Ps 104:1-2, 5-6, 10+12, 13-14, 24+35 or Ps 33:4-5, 6-7, 12-13, 20-22
  2. Gen 22:1-18 or 22:1-2, 9a,10-13, 15-18 with Ps 16:5+8, 9-10, 11
  3. Exod 14:15-15:1 with Exod 15:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 17-18 This reading and psalm are obligatory.
  4. Isa 54:5-14 with Ps 30:2+4, 5-6, 11-12a+13b
  5. Isa 55:1-11 with Isa 12:2-3, 4, 5-6
  6. Bar 3:9-15, 32-4:4 with Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11
  7. Ezek 36:16-17a, 18-28 with Ps 42:3, 5; 43:3, 4 (when baptisms occur) or (when no baptisms) Isa 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 or Ps 51:12-13, 14-15, 18-19
  8. Epistle: Rom 6:3-11
  9. Alleluia Psalm: Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23
  10. Gospel: Matt 28:1-10
Bells are to be rung during the Gloria, and the altar candles lit.
The celebrant -- or, in case of necessity, a cantor -- intones the triple alleluia before the Gospel. The gospel is honored with incense, but candles are not carried.
For the texts of the rites of Baptism and Confirmation, see the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults.
The dismissal with double alleluia is used tonight and throughout the octave.
Anniversary:148th anniversary of the death of P. Victor Boehme (74) d. 1944 at Tremeirchion, N Wales. Read Obituary
Anniversary:106th anniversary of the death of P. Donald Ziemba (48) d. 1986 at Chicago, USA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:99th anniversary of the death of P. Domingos Isac MlaĂşzi (64) d. 1993 at Lisbon, Portugal. Read Obituary
Anniversary:94th anniversary of the death of P. José Maria Marques (68) d. 1998 at Paris, France. Read Obituary
Anniversary:88th anniversary of the death of P. Cornelius O'Donovan (82) d. 2004 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1549First 6 Jesuits arrive in the Americas at Salvador (Bahia), Brazil, led by Manuel de Nobrega.
1848Fr. General Roothaan flees from Rome in disguise, with a false passport. He will spend two years away from Rome.
1880Decree in France orders the dissolution and dispersal of Jesuits within three months.
1932First talkie movie shown at Woodstock College, "Song of My Heart", with John McCormack.
1988P. Jean de Boisseson, S.J. is killed in Madagascar.
2018Union of present province of French Canada and present province of English Canada in the Province of Canada

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2092

Dominical Letter  f e
Golden Number  3
Epact  xxi
Solar Cycle 1
Letter of the Martyrology B
Roman Year of Indiction 10
Julian Period Year 6805
Years since the confirmation of the Society 552
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  536
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 71
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 30 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    27 April