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March 2086

30 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:62nd anniversary of the death of P. Wolfgang Thamm (SAP) (91) d. 2024 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1823The Holy See empowers Georgetown University to confer ecclesiastical degrees in philosophy and theology.
1848At Rome the fathers and scholastics of the Roman College, the Gesu, S. Andrea, and S. Eusebio, were dispersed by the Revolution.
1934The Pontifical College, Pio-Brazil, is founded in Rome and entrusted to the Society.
1984Karl Rahner, S.J. dies theologian, age 80.
2005John O’Donnell, S.J. dies age 60. Theologian, Dean of the Faculty of Theology at the Gregorian University.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2086

Dominical Letter  f
Golden Number  16
Epact  xiv
Solar Cycle 23
Letter of the Martyrology P
Roman Year of Indiction 4
Julian Period Year 6799
Years since the confirmation of the Society 546
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  530
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 65
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 31 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    7 April